CASTING FOR ‘NIGHTMARES’: FOX TV’s hit show, “Kitchen Nightmares” starring Gordon Ramsay, is casting in the Long Island area. If your restaurant is having problems and you want Ramsay to come in, troubleshoot your problems and try to get you back on the road to success, send an e-mail to twinsworld1@aol.com. Include your name, contact info, name of your restaurant, location and most importantly, why you need Gordon’s help.

FILMS ON FOOD: “The Botany of Desire”, a documentary based on the Michael Pollan best-seller, will be screened on Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m. in the Let’s Eat! Films on Food series presented by Slow Foods Huntington and Cinema Arts Centre. A Q&A and reception follows with guest speaker Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, The Natural Nurse and Clinical Instructor in Botanical Pharmacology at Stony Brook Medical School. Cinema Arts Centre is located at 423 Park Ave., Huntington 631-423-7611. Learn more at www.CinemaArtsCentre.org.

STEAK & SEAFOOD: Ruvo Restaurant (63 Broadway, Greenlawn 631-261-7700 ruvorestaurant.com) is offering a $25.95, 3-course steak and seafood dinner, Sunday through Thursday. Check out the menu on Ruvo’s website.

SUSHI SPECIAL: Sunday afternoon is sushi time at Dao Restaurant (92 East Main St., Huntington 631-425-7788). Enjoy half-price drinks and sushi, 1-6 p.m. every Sunday through the end of September.

PLUM HUNT: Hunt for beach plums in Sunken Meadow Park with naturalist/author “Wildman” Steve Brill, Saturday, Sept. 12. A naturalist and author, Brill will lead one of his famous foraging tours guiding you to bushes bearing delicious beach plums. Eat ’em, cook with ’em or make plum jam. Brill will also point out numerous other forageable treats on the 3-hour walking tour. It begins 12:30 p.m. Suggested donation is $15, $10 child under 12. Additional info at www.wildmanstevebrill.com.

HARVEST CELEBRATION: Wine Spectator magazine presents a benefit gala dinner and wine auction September 24-25. The first-ever Harvest Wine Auction and Celebration of Long Island’s East End is at Wölffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack and at vineyards across both forks. It offers several ways to savor the region’s harvest, including Friday night’s 10-Mile Dinners (single ticket $350). Private meals at luxurious homes, yachts, gardens, will be hosted by a top East End winemaker and regional chef. On Saturday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., The Wine Salon (single ticket $25) brings educational and intellectual programs on wine-making and tasting, cooking and more at wineries across the East End. At 4 p.m. the Festival Tasting of Long Island’s Bounty (single ticket $125) is a grand tasting of Long Island wines, including wines to be offered at auction. Small plates of local, seasonal dishes by East End chefs partnered with farmers and food artisans. Silent auction of regional treasures; held at Wölffer Estate Vineyard. Afterward, from 7-11 p.m., a gala dinner and auction of Long Island wine (single ticket $275) features a world-class, farm-to-table dinner created by premier East End chefs Keith Luce, Gerry Hayden and Claudia Fleming, and a live auction of Long Island wines and extraordinary experiences. Learn more at www.harvesteastend.com. Events benefit East End Hospice and Peconic Land Trust.

LET’S EAT: A juried art competition right up every foodie’s alley is currently on display at the Long Island Museum at Stony Brook (1200 Route 25A, Stony
Brook 631-751-0066 www.longislandmuseum.org). Some 80 artists submitted works in all media depicting food, eating, cooking or kitchens for “Let’s Eat.” The finalists’ works are on display through Sept. 9. Several related programs will also be held. A virtual tour of an organic farm in Riverhead will be presented by Chris Stadmeyer on Sept. 12 at 2 p.m. ($12, $10 members), followed by a lesson in the basics of vegetable growing. On Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. ($95 per person), a Julia Child-inspired evening will feature the cuisine of Chef Guy Reuge of Mirabelle. Smithsonian curator Rayna Green will talk about Julia’s Kitchen and television chef/cookbook author Sara Moulton will appear. Finally, on Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. the museum presents Who’s in the Kitchen with Julia. Green will discuss the Smithsonian’s Julia’s Kitchen exhibition and talk about American kitchens through the decades.

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