On the Plate: Upcoming Food and Wine Events

through October 29: Aureole Fights Breast Cancer
Aureole is participating in the Madison Avenue Pink Ribbon Project, which will donate funds to three of the country’s leading breast cancer research and treatment facilities. Through October 29th, Aureole will donate 10 percent of sales from their special menus to the project, benefiting Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Chef Dante Boccuzzi’s special menu features foods with health benefits: seared Dayboat scallop “coins” with creamy black trumpet pastina and caramelized cauliflower; and tender baby pheasant, braised and roasted with cornbread/sweetbread pudding and Brussels sprouts. Brussels sprouts contain powerful antioxidants. Cauliflower does as well, and also contains the chemical component indole-3-carbinol, shown to combat breast cancer by converting cancer-promoting estrogen into a more protective variety. The seven-course dinner tasting menu is available for $99, or $160 paired with wines; the five-course lunch menu is only $45, $75 with wines. A vegetarian version is available upon request. To view the full menus, please visit www.charliepalmer.com.

October 23: Tia Pol Fundraiser
Tía Pol partner Mani Dawes, originally from New Orleans, is taking over the kitchen for a night and turning the tapas bar into a New Orleans-style joint. $50 a the door door donation will buy New Orleans–style food prepared by Dawes, her husband, and her business partner, while the regular kitchen staff will be serving wine and Pimm’s cups. 205 Tenth Ave. between 22nd and 23rd Sts. 212-675-8805

October 24: Apple Week Kickoff at Mas (farmhouse)
Chef Galen Zamarra kicks off Slow Food's Apple Week with a five course tasting menu at Mas (farmhouse) featuring heirloom apple varietals and New York State apples along with apple cider, New York State wines and apple port. The goal of Apple Week is to draw attention to regional apples, particularly heirloom varieties like the Newtown Pippin, and to support the family farmers who produce them. Other Apple Week events include: Saturday Kids’ Apple Festival at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket and apple cooking demonstrations at the Union Square Greenmarket. Dinner is $150 per person, and 10% of the cost will be donated to Slow Food NYC, which will use the proceeds to provide young Newtown Pippin trees to regional family farmers with the goal of increasing the availability of this delicious and historically significant apple. 6:30 p.m., 39 Downing Street. Call 212-255-1790 for reservations.