Thanksgiving Cooking Class w/ Chef Pietro Scotti Ingredients Features Cooking Classes Italian Stephanie Webster November 03, 2010
Reheated: Events, Thanksgiving Help & Momofuku Events Greenwich Amy Kundrat November 02, 2010 In Connecticut... Silverstar Diner in Norwalk is celebrating 30 years with a $30 for a family of 4, family meal during the month of November. Foxwoods Food & Wine Festival is this weekend featuring a walk-around food & wine tasting with over 40 culinary presenters, over 600 wine, beer & spirits and demonstrations. Info CTbites.com. Colman Andrews, Greenwich resident, acclaimed cookbook author speaks tonight, Nov. 2 at 7 pm at Greenwich Library. Info: GreenwichLibrary.org. Fairway's grand opening is November 3 on Canal Street in Stamford. CTbites.com. Mark your calendars! CTbites is participating in "Visions of Gingerbread: The Sweetest Architects" exhibit at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center, opening November 6th. Info: StamfordMuseum.org. The Avon Theatre will present the film Kings of Pastry on Nov. 30th with a post-film Q&A with the directors, presented with Alliance Française of Greenwich & Versailles Pâtisserie. Via LunchBreakChronicles.org ....and beyond. Read More Gingerbread Contest: Part 2 Kids Bites Events kids activity Stephanie Webster November 01, 2010 Gingerbread House Day 3: After a fitful night full of dreams involving houses crashing down with disastrous effect, we gathered to set the foundations and raise the walls for our edible CTbites farm stand. For those late to the game, this exercise in amateur baking is all part of a plan to raise money for The Stamford Museum's "Visions of Gingerbread" Exhibit" where professional bakers will show and then auction off gingerbread houses far more spectacular than ours. Read More Behind-the-Scenes at Stamford's Fairway Restaurant Stamford Specialty Market Special Dietary Needs Amy Kundrat November 01, 2010 With over 80,000 square feet, a staff of 500 passionate employees and 77 years of experience, Fairway Market’s newest location in Stamford at Harbor Point is poised for success and sure to draw the grocery-getting masses. The store will officially open on November 3 with a grand opening party but we were lucky to get an early behind-the-scenes tour with CEO Howie Glickberg, the grandson of Fairway founder Nathan Glickberg. Read More Belgique Chocolatier Opens in New Canaan Ingredients Kids Bites Restaurant Specialty Market New Canaan Kid Friendly Dessert Liz Rueven October 31, 2010 Chocoholics pay attention! Next time you have that hankering for serious chocolate, run over to treat yourself and your best friends to the extraordinary Belgian style, hand filled, preservative free chocolates at Belgique Chocolatier. Belgique is familiar to some chocolate lovers in Fairfield County who have enjoyed the chocolates, fine pastries and ice cream at Susan and Pierre Gilissen’s first location in Kent, CT. After searching for a storefront in Fairfield County, they landed on a jewel of a space set back from Elm St. in New Canaan. This location opened in mid-September and is 100 % about the chocolate. Before opening in Kent in 2001, Chef Pierre Gilissen served as Executive Chef and Manager at the Residence of the Netherlands Ambassador to the U.S. in Washington, D.C. There, he prepared all meals, receptions and teas for the Ambassadors, their families and up to 1,000 guests. His passion for chocolates began during his years there. Read More 90 Seconds with Bobby Flay Ingredients Cookbooks Events Stephanie Webster October 30, 2010 What's New @ The Westport Farmers Market Restaurant Farmers Market Vegetarian Liz Rueven October 30, 2010 Too early to start planning your Thanksgiving menu? Think again. Stop by the market this Thursday November 4th as BLOODROOT RESTAURANT presents vegetarian stuffing fit for your holiday table or any really any table. Their CHESTNUT STUFFING with shitake mushroom gravy starts with their own bread crumbs (don’t even think of NOT eating their bread when dining there) from the previous day’s choice of house baked potato rye, oatmeal sunflower or whole wheat loaves. They combine those precious crumbs with chopped and roasted chestnuts, bright orange squash, pumpkin seeds and gently sauteed onions and shallots. This combo would be perfect on its own or alongside your holiday entree. Celeriac apple puree is the base of the luscious filling in BLOODROOT’S FILO PASTRY SHELLS. Read More Gingerbread Contest: Part 1 Ingredients Kids Bites Education Events Stephanie Webster October 29, 2010 The phrase that keeps going through my head as I painstakingly roll out sheets of fondant to recreate wood siding for the CTbites entry in the Stamford Museum's Gingerbread Exhibit is "What was I thinking?" I'm a professional