The Stamford Museum & Nature Center will hold its 16^th Annual Wine Tasting on Friday, June 7 at 7 pm. The SM&NC will celebrate with a night of fine wine tastings, enticing silent auction items, delicious bites from local caterers and restaurants, and live music with Jay & Ray.

All of the wines for the evening will be provided by BevMax.  Participating caterers and restaurants include: Marcia Selden Catering, A·S Fine Foods of Stamford, California Pizza Kitchen, Catering by Christine, Chiappetta Olive Oil, David's Soundview Catering, Festivities, Harlan Social, Valencia Luncheria, Napa & Co, plum plums, Olio, Station Eats, Susan Kane Catering, The Fez, Wave Hill Breads Bakery & Café, and Wise Guys. Desserts will be provided by: EOS, DiMare Pastry Shop, illy caffé, Le Pain Quotidien, Sweet Lisa's Exquisite Cakes, and Tabouli Grill.

In celebration of National Pollinator Week, Slow Food Metro North, Audubon Greenwich, and the Fairfield Green Food Guide are pleased to present Taste the Terroir of American Honey. Honey bees play a vital role in our food chain, pollinating one-third of the food we eat and producing a wide range of artisanal honeys. On Saturday, June 22, from 4-6 pm, Red Bee Honey founder, beekeeper and author Marina Marchese will take guests on a tasting journey to discover the unique sensory qualities (terroir!) of 7 single varietal U.S. honeys featured in her latest book, The Honey Connoisseur, and how to best pair them with food. 

Rare and coveted for its distinctive flavor profile – floral notes with warm hints of baking spices and anise – sourwood honey is a national treasure cataloged on Slow Food USA’s Ark of Taste. Marina Marchese will be celebrating this regional honey plant’s contribution to biodiversity, while honoring Slow Food USA’s work to promote and preserve it, with a special tasting of an award-winning harvest of sourwood honey.

Celebrate the Launch of The Honey Connoisseur, a new book by Marina Marchese, Founder of Red Bee Honey, Co-authored with Kim Flottum, Editor of Bee Culture Magazine.

Bottlerocket Wine & Spirit and Maggie Converse of Pop Up Yoga are teaming up to bring fun and flavor to Westport this summer. Converse will lead a one-hour open level yoga class at Bottlerocket every Saturday in June 4:30 to 5:30. Participants will then enjoy a casual tasting of summer wines and craft beer. Individual classes are $25, and a 4-class package for $85.

Participants should wear comfortable clothes in which they can move and bring their own yoga mat. The open level, alignment-based class is suitable for beginners as well as more experienced yoga practitioners. You can even feel free to bring your dog! Tickets are available at http://yogasummersaturdays-estw.eventbrite.com/

Have you always wanted to be on the set of Iron Chef, experiencing first hand that thrilling moment when the chefs are presented with the "secret ingredient?" Well, on June 2nd, you will get the opportunity to watch three talented chefs battle it out in an outdoor tented cooking stadium with the formidable Jane Stern of Roadfood.com as the host. 200 attendees will help to judge a winner alongside guest judges Denise Mickselson of Fine Cooking Magazine, Stephen Fries, columnist for the New Haven Register, WTNH Anchor Jocelyn Maminta, as well as our own Managing Editor Amy Kundrat as referee. 

WIN TICKETS!! We are GIVING AWAY 2 seats to this June 2nd Battle Of The Chefs event (a $250 value). We will randomly select 1 lucky winner who posts a comment below and tells us why they would like to see this event. 

WIN a FREE Dinner for two @ HARLAN SOCIAL in Stamford.

Here's How...

This is your chance to name Harlan Social’s incredibly delicious new Fried Chicken Sandwich. All you need to do is come up with a catchy name for the sandwich that combines the following ingredients:

Twice fried chicken cutlet topped with a Fontina and Gruyere cheese sauce, spicy bacon mayo, lettuce, tomato and slices of bread and butter pickle, all served on a Portuguese muffin.

If your entry is selected, you will receive a FREE Dinner for 2 complete @ Harlan Social in Stamford.

All entries must be submitted by midnight on Sunday May 26th, 2013.

Post your submission below (include email).

Rizzuto’s Restaurant and Bar of Westport, CT, has teamed up with The New England Ferrari Club and FIAT of Larchmont for a day-long event filled with Italian food, wine, and cars on Sunday, June 9, 2013 from noon to 4 pm

The event takes place during the Formula 1 Grand Prix Du Canada race, which will be shown on 2 large screen HD TVs. Race car fans can take a virtual lap around the track in a GoSimRacer Race Car Simulator. Kids feeling the need for speed can race through an on-lot GoGo-Kart track presented by Grand Prix New York Racing. S.Pellegrino will be keeping things cool and Rizzuto’s will be grilling outdoors preparing sausage and pepper wedges and meatball sliders. 

The Schoolhouse has just announced that reservations for their Summer Farm to Fork Dinner dinner series are now open.  This year The Schoolhouse will feature interactive workshops during the cocktail hour as well as a tour of Wilton's most beautiful functional farm. This season's dates will be: June 19th, July 17th, August 21st & September 18th.

These four course dinners are made with local foods, and are served family-style, under the stars. Cocktail hour begins promptly @ 6:00PM with a farm fresh family style meal beginning at 7:00PM. The cost is $126.35 which includes tax & gratuity and featured drinks. BYOB is welcome. With the fantastic weather this season, the variety of fresh vegetables will be outstanding. They will also be featuring a specially selected wine and creative cocktails at these events. 

Reservations:  Email them your info at f2f@schoolhouseatcannondale.com. Tickets are $126.35 (includes tax & gratuity) and are transferrable but not refundable.