Alliance members are encouraged to actively participate and contribute to the organization by giving a program or attending at least four educational seminars or member events a year.

Here’s a sampling of programs enjoyed by members and their guests:

2012

• Cooking with Kids Celebrates Chinese New Year
• How to Market Your Business Online
• Dine Around Lunch at Lupa

2011

• Cooking With Kids
• Holiday Baking
• Pu-erh Tea Tasting in Flushing
• November Dine Around at Greensquare Tavern
• NYWCA Book Club
• Fiesta de los Muertos! at La Palapa
• NYWCA Fall Potluck -- Celebrating Italian Cooking & Heritage
• Charity Raffle – ends October 17
• My Story & Advice: An Evening with Melissa Clark-Award-Winning Writer, NYT Columnist, Author of 32 Cookbooks
• Women in Wine: An Evening With Two Female Winemakers
• The Cooking with Kids Kick Off
• Dine Around at Miranda Restaurant
• NYWCA BOOK CLUB
• Fall Foraging Tour of Central Park with Wildman Steve Brill
• New Member Orientation
• Swedish Midsummer Cooking Demonstration and Dinner: Learn How to Smoke Fish in Your Home
• NYWCA Book Group
• Dinner in the Dark at Gregory "T" in Emerson, New Jersey
• Think Pink! Rosé Tasting
• Career Skills Seminar with Professional Coach, Sally-Jo O'Brien
• Museum Walking Tour - Museum of the City of New York
• NYWCA Online Charity Auction
• May Dine-Around at Kin Shop -- Sold out!
• Annual Spring Potluck Dinner- Dishes and sign-ups needed!
• Flavors of the Danish Southern Islands with Visiting Chef and Author Nethe Plenge- SOLD OUT
• April Dine-Around at Balaboosta- SOLD OUT
• Museum Series -- Save the Date
• NYWCA Book Group
• Storied Dishes
• Speed Networking
• Guided Tour of Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen at MoMa
• How to Hire a PR Firm
• A Special Sake Pairing Dinner - SOLD OUT
• Dine Around Dinner at Olivia Bistro
• Hands On Cooking Class: Specialties of Brittany and Anjou with Chef Kathryn Gordon- SOLD OUT
• Salt of the Earth Class- SOLD OUT
• NYWCA Book Group

2010

• Cookie Swap Fundraiser
• Blind Wine Tasting at North Square Lounge
• The Wild Table: Seasonal Foraged Food
• Raise A Glass To Toast The Difference We've Made
• Tanoreen- First Dine-Around of the Season!!
• Too Pretty To Eat: Exquisite Springerle, Gingerbread, and Cake Topper Crafting
• NYWCA Book Club
• New and Returning Member Orientation 2010
• Long Island Wine Tasting Tour- CANCELLED
• NYWCA Book Group
• Hands-On Cooking Class at The Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center: The Summer Herbal Kitchen
• My Story & Advice: A Night with Sara Moulton- SOLD OUT
• May Chef’s Tasting Dinner at Northern Spy Food Co
• Urban Gardening Workshop
• Sustainability Powwow
• NYWCA Annual Spring Potluck: Meatless Monday
• Berry Nice Way To Start The Day!
• May Dine-Around Lunch at Northern Spy Food Co.
• Prospect Heights Culture and Cuisine - CANCELED
• Sake and Otsumami: Japanese Appetizers Paired with Japanese Premium Sake
• Guided Craft Beer Tasting
• NYWCA Book Group
• Hands-On Baguette Making Workshop with Madge Rosenberg: SOLD OUT
• February Dine Around at Agua Dulce
• Argentinean Malbec: Solo and Blended
• Student Program: Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen Tour
• The New Portuguese Table: Exciting Flavors from Europe's Western Coast
• NYWCA BOOK GROUP: Save the Date and Start Reading!

2009

• Spice & Ice at Trattoria Cinque!
• Ethiopian Lunch Dine Around
• Antojitos
• Dive into a Sicilian Feast!
• November Dine-Around at A Mano Neapolitan Trattoria
• Sherry & Tapas Pairing & Tasting
• NYWCA Movie Group
• The Garden of France, a Loire Valley inspired hands-on cooking class
• Chilean Wine Tasting
• NYWCA Potluck
• Network Your Way to a Job You Love!- CANCELED
• Honing Your Edge!
• Long Island Wine Tasting Tour- Canceled
• New Member Orientation 2009
• September Book Group
• NYWCA Summer Happy Hour at 230 Fifth
• August Dine-Around Lunch at Ilili!
• June Dine-Around at Fatty Crab
• A Celebration of Goat Cheese, sponsored by Cheese Connoisseur magazine
• Movie & Discussion: Tableland
• 2009 Spring Potluck
• May Dine-Around at Knife + Fork
• Explore the Green Revolution in Winemaking
• UMAMI: The Fifth Taste