eater, not a professional baker. Knee deep in food dye and frosting, I am so far out of my element, I could be in another country. Obstacles aside, team CTbites is up for the challenge, and driven by the desire to raise money for Stamford Museum's educational programs, we embrace our inner cake decorator. (And thank you Michele Klem of CakeSuite for not screening my distress calls.) Day 1: After a 1 hour planning session with our staff baker and contributor Deanna Foster and our own Chef Nicole, we decide to go with a local CT farm stand theme. Fruit, veggies, grass…with the added bonus of a structure that only requires three walls. How hard could this be? Read More Prosecco Apple Fizz from Sugar & Olives Features Chef Talk Cocktails Recipe Amy Kundrat October 29, 2010 Our recent CTbites lunch at Sugar & Olives began, as they always should, with a crisp seasonal cocktail. The Prosecco Apple Fizz, a fresh taste of the fall in a champagne flute greeted each guest. We were hooked and thankfully, Sugar & Olive's Jen Balin was happy to share the recipe. With Thanksgiving around the corner, this crisp and elegant cocktail may just be the perfect start to any holiday gathering. Read More Sesame Crusted Tuna w/ Wasabi Creme Fraiche Features Asian Ask Chef Nicole Seafood Recipe Sushi Nicole Straight October 28, 2010 When Chef Nicole came over with her sushi grade tuna claiming that she was going to make that great Sesame Crusted Tuna appetizer I tend to gravitate towards on any sushi menu, (and she was going to prepare the whole dish in under 5 minutes), I was dubious. If you watch the video below you will bear witness to the simplicity of this recipe and you will have a new go-to menu item for any dinner party or gathering. These days, sushi grade tuna can be found at many local fish mongers. We like Fjord Fisheries, but if you live in Westport, the Double L Farm Stand is now getting shipments of tuna and salmon every Thursday from Boston and it is spectacular! Sesame Crusted Tuna w/ Wasabi Creme Fraiche Read More Cocktail Naming Contest Ingredients Cocktails Stephanie Webster October 27, 2010 Calcutta Kitchens: Home-Style Indian Ingredients Farmers Market Indian Sarah Green October 26, 2010 Move over Jack and Diane- Here's a little ditty about Aditi. Aditi Goswami, that is. She's the diminutive heart and soul of Calcutta Kitchens, a phenomenal one woman cooking company where taste and quality are anything but small! Aditi, born in Calucutta and raised in a house full of women - aunts, cousins, etc - was an only child, surrounded by and learning from a loving family where cooking food was not just a means to feed but more a way of life. She now lives in Fairfield County and her goods have solely been available at Farmers' Markets across Ct, NY and NJ. All that is changing with the launch of Calcutta Kitchen's product lines at the new Fairway Market in Stamford. Her fabulously flavorful sauces, vegetables, and soups are a hit wherever she purveys and there's good reason for that. All Ms. Goswami's ingredients come fresh from local farmers' markets and everything she sells is always vegetarian and most often vegan. Cooking for Aditi is much more than a job -it is an art form, it is a way of life, and it is Ayurvedic. Huh? Read More Reheated: Bobby Flay, Halloween & Pumpkin Hoarding News Amy Kundrat October 26, 2010 In Connecticut... Are you ready for a throwdown!? Bobby Flay will be appearing this Saturday at Stew Leonards at 11 am. Info CTbites.com. Colman Andrews, Greenwich resident, acclaimed cookbook author and co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Saveur, will be speaking on Oct. 28 at 7 pm at Greenwich Library. Info: GreenwichLibrary.org. Red Lulu is hosting a Halloween masqerade ball featuring Tito and the Tarantula, best-known for lending their music to Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez movies, this Saturday, October 30. Tickets are $25 per person. Buy tickets. Mark your calendars! CTbites is participating in "Visions of Gingerbread: The Sweetest Architects" exhibit at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center, opening November 6th. More Info. ....and beyond. Read More Visions of Gingerbread @ The Stamford Museum Kids Bites Education Events kids activity Kid Friendly Stephanie Webster October 25, 2010 CTbites is proud to be this year's media sponsor for the 2nd annual "Visions of Gingerbread: The Sweetest Architects" exhibit at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center. Opening November 6th, this show will feature unique and amazing gingerbread creations by many of your favorite bakers. Check out the lineup: CakeSuite, Sugar & Olives, DiMare's Pasty Shop, SoNo Baking Company, Karin Krumpelbeck, and (are you sitting down?) CTbites will be working on an entry. (If