Reviews of recipes & restaurants in Connecticut and beyond
Get ready Connecticut, it’s time for the Soup-er Bowl! Chowdafest is here! WHAT: Chowdafest is a pre-Super Bowl soup and chowder competition event and all proceeds benefit the Connecticut Food Bank. For the price of a ticket you get to be the judge and cast your votes for your favorite soups and chowders. WHEN: Feb. […]
MoreDarien Restaurant Week is coming! Have you been thinking about trying a new restaurant or revisiting a favorite in Darien? From Sunday, February 2 through Thursday, February 6, 2014 Darien’s Restaurant Week will warm you up with great deals and prix-fixe menus. An added bonus is that Restaurant Week coincides with Darien’s Indoor Sidewalk Sale […]
MoreHave you heard the news? Dew Drop Inn has reopened!! I’ve been following their Facebook page closely and waiting as patiently as possible, but I sure have been craving their wings for the whole month of January (they closed for the month to do some renovations). So when we heard yesterday was the day, my […]
MoreFrom 6am-9pm Firehouse Grill food truck will be serving up 50 lbs of homemade meatballs, 50 lbs of sausage, 200 lbs of hand cut French fries, and 20 gallons of homemade chili (YUM!) for the landing of the 2014 limited edition of Igor’s Dream at Two Roads Brewing Company in Stratford. Doors to Two Roads […]
MoreHave you ever had a day where a bagel sounds just too heavy and a croissant sounds just too light? The brilliant folks at Stew Leonard’s have provided an answer to this dilemma of which baked good to choose – the Crogel! Crogels taste just as promised – buttery and flakey on the inside and […]
MoreForget the Polar Vortex, this is an arctic blast you’ll want to experience! Truuli Peak Vodka of Anchorage Alaska is launching into the Connecticut marketplace this week and you’re invited to the party! On Thursday, January 23rd from 7:30-10:30pm at the acclaimed Post 154 restaurant in Westport, which recently received a “very good” rating from […]
MoreWhen my husband and I visited Windmill Tavern a few days ago, a dive bar in Stratford where both our grandfathers happened to frequent when they were alive, we had fun imagining that at some point over the years they might have actually known each other, maybe even had a beer and a hotdog or […]
MoreOne man, 169 towns in Connecticut, lots of beer, and you = the CT Pour Tour! Todd Ruggere, the man behind CT Pour Tour, spent 2013 visiting 351 towns in Massachusetts and he raised over $40,000 for cancer research. In 2014, he plans to visit 169 towns in Connecticut and raise money for Yale Children’s […]
MoreThe 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 winter season and the cold weather that makes me crave comfort food. For me comfort food is usually warm and hearty and carb laden; dishes with rice or potatoes, cream sauces, or pasta. With these record lows the past few days I’ve been thinking about comfort food a lot, and I […]
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Savory Sweet Eats 