FOODIE FRENZY: You can win $1,000 worth of dining gift certificates -- $50 each -- at 20 of Huntington village’s finest restaurants as part of the Chamber of Commerce’s new restaurant promotion. Yummy!!! Just have dinner at any of the 20 participating restaurants Sunday through Thursday anytime by May 31 and enter to win. The more times you go, the more chances you have. Ask at any of these fine eateries: Abel Conklin’s, Besito, Canterbury Ales, Bistro Cassis, Christopher’s, F.H. Riley’s, Finnegan’s, Guido’s, Indigo, KuraBarn, La Madonna, Lila’s Santa Fe Kitchen, Mac’s Steakhouse, Mangiamo!, Meehan’s, Munday’s, Off The Wall, Pomodoro, Rockfish and Solo.

CHAUCER, EAT YOUR HEART OUT: Canterbury Ales celebrates their 29th Anniversary this month by bring back the 1970s and Geoffrey Chaucer never had it so good or so inexpensive. Billy Hoest’s popular pub, one block north of Main Street on New York Avenue, offers a Monday, Wednesday and Friday lunch menu with prices from the 1970s. Served from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., the lunch special salads are huge and cost a mere pittance ($4.25 - $4.95). The varied and interesting English style offerings include English Brown Stew ($4.75), Steak and Kidney Pie ($5.95), Prime Rib Sandwich ($5.95), The Bookmaker – sliced steak sandwich ($4.95), Shepherds Pie ($6.75) and the Canterburger ($3.95). Friendly service and the best buy in town – Monday, Wednesday, Friday but sadly, only until the end of April. Try it!

IN GOOD TASTE: A series of food and wine fundraising events will highlight New York Institute of Technology’s celebration of its 50th anniversary. Of great interest to local foodies is “In Good Taste” held at NYIT’s historic de Seversky Center on Wednesday, April 26, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Attendees will enjoy an eclectic array of culinary delights and wines from more than 50 of the best local, national and international restaurants and wineries. Attendees will also have the opportunity to meet Mireille Guiliano, president of Clicquot, Inc. and author of the best-selling book, French Women Don’t Get Fat, and Geoffrey Zakarian, chef and author of the new cookbook, Town/Country: 150 Recipes for Life Around the Table. General admission tickets are $80; VIP tickets are $150, which includes a reception with both authors and valet parking. NYIT’s de Seversky Center is located on Northern Blvd. in Old Westbury, NY.

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