On the Plate: Upcoming Food and Wine Events

September 21: Sagra del Maiale
Leave work early and head over to Il Buco for some succulent roast pig. What better way to celebrate fall? Tasting plates are $7 a piece. 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM, 47 Bond St.212-533-1932.

September 25: Slow Food Greenmarket Cocktail Party
Audrey Saunders, celebrity mixologist and proprietor of Pegu Club, is mixing up a batch of Greenmarket-inspired cocktails to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Greenmarket. Three featured cocktails will be served along with passed hors d' oeuvres at this fundraiser for Slow Food NYC Apple Week Kids' Apple Festivals at the City's Greenmarkets. Slow Food members: $60, general public: $65; tickets available online. 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, 77 West Houston Street.

September 25 - 28: Queens Restaurant Week
Taste all the culinary delights that Queens has to offer. Visit participating restaurants for three-course prix fixe lunches and/or dinners for just $19.86 (in celebration of the NY Mets World Series Championship win in 1986, in case you were wondering).

September 26: Strategize Your Kitchen
Join NY Mag's culinary editor Gillian Duffy as she shows you how to host an fabulous dinner party from your less-than-fabulous kitchen. Watch a
demonstration and enjoy samplings by Chef Francois Payard and receive entertaining tips from Donatella Arpaia of davidburke & donatella and Dona restaurants. $40, tickets available online. 6:30 - 8:30 PM at the Broadway Panhandler, 65 E 8th Street, between Broadway and University. [This event has been cancelled.]

September 26: What to Eat
Come get some straight answers to an age old question from Marion Nestle, scientist, former NYU department chair, and award-winning author of What to Eat. Nestle comes to Murray’s with a talk about sensible food choices. A tasting of Marion’s favorite Murray’s foods, will follow. Tickets available online. $50, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM, 254 Bleecker St., bet. 6th & 7th Ave., 212-243-3289.