Charitable Appeals

The annual Taste of the Nation benefit, which supports children's hunger charity Share Our Strength, is less than a week away, and as usual, the lineup is killer: Quince, Frances, Rich Table, AQ, Commonwealth, Kronnerburger, and b. patisserie are just the tip of the iceberg on who's involved. Zagat snagged an advance copy of some of the menu items, which include housemade pate from Foreign Cinema, Dungeness and uni polenta from Boulevard, and truffled egg salad from Wayfare Tavern. Tickets are $125, and Eater readers can get 20% off with code TOTNSF14IND. [EaterWire]