The New York Times

"Treats: Chocolate Week is being celebrated at restaurants, bakeries and stores across the city Monday through Feb. 13 with tastings and special deals. Check out the Web site for more details. Some proceeds will be donated to Action Against Hunger."

"A paella cook-off, with paellas to taste on Monday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Beekman Beer Garden at the South Street Seaport, 89 South Street (Fulton Street), will benefit Action Against Hunger and New York City College of Technology, which has a culinary program, $51.99 for one, $92.79 for two: eventbrite.com/event/4007384194<http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4007384194>."

"Several food festivals created by groups from France are planned for late September. For the fourth year, Le Fooding, a group that takes an irreverent approach to French food and chefs, will come to New York for a series of events, from Sept. 19 to 23. The group has discovered Brooklyn and is calling this year’s program Brooklyn Fling...On Sept. 23 from 7 to 10 p.m. the Brooklyn Flea in Williamsburg will see five teams of chefs and food vendors prepare dishes, with Pierre Hermé making desserts. The cost is $60, $100 for V.I.P. access.

"For the fourth year running, Le Fooding, a French group that takes an irreverent approach to French food and chefs, will come to New York, for a series of events they have scheduled from Sept. 19 to 23. They’ve finally discovered Brooklyn, and are calling the program Brooklyn Fling...Twenty percent of the ticket price supports Action Against Hunger. Tickets are available from lefooding.com/evenements/2012/le-grand-fooding/new-york/ through Wednesday.

"The annual Bastille Day party sponsored by the French Institute Alliance Française, on 60th Street from Fifth to Lexington Avenues, will be on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free, and there will be food and wine to sample and purchase. Another Bastille Day block party will be held on Smith Street from Bergen to Pacific Streets in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. A French Restaurant Week, designed to coincide with Bastille Day, will run through Sunday, with 53 restaurants offering special menus for $17.89.

"Nyauma Nyasani, East Africa nutrition adviser for Action Against Hunger, says frequent, on-the-ground checks are far more effective at anticipating hunger problems than annual nutrition surveys.

For the past year, the aid group has been piloting a food security surveillance system in Kenya's arid northeast, based on household questionnaires conducted every three months. And in Uganda, after a similar two-year project, it is developing national guidelines to monitor food security with the health ministry.

"This fall, after two years of running extravagant 'urban picnics' at MoMA PS1 in Queens, with cutting-edge French and American chefs, the French gastronomic group Le Fooding will move to Manhattan and hold a music event with food and drinks, as well as a series of rotating dinners...Some proceeds will benefit the charity Action Against Hunger."

"Many agencies are working to address the immediate needs of this crisis and the longer-term solutions to malnutrition and food insecurity in Niger. Donations to Helen Keller International, Catholic Relief Services, or Action Against Hunger will be directed to Niger’s neediest populations. You can also share this story with family and friends, as the gravity of the situation in Niger remains largely unknown to the US public."

"Many agencies are working to address the immediate needs of this crisis and the longer-term solutions to malnutrition and food insecurity in Niger. Donations to Helen Keller International, Catholic Relief Services, or Action Against Hunger will be directed to Niger’s neediest populations."