Reviews of recipes & restaurants in Connecticut and beyond
The holidays have come and gone, and all our special holiday foods and recipes that we all love to prepare and eat and share have gone with them too. Maybe you’ve put away not just the holiday decorations, but too many christmas cookies over the past month too. Even if you didn’t eat yourself into […]
MoreThere’s something about the new year that is hopeful and exciting – an opportunity to begin anew. A new year is a chance for reflection, for inspiration, for new challenges and new changes. As I look back on 2013 I am grateful for all that I’ve accomplished this year, and all the wonderful and supportive […]
MoreThanksgiving is a time to reflect and it is a time to be grateful. As we sat around the table yesterday, a family member said grace before we ate and talked about being thankful for family, health, and the food on our table. I couldn’t help but think about all that I have to be […]
MoreMy photo is a little blurry and someone turned on the flash on their phone last minute, but for me it will always be a perfect reminder of a great weekend filled with football, food, and friendship (and lots of laughs!). I was reminded this weekend that it’s ok if your photos aren’t perfect sometimes. […]
MoreOn Veteran’s Day I always remember my grandfather, Henry, or Hank as very few called him, who fought in the Navy in WWII. He joined before he turned sixteen years old and he needed his mother’s permission to both drop out of high school and join the navy – she signed all the necessary forms. […]
MoreThe Christmas holiday season is one of my favorite times of year. I cannot wait to bake cookies to my heart’s content and share them with loved ones. The smell of a live Christmas tree in the house makes me happy and nostalgic. The wrapping, sending, and receiving of packages puts me in the holiday […]
MoreIt’s almost here. It’s so close, can you feel it, smell it, or better yet, can you taste it? It’s almost time for pie and cobbler, for warm baked apples after apple picking, and for selecting that perfect pumpkin from the pumpkin patch for carving jack-o-lanterns. It’s almost time for dragging your feet just a […]
MoreI often find that I motivate myself with food, and that food similarly motivates other people in my life. Food can be a reward – as a child, dessert was the reward for eating my vegetables, and as an adult, dessert is sometimes a reward for getting through a tough week. Food can be a […]
MoreWe enter under the large stone archway marking the entrance to the seaside park. I was not expecting such a grand landmark to the park I possibly visited with my grandparents as a kid. Vague memories of watching old men play bocce ball by the beach start to surface in my mind. As we slowly […]
MoreTent and sleeping bags, check. Hiking shoes, check. Rain gear, check. Flashlights, lanterns, bugspray, sunscreen…check, check, check, check. Have you guessed it? I’m going camping! Several times a year as a kid we would dig our hiking boots out of the back of the closet, pack up our duffles and sleeping bags, and meet at […]
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Savory Sweet Eats 