Reheated: Weekly Food News for April 22

Amy Kundrat

Carole Peck's Zee Burger is opening next week, April 26 adjacent to her ever-popular Good News Café.

Barcelona Wine Bar in Stamford is hosting an Argentina Wine Class on April 23 at 3:30 pm, tickets are $30 per person. 

Sport Hill Farm is holding an Open House and Garden Tour on Saturday April 30 from 2 to 4 p.m.  

Fairfield County Eats! a fundraiser to benefit the lower Fairfield County Food Bank on Wednesday, April 27, with an impressive list of participating restaurants and purveyors. See you there!

Tasti D-lite will host a weekend-long grand opening party from April 29 to May 1 including a free cup or cone. A portion of the proceeds from the weekend will benefit Operation Hope.

Don't put that in your mouth! Catch a Healthy Habit is supporting a film event with Executive Director of the Institute For Responsible Technology, Jeffrey Smith on Thursday, April 28. Register here for tickets.

A new pizzeria opened in Old Greenwich called Napoli on Sound Beach Avenue in the space formerly occupied by Beyond Bread.

Chef Luis' early bird specials from Monday to Wednesday, between 5 & 6 p.m. include a 3 course meal, $22 per person, no corking fee.

Wednesday is Eloise Cupcake Day (a new flavor with proceeds benefitting children's cancer) at the Cakebox at the Marketplace at Copps Hill.

This Week on CTbites 

We upped the ante this week with a great giveaway for our Food 411 contest. Name this dish for a chance to win a dinner platter from French Bull.

We conjure the devil with this edition of Friday Froth: The Devil's Advocate.

A mango sorbet recipe adapted from David Leibovitz, c/o The Parsley Thief.

A new pop-up restaurant Maria will serve two weekends a month beginning in May with Top Chef alum Dave Martin headlining the inaugural meal.

Our investigative reporter goes undercover for the county's best movie theater popcorn.

We review Harvest to Heat: A Farm to Kitchen Journey and find it's much more than a cookbook.

A new steakhouse in Greenwich Gabriele's joins the Fairfield County dining fray and we share which dishes you won't want to miss.

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