you are a baker and want to help team CTbites, contact us!) Here's the best part...You can bring one of these incredible edibles home to your family. These sweet structures will be put up on the silent auction block, with proceeds going to the Museum's educational programs. Read More Ghoulishly Delicious Wines to Drink this Fall Ingredients Holiday Wine Chat JoAnn LoGiurato October 25, 2010 It’s autumn, the leaves are turning crimson and sienna, and there’s a chill in the air. This is the time of year that I look forward to making stews, comfort foods and slow-cooked meals. It’s also my favorite weather for cracking open some hearty, full-bodied wines. I love to curl up next to the fireplace with a good book, a bowl of chili and a fantastic glass of wine. With Halloween (one of my favorite days of the year) just around the corner, I’ve made some suggestions for wines to drink this fall and perhaps while you’re handing out candy to the trick-or-treaters. After all, the kids can’t have all the fun!! Ghoulishly Delicious Wines Sokol Blosser Evolution A fantastic aromatic white wine made from 9 different grapes, this is like the “kitchen-sink” of blended wine, and, is oh so tasty! The wine expresses a creamy, yet lively palate of pear, spice and dried fruit. Read More Breakfast @ Fat Cat Pie Co. Restaurant Coffee Norwalk Pizza Tea And Coffee Breakfast Kid Friendly Stephanie Webster October 24, 2010 Did your mother ever scold you as you reached into the fridge in the wee hours to grab a slice of leftover pizza? Bread, cheese, tomatoes…breakfast of champions, right? Fat Cat Pie Co. which is well known for their wafer thin crusted pizzas laden with decadent toppings (see our pizza shout out), has validated this college craving by mastering the fine art of pizza for breakfast. Yes, it is a little known fact. Fat Cat opens its doors in the am serving a casual breakfast and lunch daily from 8am to 2pm. You may not find a hash brown to speak of on this diminutive menu, but you will find more interesting fare including breakfast "pies" with local organic eggs, sandwiches boasting the culinarily renown Bloodroot bread, as well as a selection of home made baked goods and granola. It is a laid back affair with top notch coffee and a barista who cares (note the latte art). For a diner seeking something beyond the "diner," Fat Cat is a breath of fresh air...and fresh ingredients. Read More Chef LaBant @ The Westport Farmers Market Chef Talk Farmers Market Liz Rueven October 24, 2010 Dedicated market shoppers will be treated to a selection of toasty, seasonal dishes at the Westport Farmers’ Market on October 28 between 10-2. Tim LaBant, chef and owner of SCHOOLHOUSE RESTAURANT in Wilton, will present three preparations using farm fresh, local ingredients from market vendors and his go-to restaurant source, Millstone Farm in Wilton. To ward off the chill of these late October days, LaBant will offer his Jerusalem Artichoke Soup, a satisfying puree of the namesake’s goofy looking root of the sunflower, onions, garlic, chicken stock, bay leaves. This slightly sweet, nutty puree is lightly finished with cream, contrasting a bit of richness with the earthy flavor of this nutritious tuber. Be sure to ask LaBant about how to handle his favorite fall root. LaBant will also compose a salad of peppery arugula, shaved crisp radishes, beets, carrots and any other veggies that look salad worthy Read More "Spanish Heaven" Wine Dinner @ Fat Cat Oct 29th Restaurant Events Wine Dinners Stephanie Webster October 22, 2010 "Spanish Heaven" can be found right here in Norwalk at Fat Cat Pie Co's Spanish Wine dinner on Friday October 29th, 7:30 PM, 3-5 Wall Street. Inspired by a recent visit to Spain's Rioja region and the estate of Valserrano, Fat Cat/Fountainhead Wines will be hosting their first fall wine dinner featuring Valserrano vineyards. Lucky diners will experience lberian inspired culinary creations paired with classic Rioja wines. Chef Bobby and the Fat Cat kitchen crew will surely make this a memorable evening (Check out the menu). What better way to start the Halloween weekend? Spanish Heaven Wine Dinner Menu Read More Reheated: This Week's Top Food News [weekend edition] News Amy Kundrat October 22, 2010 Reheated is a twice-weekly round-up of bite-sized food news in Connecticut and beyond. In Connecticut... Today, Friday, Oct 22, Stew Leonards will be hosting SIP & TWIT a wine tasting combining traditional tastings with social media at 3 Stew Leonard’s Wines locations. Info StewLeonards.com. The 3rd Annual Stamford Charity Chili Cook-off will be held on Saturday, Oct 23 to benefit the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County. Info StamfordNotes.com Chamard Vineyards to host a Halloween this Saturday, Oct 23 with Chamard wine, beer