Thursday, March 04, 2021
Celebrating Chili Week!
Published Feb. 25, 2021 12:01 a.m.Get ready to celebrate Chili Week with the Old Saybrook Chamber of Commerce from Saturday, Feb. 27 through Saturday,...
Happy Anniversary!
Published Feb. 25, 2021 12:01 a.m.Congrats to Gayle Dufour and What’s Cookin’, 78 Boston Post Road, Madison, who is celebrating her 24th ...
A Perfect Meal for a Cold Winter Night
Published Feb. 25, 2021 12:01 a.m.Vietnoms Café, 33 Water Street, Guilford, which recently garnered Best of New Haven honors in Connecticut...
A Sweet Birthday Treat
Published Feb. 25, 2021 12:01 a.m.Undeterred by the cold weather outside, Charlie Van Over of Chester celebrated his recent birthday a frosty treat,...
Neither Snow, Nor Rain, Nor Gloomy Day
Published Feb. 25, 2021 12:01 a.m.While the cold weather has made it difficult to eat outside, area restaurants are particularly grateful to customers ...
A Heart-y Valentine’s Dinner
Published Feb. 11, 2021 12:01 a.m.Meriano’s Bake Shop, 200 Boston Post Road, Madison is offering a heart-shaped ravioli dinner through Sunday,...
Bouillabaisse, Cassoulet, Wellington, and More
Published Feb. 11, 2021 12:01 a.m.If a romantic night out is just what you need right now, you might want to check out The Essex, 30 Main Street, Centerbrook.
It’s a Love Box!
Published Feb. 11, 2021 12:01 a.m.Why settle for one donut when you can buy a whole box? Jodi Burns from Blazing Fresh Donuts, 16 Church Street,...
You Don’t Have to be Sweet to Be Loved
Published Feb. 11, 2021 12:01 a.m.Christine from One World Roasters, 967 North High Street, East Haven tells us her café has added another...
Get a Room, Would Ya!
Published Feb. 11, 2021 12:01 a.m.The Wharf at Madison Beach Hotel, 94 West Wharf Road, Madison will be back open on Valentine’s Day weekend,...
Something Lovely for Valentine’s Day
Published Feb. 11, 2021 12:01 a.m.“I kiss you firmly a hundred times, embrace you tenderly, and am sketching in my imagination various pictures in which you and I figure, and nobody else and nothing else.” — Anton Chekhov to Olga Chekhov
Super Bowl LV Shoreline/Connecticut River Valley Takeout
Published Feb. 02, 2021 02:42 p.m.It can be easy to get into a rut when it comes to takeout.
South of the Border on the Shoreline
Published Jan. 28, 2021 12:01 a.m.Cancun? Tulum? Playa del Carmen? Cozumel? Maybe next winter. This winter, instead, if you’re craving some...
Treats for Your Sweeties
Published Jan. 28, 2021 12:01 a.m.In a year where one day can easily run into another, I just wanted to warn you Valentine’s Day is coming up...
Fun with Food on Friday Nights
Published Jan. 28, 2021 12:01 a.m.Want to learn more about how to cook? Mary Amter of Guilford is offering a series of cooking classes on fun subjects ...
Great Cake and Gorgeous, Too
Published Jan. 28, 2021 12:01 a.m.My friend Billy Richmond and I agree on many important issues, including that, when buying a birthday cake for someone special, it’s important not to be taken in by a mediocre cake topped with lots of fancy flourishes.
From a Slather on Cold Bread to a Ritual with Family and Friends
Published Jan. 28, 2021 12:01 a.m.Hummus Can Be So Much More
See You Soon, Alforno?
Published Jan. 14, 2021 12:01 a.m.Alforno Trattoria • Bar • Pizza in Old Saybrook, after having to close briefly due to team member...
A New Year’s Resolution: More Sweets
Published Jan. 14, 2021 12:01 a.m.If you’re like me, you may have gotten all excited for the New Year, only to realize on Jan. 2 that none of our big problems have really changed, except maybe to get worse.
Farmers Market Opens Up
Published Jan. 14, 2021 12:01 a.m.CitySeed’s Winter Farmers Market has started up again! The market is held at Conte West Hills Middle School,...
Three Girls Bake
Published Jan. 14, 2021 12:01 a.m.If you love Three Girls Vegan Creamery in Guilford as much as I do, and as much as its many fans do, you will be...
What’s the Best Way to Learn Italian?
Published Jan. 14, 2021 12:01 a.m.According to the folks at La Marea, 732 Middlesex Turnpike, Old Saybrook, the best way to learn Italian is one bite...
Spinach, Fancy and Simple
Published Jan. 14, 2021 12:01 a.m.While I’m not a huge fan of spinach, when my daughter suggested over the recent holiday that we make creamed spinach, it sounded like a good idea.