Agenda: 3/8 to 3/14

1. The World Chocolate Tasting: An International Chocolate Extravaganza, Alexandra Leaf will moderate a discussion and tasting of chocolates (paired with wine) led by Kee Ling Tong, owner of Kee’s Chocolates; Martine Leventer, owner of Martine’s Chocolates; Joan Coukos, proprietor of Chocolate Moderne; and Clay Gordon, founder of the New World Chocolate Society, on Wednesday, March 8, 8:00 p.m., at the 92nd Street Y, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street. $45/person (212.415.5500).

2. Adventures in the Global Kitchen: Evolution of Taste, the American Museum of Natural History will present an evening exploring the evolution of taste and smell with Lionel Tiger, Charles Darwin Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University; food writer Harold McGee; Vanina Leschziner, Rutgers University; and chef Bill Yosses, Josephs Citarella restaurant, who will present a tasting of sweet and savory dishes, on Thursday, March 9, 7:00 p.m., at the Wallach Orientation Center, fourth floor, American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street at Central Park West. $15/person (212.769.5315).

3. Back of the House, The Fall Café will hold an opening for an exhibition of photographs of restaurant kitchens by photographer Michael Harlan Turkell. The opening night event, sponsored by Red Hook's Sixpoint Craft Ales, will take place on Friday, March 10, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., at The Fall Café, 307 Smith Street, Brooklyn (718.403.0230). The exhibition continues through April 20.

4. Keeping It Fresh! City Gardeners Grow Food, the 25th Annual "Making Brooklyn Bloom" event at Brooklyn Botanic Garden includes a series of workshops on growing fruits and vegetables in an urban environment, Saturday, March 11, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Palm House, 1000 Washington Avenue. Registration, which is required for the workshops, takes place from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (718.623.7200).

5. Six Course Chocolate Tasting, the dinner series Foodie will present a menu of dishes featuring chocolate and cocoa, Sunday, March 12, 6:00 to 9:30 p.m., at Ave NYC, 15 West 28th Street, Suite 10B. $100/person (RSVP to joe@foodienyc.com).

6. Fish on Friday: How Fish Eating Changed History, the Culinary Historians of New York (CHNY) will present a lecture by Brian Fagan, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and author of Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and the Discovery of North America, on the symbolism of fish in early Christianity and the diets of monastic communities, the history of fish preservation, and changes in how fish has been cooked since ancient Rome, Monday, March 13, 7:00 p.m. (6:30 p.m. reception), at the South Street Seaport Museum, Melville Gallery, 213 Water Street. $25/CHNY members, $35/guests (212.334.1061).