By DineHuntington.com/Foodie@longislandernews.com

CHICKEN NIGHT AT PORTO FINO: If it’s Wednesday, think chicken. Porto Fino Restaurant (395 New York Ave., Huntington village 631-673-1200 portofinohuntington.com) offers a three-course chicken dinner every Wednesday starting at 3 p.m. for $17.95. Your meal includes a choice of soup or salad, any one of the 11 chicken dishes off their regular menu along with a side of pasta, and a choice of their homemade desserts (you can't lose with the tiramisu). Satisfy your craving for traditional Italian with chicken parmigiana or marsala; go healthy with a grilled chicken and steamed vegetable option; or go for the house bestseller of their own creation, Chicken Porto Fino, a succulent breast sauteed with artichokes and sundried tomatoes in a brown wine sauce. Tell ‘em the Long Islander Foodies sent you.

ARE YOU THE NEXT MASTERCHEF? Chef Gordon Ramsay is back along with restaurateur Joe Bastianich and chef Graham Elliot to find America’s next best home cook. Back for a fourth season, MasterChef producers are looking for America’s most talented amateur cooks through open calls being held across the country. Bring one dish that best represents you – perhaps a recipe in your family for generations, the dish that made your loved one say “I do” or the meal that can tell them who you are. Chef Joe Bastianich will preside over the New York City auditions to be held Nov. 10, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Flatotel, 135 West 52nd St. Amateur chefs should bring one prepared dish ready to be served to the judges. Visit MasterChefCasting.com to pre-register or simply show up with your dish and a smile.

LI RESTAURANT WEEK STILL ON: Sandy didn’t stop Long Island Restaurant Week from getting under way this past Sunday. The promotion has even been extended to Sunday, Nov. 18. Participating restaurants offer a three-course prix fixe for $24.95 all night, every night they are open, except Saturday when the menu is offered until 7 p.m. The list of participating restaurants – 225 at last count – and menus is online at longislandrestaurantweek.com.

THANKSGIVING AT JONATHANS: Thanksgiving comes as early as it can this year – Nov. 22 – and between the early date and the extraordinary storm and recovery, you know it’s going to sneak up on you. The Foodies’ favorite Thanksgiving menu? Reservations! Jonathan’s Ristorante (15 Wall St., Huntington 631-549-0055 jonathansristorante.com) will serve Thanksgiving from 3-8:30 p.m. They will be offering their regular menu along with some Thanksgiving specials: butternut squash soup with balsamic cipollini ($9); seared sea scallops with baby arugula hearts of palm, asparagus, pistachio and warm goat cheese ($16); pumpkin ravioli with cacio e pepe al tartufo nero ($13 app/$23 entrée); risotto with luganega sausage, cranberries, asparagus and water chestnuts ($25); pancetta-wrapped monkfish with corn chowder and baby spinach ($32); and roast turkey with sausage and mushroom stuffing, sweet potato puree and baby root vegetables, haricots vert and cranberry sauce ($24).

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