In the English Tea Salon on Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m., Miriam Novalle, of the T-Salon in Manhattan, will serve samples.
One of the partygoers who's a kombucha brewer was serving samples of a maca-cacao concoction in mini-mason jars.
Taste of the Nation, which benefits Share Our Strength, will have its annual New York event, with more than 50 restaurants serving samples of their food, tonight from 7 30 to 10 30 at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street.
Eli Zabar of Eli's Breads, Frank Parisi of Parisi Bakery, Keith Cohen of Orwasher's and Jessamyn Rodriguez of Hot Bread Kitchen are set to participate and serve samples.
Two good restaurants are Mission Estate (00 64 6 845 9350; missionestate.co.nz) and The Old Church (00 64 6 844 8866; theoldchurch.co.nz), while the Filter Room (thefilterroom.co.nz) serves samples of locally made beers and cider.
A few miles back from the border, traveling between minefields that cover 30percentt of the Golan, you come to an Israeli winery serving samples and lunch à la Napa Valley.
Village Variety A Taste of the Village, benefiting Washington Square Park, will be held in the park on Sept. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m., rain or shine, with dozens of restaurants and food purveyors serving samples.
When FORBES GLOBAL dropped by Yasar's Kahramanmaras outlet one recent Sunday just before dawn, Kanbur put in an extra hour, chatting about his business and serving samples of ice cream until 5 a.m.
Chefs from more than 30 restaurants will prepare and serve samples, and more than 200 different wines will be poured at the Newport Beach Civic Center during the second annual Newport Beach Wine & Food Festival this weekend.
