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:

• New York Wine Tasting
• FOOD JOBS: 150 Great Jobs for Culinary Students, Career Changers and Food Lovers
• The Pleasures of Pickling
• Experience Guilt-Free Indulgence with Organic Cocktails
• Discover the Excitement of Brazilian Cuisine
• The Art of Artisanal Whole Grain Pasta
• Getting Your Cookbook In Print
• Spring NYWCA Potluck
• Little India Walking Tour
• Cooking Jewish
• Cheese and Accompaniments of the Mediterranean
• Lunch at Junior’s
• La Palapa's Mixology Class and "Hangover" Brunch!
• Hometown Cookin' -- NYWCA Fall Potluck
• Tapas Lunch & Spanish Olive Oil Tasting at Casa Mono
• "Food Symbols in 17th Century European Art" Walking Tour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• The Healthy Hedonist Holidays: A Year of Multi-Cultural, Vegetarian-Friendly Holiday Menus with Myra Kornfeld
• Spring Garden Party
• A Dark Chocolate Tasting At Chocolat Michel Cluizel NYC
• Turkey, Israel, Morocco and Portugal All Reunited in SoHo!
• History of Casseroles
• Two Great Cooks Come Together - Brunch with Mitchell Davis and Bonnie Stern
• East Meets West - Special Chinese Book and Author Lunch
• Whole Grains Lunch with Lorna Sass
• New York City Women in Food
• THE SKINNY: How to Fit Into Your Little Black Dress Forever
• Celebrate 75 Years of Great Recipes with The Joy of Cooking
• The Hidden Chinatown: Unusual Chinese Shops & 'Other' Asian Cuisines
  SOLD OUT
• The Symbols and History of Food in Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• NYWCA Potluck
• A Tour and Tasting of the AGA Cooker
  SOLD OUT
• CANNED TUNA: Truth and Taste-CANCELLED
• Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Reading and Potluck Supper
• A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour: CANCELLED
• Keep It Seasonal with Chef Annie Wayte
• Keep It Seasonal with Chef Annie Wayte
• The Tribeca Walking Tour: The Historical Heart of Culinary New York
• La Palapa Salsas 101
• Cocktails for Two
• Celebrate Chinese New Year at our Annual Winter Potluck
• “Haute” Korean Cuisine
• Indulge in Chocolate and Wine with CocoaVino This Holiday Season
• NYWCA Happy Hour at La Palapa
• Fishing for Knowledge
• Blue Hill/Stone Barns Brunch and Tour
• Mezcal and Antojito Tasting at La Palapa
• The New Irish Cuisine
• LADIES WHO LUAU!
• Websites: Our Business Cards for the 21st Century
• Tasting & Trends in the Use of Japanese Ingredients & Sake
• "Wok Hay:" The Breath of a Wok
• La Noche del Aguacate Mexicano !
• The Art of Flavor Development in California Cheese
• Dinner at Woo Lae Oak
• Comparative Chocolate Tasting
• Caviar Tasting at Petrossian
• Best Cellars Wine Tasting
• Corinne Trang's Yin and Yang of Asian Noodles
• Cooking For Comfort
• Save-The-Date! New York Women's Culinary Alliance Fall Potluck
• Black, Brown, Red and White: What could be nicer than rice?
• Insurance for Food Industry Professionals
• NYWCA Book Group
• Dinner at Chop Suey
• Discover Chinatown, Brooklyn with Liz Young Tours
• April Dine-Around at Ippudo
• So You Want to Build a Web Site
• Women in the Kitchen, a Documentary by Susan Hosmer and Katarina Pederson
• "So You Want to be a Restaurateur?"
• February Dine-Around at Kellari's Parea
• "Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez" or Let the Good Times Roll!
• December Dine-Around for Adventurous Eaters: The Tasting Room
• FOOD BLOGGING TODAY & TOMORROW: What Every NYWCA Member Needs to Know!
• Speed Networking
• The Big Pig Gig
• Demystifying India's Spice Coast
• Swedish Midsummer Food and Wine Celebration
• Divine Swine
• Media Training Workshop
• Lunch with Francois Payard
  SOLD OUT
• Fun Food Fair
• How to Write a Cookbook Proposal
• Pate Tasting
• Bangkok and Beyond
• The Pernod Workshop
• Bangkok and Beyond
• Wine Tasting & Discussion
• Australian Wine and Fish Fest in Princeton
• So You Want To Write a Cookbook!
• Translating Chinatown's Bounties: Finding, Buying and Using Authentic Ingredients
• Flavor, Design and…Olive Oil with Philippe Starck and Michel Rolland
• Oyster Tasting at the Pier
• A Winter Collage Of Southern Cooking And Storytelling
• Comté Cheese: Centuries of Quality and Taste!
• Viva — The Tastes and Sounds of Brazil Part Two - August
• Dinner At Junior's!
• Stepping Up Your Business
• Hometown Foodways at the Smithsonian
• Big Night In Tribeca