Why is this night different from all other nights? Because there's something for everyone!

• Feast on a plethora of Asian food at the A Spoonful of Ginger event at 6:00 at the State Room to benefit the Joslin Diabetes Center's Asian-American Diabetes Initiative. $200 gets you tastings from dozen of area restaurants, including Blue Ginger and Clio. For tickets, call 1-888-JOSLIN-2.
• Not celebrating Passover? Have a hankering for some piggy goodness? Head on down to Craigie Street Bistrot for the second Whole Hog Dinner tonight. For $95 ($135 with a swine/wine pairing), you can enjoy four courses of nose-to-tail porcine perfection. Call (617) 497-5511 to get your oink on.
• L'Espalier may feature some of Boston's most innovative cuisine, but no one would accuse it of being stuffy. At tonight's Cheese Tuesday, participants will learn about the cheeses of Vermont Butter & Cheese Company (their goat cheese is rocking), and sing a silly song. The event costs $60 and reservations can be made by calling (617) 262-3023.

Easter Sunday might just be the best brunch day in the world. It's the beginning of spring, so vegetables that heretofore were of low quality and expensive are suddenly abundant and delicious and Lent is over, so you can indulge in whatever you like. Our own mother happens to make make an excellent Southern, artery-clogging brunch, which includes ham basted with Dr. Pepper and lots of vodka tonics, but if your family is less kitchen-inclined, there are a plethora of choices at Hub restaurants. Here are three of the best:

• For a very high-end Easter, check out the brunch at Hampshire House. $55 gets you a three-course tasting menu, which runs from 12:00-6:00. Dishes like Roquefort and Walnut Crusted Beef Tenderloin might not be what you grew up eating, but, hey, times of rebirth include your taste buds, right? Call (617) 227-9600 for reservations.
• Is it just us, or are buffets always a little bit fun? Find out at Copia where the brunch menu has a decidedly Italian bent. $40 isn't too bad for all you can eat from 11:00-4:00. Call (617) 242-6393 to save a place.
• If you're like us, you like your Easter supper simple and heavy. The brunch at Bob's Southern Bistro offers just that at the bargain price of $23.95. Bonus: They start serving at 9:00 A.M. Because it's never too early for Cheese Grits and Sweet Potato Pie. Reservations can be made by calling (617) 536-6204.

Photo courtesy of Celebrating Easter.

A very happy first night of Passover to all those who celebrate it!

• Too busy to cook your own seder? The Metropolitan Club in Chestnut Hill will be offering a Passover menu every night for the duration of the holiday. Best of all, you can even get it to go and bring it home for a seder that combines the best of both worlds: eating at home and not having to cook.
• Not celebrating Passover? Can't choose between wine and beer? Tasca caters to your indecisiveness with their Grape or Grain Tasting Dinner tonight at 7:00. Each course can be paired with either wine or beer, both of which have been specially selected to match the dishes. All this has us wondering: what is the beer equivalent of a sommelier? (Besides, of course, awesome.) Perhaps if you pay the $39-49 for tonight's event, you can find out and tell us. Call (617) 730-8002 for reservations.

We all like to eat and we all like to learn, so why not do both at once?

• We like to chug Sam Adams while eating Nutella from the jar, personally, but if you're looking for a classier way to make the great tastes of chocolate and beer taste great together, you should probably head over to Wine Gallery in Brookline where Temper Chocolates is presenting a class on pairing chocolate and beer at 7:00 tonight. $25 includes the class and chocolate and beer tastings.
• What could possibly be classier than chocolate and beer? How about a cooking class at the newly-renovated Rialto with chef Jody Adams? $125 gets you a lesson in how to prepare a four course Italian meal and the meal itself. Call (617) 661-5050 for reservations.

It's a very charitable Diner's Agenda tonight with not one, not two, but three benefits.

• Twenty of Boston's finest restaurants are participating in tonight's Table for Ten event to benefit the Harvard Medical School Center for Neurofibromatosis and Allied Disorders, and Neurofibromatosis, Inc. Here's how it works: reserve a table for ten at one of the participating restaurants. Enjoy a delicious dinner with nine of your nearest and dearest at 6:30. Afterwards, head over to the Omni Parker House for a reception. Tickets are $100 each and can be reserved by calling (781) 272-9936.
• If you'd rather sample the goodies of multiple chefs, be sure to run along to Cooking for a Cause at the State Room at 6:00, an evening of wine, food, and the inevitable Jimmy Tingle to benefit East End House. $150 gets you one ticket and $1,000 gets you ten. Call (617) 876-4444 for details.
• If it's neighborhood-focused eating you're after, check out the Taste of the Back Bay at 6:30 in the Copley Place Atrium. Sample dishes from dozens of area restaurants and help out the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay. The event will cost you $95 and you can call (617) 247-3961 for details.

