There are so many food, wine and beer events this time of year it’s getting pretty hard to select which ones to attend. Here’s what we have on tap for this weekend, as well as a couple of events and tastings we can’t unfortunately get to:

Friday Night  – Dinner with friends at The John Dory (unfortuantely no ‘Recession Specials’ here)

Saturday Afternoon – Heading to The Blazer Pub in Purdys, NY to try what we’ve heard is the best burger in Westchester

Other Saturday Afternoon Events — If we weren’t going to The Blazer we’d be heading to the 5th Annual Cask Ale Festival at the Blue Point Brewery (sold out) OR over to Park Slope to taste some Sixpoint beer at GRAB Specialty Foods (4-6pm) OR to wine store Acker Merrall & Condit for a free Opus One tasting (2-5pm)

Sunday — Heading to the Cochon 555 event (5 Chefs, 5 Pigs (not including me) & 5 Winemakers) at the Hiro Ballroom in the Maritime Hotel where a group of top New York City chefs will be preparing a heritage breed hog from head to toe and guests and professional judges will taste and determine a winner based on creativity, classic preparation and overall best flavor. The winner will be crowned the “Prince of Porc”. In addition, five family-owned wineries will showcase their wines plus we hear that they will be serving some Dogfish Head beer. You can still get your tickets here for $125.

Other Sunday Afternoon Events — If we weren’t going to Cochon 555, we would definitely be heading out to Blue Hill @ Stone Barns for the 4th Annual Sausage & Beer Dinner featuring fresh and cured sausages and meats, all paired with a selection of locally brewed beers. The cost is $190 exclusive of tax and gratuity. Communal seating for everyone. Blue Hill’s NYC location is holding a similar dinner on Monday night for $150 a head.

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