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Little Barn in Westport: Local Pub Gets Ready for Fall Opening
“Things are starting to move really quickly now” said Scott Beck the co-owner of the soon to open Little Barn in Westport. He and his partner Kevin McHugh are working to get the new Pub opened before...
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Norm Bloom & Sons' Grilled Oysters Recipe
After eating these Grilled Oysters at the recent Fork It Over fundraiser for The Westport Farmers' Market, we decided this recipe had to be shared. Norm Bloom and Sons is based in Norwalk and they...
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WIN TIX to Blogger Lounge & Greenwich Wine & Food Festival!!!
10 lucky CTbites readers will WIN TICKETS to the Greenwich Wine & Food Festival & PASSES to the CTbites Bloggers Lounge, (reserved only for press). How to Win? It's easy. 1) All entrants must...
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10 Questions with Captain Lawrence Brewing Company Scott Vaccaro
Barcelona Wine Bar in SoNo recently hosted a beer dinner with Captain Lawrence Brewing Company founder and brewmaster Scott Vaccaro. The four course dinner paired a spanish inspired menu designed by...
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PORKTOBERFEST Winners Are......
The winners of the PORKTOBERFEST Giveaway have been selected by the team over at Craft Butchery. The entries for this contest were epic in their creativity and passion. Here are the winning entries....
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Cassoulet and Carburetors: A Fall French Country Picnic
What do 18 vintage cars and a hundred miles of Connecticut and New York roads have to do with creating the perfect french country picnic? The short answer–everything. The long answer? Each spring and...
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CT Food Bank's "Virtual Food Drive"
It's that time of year again, and Connecticut Food Bank has launched its 2013 "Thanksgiving for All" campaign, a series of events and food drives which help Connecticut Food Bank make Thanksgiving...
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Nicholas Roberts Fine Wines holds "Turning Wine Into Water" Fundraiser
Nicholas Roberts Fine Wines, Darien. CT will host the 8th Annual Harvest Wine Tasting to benefit Turning Wine Into Water and Catholic Relief Services on Saturday, November 16th. This year's event will...
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Meriano's Bake Shoppe Introduces Connecticut's First Cannoli Truck in New Haven
The Cannoli Truck from Meriano's Bake Shoppe Cuisine: Italian Bakery, Food Truck Price: $3 per Cannoli The Highlights: Traditional, Oreo, seasonal flavors Online: CannoliTruck.com |...
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Tommy Juliano of Community Table: The Master of Dessert via Connecticut Magazine
Tommy Juliano is an artist, a magician, a benevolent puppet master with other people’s taste buds—and the man who, if you let him, will shake your faith in the sanctity of dessert menus at your...
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18th Century Thanksgiving Dinner at the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum
Connecticut Yankees have always taken pumpkin pie pretty seriously—especially at Thanksgiving—according to culinary educator, food journalist and TV chef Prudence Sloane. When the Connecticut River...
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Grilled Cheese Eatery Opens in Fairfield: Grilled Cheese Reinvented
Café Lola, the charming French bistro that recently closed its doors after 5 years, has been reinvented with a classic American spin by owners Ivanina and Henri Donneaux. What is more comforting than...
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‘Tis Truffle Season …The White Stuff Has Arrived
So usually when one speaks of “the white stuff”…they mean snow…, which New Englanders know, will at some point be headed our way… But true food experts think “white truffle” when they hear “the white...
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The Weekly Nibble: Upcoming Food News & Events
On Saturday November 16, Nicholas Roberts Fine Wines will hold its annual Harvest Tasting to benefit Turning Wine Into Water. The event will take at The Avenue Gallery in Norwalk, CT and last from...
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Tacos El Azteca Truck in Norwalk
The Scene – Sitting at a red light at the intersection of Cross Street (Route 1) and Main Street (Route 123) in Norwalk. One of my favorite lunch spots, Nicholas Roberts sits vacant over my left...
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Friday Froth: Two For Two
There is a road, no simple highway,Between the dawn and the dark of night The wind outdoors stings in little nips - a puppy with needle-like teeth. The light is ruddy and beautiful in the early...
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Maple Bourbon Old Fashioned Recipe via Saugatuck Grain & Grape
The "cocktail" found its place in literary history in 1806 in the May 6 issue of The Balance and Columbia Repository being defined to a confused reader by the editor as "Cock-tail, then is a...
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Cooking with Fire: Fortina in Armonk
Cooking with wood fire has a preternatural, almost primal appeal. You could argue that as cavemen, it was our first foray into comfort food. The intense heat and smoke has the power to transform...
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4B Festival: Beer, Bourbon, BBQ, & Bacon Converge in New Haven
The 4B Festival announced the area’s first of its kind festival of specially curated beer, bourbon, barbecue and bacon is coming to New England. Happy Holidays to me! 4B concepted this indulgent...
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