By Kara Baskin Globe Correspondent,Updated March 20, 2025, 11:09 a.m.
Fund-raisers: The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) hosts a Taste of the Food Bank fund-raiser on Thursday, May 8, at their Yawkey Distribution Center (70 South Bay Ave.). They aim to raise $1 million to support hunger relief.
Jody Adams (La Padrona) and Steve DiFillippo (Davio’s) host the event, with lots of acclaimed chefs and mixologists on the roster. Taste food from Karen Akunowicz (Bar Volpe; Fox & the Knife); Joanne Chang (Flour; Myers + Chang); Andy Husbands (The Smoke Shop); Erin Miller (Urban Hearth); Peter Nguyễn (Le Madeline); Cassie Piuma (Sarma); Douglass Williams (MIDA); and lots more. See the full lineup and get tickets at www.tasteofthefoodbank.com.
In Boston, Stillwater and Sloane’s chef-owner Sarah Wade runs a Stillwater Strong fund-raiser to support residents in her native Oklahoma as they battle wildfires, particularly in the town of Stillwater.
Twenty percent of sales from pork mac and cheese at Stillwater (120 Kingston St.) and an Oklahoma onion burger at Sloane’s (197 N Harvard St.) will go to United Way Payne County; Wade will also donate $2 from each “Oklahoma Strong” Old Fashioned cocktail. The fund-raiser runs through Tuesday, April 1.
Save the date: Taste of Somerville happens at Boynton Yards (101 South St.) on Wednesday, June 14; the event traditionally benefits a local charity and features some of the city’s most-loved restaurants: Celeste, Juliet, La Brasa, Union Square Donuts, and more. Check out the details at www.tasteofsomerville.org.
Coming soon: New York-based PopUp Bagels expands to Harvard Square later this year (1430 Massachusetts Ave.), joining a busy Seaport location and an upcoming one at Assembly Row. They’re known for serving whole bagels with a side of schmears in flavors both classic and unusual, like spicy vodka sauce and pumpkin spice.