and the Caseus cheese truck. Dining ALaCarte.com Don't miss our next CTbites lunch @ Sugar & Olives in Norwalk Oct 26. Info CTbites. Fairway comes to Stamford, officially opening Nov 3. Read More Great Programs for Kids & Adults @ Ambler Farm Ingredients Kids Bites Events Holiday Local Farm kids activity Kid Friendly Stephanie Webster October 22, 2010 Don't miss these spooky, educational, & tasty activities @ Ambler Farm. Fright Night: Friday, October 29 & Saturday, October 30 Drop off the kids (grades 3-5) for haunted activities and frightful (and not so frightful) storytelling. Those who were present last year are still talking about the ghost dog who frequents the Farm! Creepy sights and mysterious sounds abound when the moon rises at Ambler Farm. Refreshments included. Enrollment limited. Haunted Halloween Ride, Guessing jar to win the Farm's largest pumpkin, Games, if you dare play... Launch the Trebuchet: Sunday, November 14 If you've been to Ambler Farm Day, you've probably fired the apple slingshots, taken a hay-ride or two, and witnessed pumpkins flying through the air. 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Gingerbread Contest: Part 2 Kids Bites Events kids activity Stephanie Webster November 01, 2010 Gingerbread House Day 3: After a fitful night full of dreams involving houses crashing down with disastrous effect, we gathered to set the foundations and raise the walls for our edible CTbites farm stand. For those late to the game, this exercise in amateur baking is all part of a plan to raise money for The Stamford Museum's "Visions of Gingerbread" Exhibit" where professional bakers will show and then auction off gingerbread houses far more spectacular than ours. Read More
Behind-the-Scenes at Stamford's Fairway Restaurant Stamford Specialty Market Special Dietary Needs Amy Kundrat November 01, 2010 With over 80,000 square feet, a staff of 500 passionate employees and 77 years of experience, Fairway Market’s newest location in Stamford at Harbor Point is poised for success and sure to draw the grocery-getting masses. The store will officially open on November 3 with a grand opening party but we were lucky to get an early behind-the-scenes tour with CEO Howie Glickberg, the grandson of Fairway founder Nathan Glickberg. Read More
Belgique Chocolatier Opens in New Canaan Ingredients Kids Bites Restaurant Specialty Market New Canaan Kid Friendly Dessert Liz Rueven October 31, 2010 Chocoholics pay attention! Next time you have that hankering for serious chocolate, run over to treat yourself and your best friends to the extraordinary Belgian style, hand filled, preservative free chocolates at Belgique Chocolatier. Belgique is familiar to some chocolate lovers in Fairfield County who have enjoyed the chocolates, fine pastries and ice cream at Susan and Pierre Gilissen’s first location in Kent, CT. After searching for a storefront in Fairfield County, they landed on a jewel of a space set back from Elm St. in New Canaan. This location opened in mid-September and is 100 % about the chocolate. Before opening in Kent in 2001, Chef Pierre Gilissen served as Executive Chef and Manager at the Residence of the Netherlands Ambassador to the U.S. in Washington, D.C. There, he prepared all meals, receptions and teas for the Ambassadors, their families and up to 1,000 guests. His passion for chocolates began during his years there. Read More
What's New @ The Westport Farmers Market Restaurant Farmers Market Vegetarian Liz Rueven October 30, 2010 Too early to start planning your Thanksgiving menu? Think again. Stop by the market this Thursday November 4th as BLOODROOT RESTAURANT presents vegetarian stuffing fit for your holiday table or any really any table. Their CHESTNUT STUFFING with shitake mushroom gravy starts with their own bread crumbs (don’t even think of NOT eating their bread when dining there) from the previous day’s choice of house baked potato rye, oatmeal sunflower or whole wheat loaves. They combine those precious crumbs with chopped and roasted chestnuts, bright orange squash, pumpkin seeds and gently sauteed onions and shallots. This combo would be perfect on its own or alongside your holiday entree. Celeriac apple puree is the base of the luscious filling in BLOODROOT’S FILO PASTRY SHELLS. Read More
Gingerbread Contest: Part 1 Ingredients Kids Bites Education Events Stephanie Webster October 29, 2010 The phrase that keeps going through my head as I painstakingly roll out sheets of fondant to recreate wood siding for the CTbites entry in the Stamford Museum's Gingerbread Exhibit is "What was I thinking?" I'm a professional eater, not a professional baker. Knee deep in food dye and frosting, I am so far out of my element, I could be in another country. Obstacles aside, team CTbites is up for the challenge, and driven by the desire to raise money for Stamford Museum's educational programs, we embrace our inner cake decorator. (And thank you Michele Klem of CakeSuite for not screening my distress calls.) Day 1: After a 1 hour planning session with our staff baker and contributor Deanna Foster and our own Chef Nicole, we decide to go with a local CT farm stand theme. Fruit, veggies, grass…with the added bonus of a structure that only requires three walls. How hard could this be? Read More
