YouTube Star Daym Drops Meets CTbites As He Flies from CT to LI for #Fly2Eat
Forget Chopped…forget Top Chef…forget Hell’s Kitchen…as a matter of fact…forget The Food Network all together, because today’s millennials are learning about food and being entertained on You Tube…and...
View ArticleWeekly Nibble: Chowdafest, Hoptoberfest, Grace Farms Opens, Pasta Class & More
CTBite’s own editor Stephanie Webster will team up with Match’s Chef Matt Storch on Monday October 5 at the Fairfield Public Library to talk all about cooking and their culinary experiences. Questions...
View ArticleGIVEAWAY: 10 FREE Tix to Fleisher's PORKTOBERFEST On October 25th
Dust off your lederhosen and get ready for pork! On Sunday, October 25th, Fleishers Craft Butchery puts on the 4th Annual Porktoberfest, a day of whole-roasted pigs, flowing beer, housemade sausages,...
View ArticleChowdafest 2015 Chefs Announce Chowda Lineup For October 11th Event
Chowdafest 2015 announced their menu for this year's competition being held on Sunday October 11th from 11AM to 3PM at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport. Chowdafest is a unique fundraiser...
View ArticleChef Brian Lewis To Open Westport Restaurant in Le Farm Space
Chef Brian Lewis It is a very exciting time in Westport with the announcement that Chef Brian Lewis and Chef Bill Taibe have entered into a deal where Lewis will take over the space that previously...
View ArticleBack 40 Kitchen in Greenwich: Honey I Shrank The Squash - A Back 40 Farm To...
"Farm to Table," suggests Chef Dan Barber, “is a much abused descriptor." You bet. Some restaurants invoke the phrase as more a loose slogan than a strict practice. Not so with Back 40 Kitchen...
View ArticleLand, Farm, and Sea: A First Impression of Mill Street Bar & Table Now Open...
Now open in the Byram neighborhood of Greenwich, Mill Street Bar & Table celebrates American seasonal fine dining in one of Connecticut’s most elegant tavern-inspired settings. Executive Chef and...
View ArticleMeet "The Cheese Nun" in Bethlehem at the Farmstead Festival
On Saturday October 17 take a drive to Litchfield County to enjoy the fall foliage and enjoy the richness of the local, handcrafted fare offered by the Farmstead Festival at Percy Thomson Meadows Farm,...
View ArticleClassic Baked Macaroni & Cheese via Watson's Catering
What says fall comfort food better than Mac N' Cheese? Kids and adults will both love this classic recipe. Really...what's not to love? Cheddar...Gruyere...Ummmm. Try this simpe recipe at home from...
View ArticleCity-Wide Open Studios (CWOS) Kitchens: The Intersection of Visual & Culinary...
Artspace in New Haven is launching City-Wide Open Studios (CWOS) Kitchens this November to celebrate the intersection of the visual and culinary arts. The CWOS theme this year is "Dwelling," and with...
View ArticleHomeBrew Hustle Homebrewing Panel @ Black Hog Brewery Oct 28th
Ken Tuccio’s Welcome To Connecticut Podcast is excited to announce Connecticut’s very first live podcast panel discussion focusing on the art of homebrewing. This unique event, titled HOMEBREW HUSTLE,...
View ArticleKawa Ni Announces New Happy Hour And Cocktail Menu
Kawa Ni, Westport's izakaya by the river, has been both a haven of Japanese-inspired food and a boisterous drinking scene since its opening just over a year ago. The party is about to start earlier,...
View ArticleWeekly Nibble: NHV Craft Beer Week, Restaurant Weeks, Oktoberfest Events + More!
Fairfield Restaurant Week starts on Sunday October 11 and goes through the 18. Over 30 restaurants are featuring special prix fixe menus. Westport Restaurant Week continues through Sunday October 18....
View ArticleBlackrock Farmers' Market Halloween Hootenanny
Black Rock Farmers Market (BRFM) presents a hoot of a party to celebrate the closing of our 2nd season. Join them for an afternoon of corn hole games, barn dancing, beer tastings, a pig roast by...
View ArticleMill Street Bar & Table Opens in Greenwich: Celebrating The American Bounty
The dream began in a sandbox…..where five year old Geoff Lazlo planted his first garden. Since then, he has tended, harvested, and cooked with the likes of Alice Waters at Chez Panisse, Michael...
View ArticleVideo: CTbites Chef Panel w/ Fortina, The Whelk, South End, Bar Sugo, Match,...
CTbites sat down with some of CT's top chefs and restaurant owners at The Greenwich Wine + Food Festival to talk about food trends in CT, their inspiration, favorite foods, the farm-to-table trend,...
View ArticleChowdafest 2015 Winners Are Announced...
Here are some highlights from 2015: Pike Place Chowder came from Seattle and won best New England clam chowder (got an extra seat for the trophy for their flight home) Dunville's won the Traditional...
View ArticleRecap: The Spread Hosts Oktoberfest
Photography c/o Mike LauterbornIn America, the days of Oktoberfest are coming to a middle. The actual dates don't really matter to most of us, or anyway less than the communal enjoyment of...
View ArticleRecap: Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival
Wednesday September 23 marked the official start of autumn, but one never would have known at this year’s Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival. Summer seemed unwilling to leave. The day was clear...
View ArticleThe Spread Team Opening El Segundo in South Norwalk Featuring Street Food...
After 3 successful years in South Norwalk, the team from The Spread has just announced that they have signed a lease in the SoNo Ironworks complex. In early 2016 an exciting new restaurant concept will...
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