December 24: Feasts of the Seven Fishes Join in the Italian tradition of the Feast of the Seven Fishes -- a seafood meal in observance of the La Viglia Di Natale, or the wait for the birth of Christ. - Jovia: Chef Eben Copple and Pastry Chef Jennifer Domanski serve up a four-course menu including Seafood Salad with diver scallops, mussels, calamari, shrimp, clams, arugula, olives and radicchio, Linguine Nere with baby sepia and spicy......

The holidays are about friends, family - and decadence. And, for foodies "decadence" often translates into one singularly luxurious word: caviar. But with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banning beluga caviar imports from the Black Sea after taking the same action with the Caspian states, true gourmands with a taste for black pearls have been turning to a rather unusual source: Tennessee. Yes, you read correctly. Caviar connoisseurs have long known that Tennessee paddlefish......

Roughly 18 months. That's how much time you have if you want to get a legal taste of Beluga Caviar in the United States. Effective yesterday the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has extended its ban of beluga caviar from the Caspian Sea (instituted in September) to include the Black Sea basin as well, effectively banning the black stuff. Why 18 months? Because that's how long the currently imported stock is expected to last. But......

August 19 - 26: A Celebration of Corn Zocalo is featuring one of our summer favorites with corn specials throughout the menu for one week: Mexican Popcorn at the bar, corn-on-the-cob with chipotle mayo, lime and queso fresco, quesadilla de huitlacoche, and a blue corn cake with roasted pork, tomatillo salsa and fava beans, among others. Zocalo, 174 E. 82nd St., 212-717-7772. August 22 - 26: Partage Tasting Menus -- Provence & the Cote d'Azur......