Join the new Taste of The Upper West Side, and learn what you’re missing out on up there ! Hear talks by acclaimed Jon Fraser and Bill Telepan and eat goodies from 40 + chefs. Buy your $115 tickets here

This Friday + Saturday, Columbus Avenue @ 77th Street.

Saturday morning go see a demonstration of healthy Mexican cooking at Rosa Mexicana, Union Square. Call (212) 397-0666, extension 17 to make reservations for the 10AM lesson that is free !

There is a fundraiser this Saturday for our seasonal favorite :: The New Amsterdam Market. From 11am to 6pm, visit the New York Marble Cemetery ( East 2nd Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery ) and buy herbs and plants in the morning, and enjoy food and drink in the afternoon. Tickets are $25 for friends of the Market, $35 for non.