• Has anyone else noticed the abundance of good-looking literary types at the Harvard Book Store? Tonight's your chance to chat them up when HBS and the Brattle Theatre co-sponsor Setting the Oldways Table tonight at the Brattle at 6:00. A mere $3 gets you admittance to the panel discussion featuring various and sundry Cantabridgian foodies, and $55 takes you to both the panel and a reception at Casablanca afterwards. Tickets can be purchased at HBS or by calling (617) 661-1424, ext. 1.
• It seems like everyone's in the midst of spring fever. Copia embraces the condition tonight with a Spring Fever Wine Dinner. The event starts at 6:30 and tickets will run you $100. Call (617) 242-6393 for reservations.

Blogston Proper is your daily roundup of Hub-related food writing from all over the Internet. We read the blogs so you don't have to. But you should anyway, just to be nice.

• Bret Thorn has a hunch that L'Espalier's Frank McClelland is going to be named Best Chef in the Northeast.
• Meanwhile, the reliably awesome Anthony Bourdain is not happy about the way the Foundation is being run. Make sure to check out the comments.

According to the Globe, the Jewish community in the Greater Boston area is continually growing. Why, then, is it so difficult to find any restaurants serving a Passover menu? There seems to be only one on the radar...good thing it looks delicious! From April 2-9, The Metropolitan Club will be serving a special Passover menu at both lunch and dinner. Dishes like Baby Poussin with Date & Onion Marmalade and a Meringue & Berry Napoleon are a far cry from traditional Seder food, but for some families, that might be part of the appeal. For reservations, call (617) 731-0600 and specify that you'll be ordering the special menu. This sounds great, but it can't be the only Passover menu in the Hub...can it? As always, feel free to tip us with any news.

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It's a busy night for the Hub diner!

• Feeling charitable in the suburbs? At 6:00, the Newton Needham Chamber of Commerce hosts the 13th annual Spring Seasonings event at the Boston Marriot Newton Hotel. $30-$40 gets you food and drink from 35 area restaurants and a portion of the proceeds go to benefit the Needham Council on the Aging's Noontime Meals program for seniors. Call (617) 244-5300 for tickets.
• "Garagiste", from the French word for "protect", refers to winemakers who produce their product in tiny batches. UpStairs on the Square shows off some of the rarest finds (some, they promise, "with a following more fanatical than Natalie Portman at a Star Wars convention") at their Garagiste Dinner tonight at 6:30. The meal costs $80 and reservations can be made at (617) 864-1933.
• I know this is heresy for a Bostonian, but I think I might love Marcella Hazan's The Classic Italian Cookbook even more than Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Marcella's son Giuliano, an esteemed cookbook author in his own right, will be at The Butcher Shop tonight to read and prepare a three course meal from his book, Every Night Italian. $125 gets you a four-course meal with wine pairings, as well as a signed book. The event starts at 7:00 and reservations can be made by calling (617) 423-4800.

Blogston Proper is your daily roundup of Hub-related food writing from all over the Internet. We read the blogs so you don't have to. But you should anyway, just to be nice.

• Eat and Destroy decides that The Squealing Pig is only worthwhile "if a friend is buying me drinks".

  -In the continuing saga of Passover shopping being a pain in the tuchus for Boston-area residents, Rachele Rosi-Kessel is not happy that Roslindale's Village Market doesn't have a Passover section.

  -Alex at Boston Weekly Photo discovers the neatest part of Mantra.

It's another boozy night for the Diner's Agenda!

• The Columbus Street outpost of Piattini hosts "The Gamays People Play", an installment of its weekly "Class in a Glass" series at 6:00. $40 gets you a four course meal with paired wines...not a bad deal! Call (617) 423-2021 for reservations.
• L'Espalier is also planning on getting you a little tipsy with an installment of its "Wine Mondays" series awesomely titled "Like Wow...Totally Organic!" Perhaps someone over at L'Espalier was dipping into the evening's offerings a little bit early? Tickets will run you $60 and the event begins at 7:00. Call (617) 262-3023 to reserve a place.