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:

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
• Go Wild! Foraging in Central Park & Optional Sangria Nuevo Latino Brunch
• NYWCA Book Group
• Experience Greek Food & Culture at Nisi Estiatorio
• Chinatown Restaurant Walking Tour and Dim Sum Lunch at Chinatown Brasserie
• NYWCA March Happy Hour!!
• Olive Oil: Beyond the Basics
• Fat Program has Slimmed Down
• Comida Mexicana Tropical
• Get Down with Wild Women in Wine from the Napa Valley
• Creating an Action Plan—What Every Woman Should Know for Her Financial Planning
• NYWCA February Dine Around
• Explore the Green Revolution in Winemaking- CANCELED
• NYC Women in Food with Martha Stewart
• NYWCA BOOK GROUP
• Celebrate the New Year with a Guided Champagne Tasting!

2008

• Save-The-Date! New York Women's Culinary Alliance Fall Potluck
• New York Wine Tasting
• FOOD JOBS: 150 Great Jobs for Culinary Students, Career Changers and Food Lovers
• The Pleasures of Pickling
• Black, Brown, Red and White: What could be nicer than rice?
• Experience Guilt-Free Indulgence with Organic Cocktails
• Discover the Excitement of Brazilian Cuisine
• Insurance for Food Industry Professionals
• The Art of Artisanal Whole Grain Pasta
• NYWCA Book Group
• Getting Your Cookbook In Print
• Dinner at Chop Suey
• Discover Chinatown, Brooklyn with Liz Young Tours
• Spring NYWCA Potluck
• Little India Walking Tour
• April Dine-Around at Ippudo
• So You Want to Build a Web Site
• Cooking Jewish
• Women in the Kitchen, a Documentary by Susan Hosmer and Katarina Pederson
• Cheese and Accompaniments of the Mediterranean
• "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!
• Lunch at Junior’s

2007

• December Dine-Around for Adventurous Eaters: The Tasting Room
• La Palapa's Mixology Class and "Hangover" Brunch!
• Hometown Cookin' -- NYWCA Fall Potluck
• FOOD BLOGGING TODAY & TOMORROW: What Every NYWCA Member Needs to Know!
• 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
• Speed Networking
• The Big Pig Gig
• Demystifying India's Spice Coast
• Swedish Midsummer Food and Wine Celebration
• Spring Garden Party
• Divine Swine
• A Dark Chocolate Tasting At Chocolat Michel Cluizel NYC