Storytime with Good Food, OC Spirit & Cigar Tasting

NEWPORT BEACH—On Friday, August 12, join in for the first annual Orange County Spirits and Cigar Tasting and Awards at Hyatt Regency Newport Beach. There will be 30 different spirits sampled through the day and at the end of the day, awards will be presented by local spirit experts. Tickets are $99 in advance only. [EaterWire]

PASADENA—Blackboard Eats offers 30% off dinner at Yujean Kang's. Get your passcode here. [BE]

ON AIR—KCRW's Good Food partners with The Moth StorySLAM in a night of food stories at Zanzibar. Brian Finkelstein and Evan Kleiman will host these tales of daily bread, broth and beyond on August 3. [EaterWire]