On the Plate: Upcoming Food and Wine Events

July 11 - 13: Chianina at at Maremma
Join Tuscan native Chef Cesare Casella and his team at Maremma as they make special dishes featuring the traditional Tuscan beef -- Chianina (pronounced kee-a-nee-na). Chef Casella raises his herd of Chianina at Thanksgiving Farm in the Catskills regions of upstate New York. 228 West 10th Street, 212.645.0200.

July 13: A Celebration of Simple Pleasures
This panel discussion features Ruth Reichl, Anne Patchett, Jane and Michael Stern, and David Rakoff. Leonard Lopate, moderates. Acclaimed authors join Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl for an up close and personal dialogue about life's simplest and most delicious pleasures: good food and great writing. Each audience member will receive an advance copy of Gourmet's special "August Summer Reading" digest. $25. Tickets and further details available online. 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave at 92nd St., 8pm.

July 13: Formaggio e Vino at Aroma
Waldemar & Nadia present the best of Italy's summer artisanal cheeses from the Piedmont to Tuscany. Taste the best of the season paired with wines selected from Aroma's diverse and extensive cellar in Aroma's subterranean private tasting room, $45 per person. Space is limited; call (212) 375-0100 for reservations. 36 East 4th Street between Lafayette and Bowery.

July 13: Bastille Day Wine Drenched Dinner with 10 French Chefs
Celebrate Bastille Day at the Beard House if you can't make it to France. Simon Oren's Tour de France group of regionally inspired restaurants will celebrate with a wine drenched dinner prepared by chefs Andy D'Amico (Nice Matin), Philippe Roussel (Cafe D'Alsace), Thierry Haxaire, (L'Express), Peter Larsen (Marseille), John Lee and Frederick Piccarello (French Roast), James Mignola (Pigalle), Mario Urgiles (Maison), master pastry chef Regis Courivaud (Le Monde), and Guy Goldstein, Nice Matin's beverage director. Members $100, guests $130; For reservations call 212-627-2308. 167 West 12th Street.