Prosecco Apple Fizz from Sugar & Olives Features Chef Talk Cocktails Recipe Amy Kundrat October 29, 2010 Our recent CTbites lunch at Sugar & Olives began, as they always should, with a crisp seasonal cocktail. The Prosecco Apple Fizz, a fresh taste of the fall in a champagne flute greeted each guest. We were hooked and thankfully, Sugar & Olive's Jen Balin was happy to share the recipe. With Thanksgiving around the corner, this crisp and elegant cocktail may just be the perfect start to any holiday gathering. Read More
Sesame Crusted Tuna w/ Wasabi Creme Fraiche Features Asian Ask Chef Nicole Seafood Recipe Sushi Nicole Straight October 28, 2010 When Chef Nicole came over with her sushi grade tuna claiming that she was going to make that great Sesame Crusted Tuna appetizer I tend to gravitate towards on any sushi menu, (and she was going to prepare the whole dish in under 5 minutes), I was dubious. If you watch the video below you will bear witness to the simplicity of this recipe and you will have a new go-to menu item for any dinner party or gathering. These days, sushi grade tuna can be found at many local fish mongers. We like Fjord Fisheries, but if you live in Westport, the Double L Farm Stand is now getting shipments of tuna and salmon every Thursday from Boston and it is spectacular! Sesame Crusted Tuna w/ Wasabi Creme Fraiche Read More
Calcutta Kitchens: Home-Style Indian Ingredients Farmers Market Indian Sarah Green October 26, 2010 Move over Jack and Diane- Here's a little ditty about Aditi. Aditi Goswami, that is. She's the diminutive heart and soul of Calcutta Kitchens, a phenomenal one woman cooking company where taste and quality are anything but small! Aditi, born in Calucutta and raised in a house full of women - aunts, cousins, etc - was an only child, surrounded by and learning from a loving family where cooking food was not just a means to feed but more a way of life. She now lives in Fairfield County and her goods have solely been available at Farmers' Markets across Ct, NY and NJ. All that is changing with the launch of Calcutta Kitchen's product lines at the new Fairway Market in Stamford. Her fabulously flavorful sauces, vegetables, and soups are a hit wherever she purveys and there's good reason for that. All Ms. Goswami's ingredients come fresh from local farmers' markets and everything she sells is always vegetarian and most often vegan. Cooking for Aditi is much more than a job -it is an art form, it is a way of life, and it is Ayurvedic. Huh? Read More
Reheated: Bobby Flay, Halloween & Pumpkin Hoarding News Amy Kundrat October 26, 2010 In Connecticut... Are you ready for a throwdown!? Bobby Flay will be appearing this Saturday at Stew Leonards at 11 am. Info CTbites.com. Colman Andrews, Greenwich resident, acclaimed cookbook author and co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Saveur, will be speaking on Oct. 28 at 7 pm at Greenwich Library. Info: GreenwichLibrary.org. Red Lulu is hosting a Halloween masqerade ball featuring Tito and the Tarantula, best-known for lending their music to Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez movies, this Saturday, October 30. Tickets are $25 per person. Buy tickets. Mark your calendars! CTbites is participating in "Visions of Gingerbread: The Sweetest Architects" exhibit at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center, opening November 6th. More Info. ....and beyond. Read More
Visions of Gingerbread @ The Stamford Museum Kids Bites Education Events kids activity Kid Friendly Stephanie Webster October 25, 2010 CTbites is proud to be this year's media sponsor for the 2nd annual "Visions of Gingerbread: The Sweetest Architects" exhibit at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center. Opening November 6th, this show will feature unique and amazing gingerbread creations by many of your favorite bakers. Check out the lineup: CakeSuite, Sugar & Olives, DiMare's Pasty Shop, SoNo Baking Company, Karin Krumpelbeck, and (are you sitting down?) CTbites will be working on an entry. (If you are a baker and want to help team CTbites, contact us!) Here's the best part...You can bring one of these incredible edibles home to your family. These sweet structures will be put up on the silent auction block, with proceeds going to the Museum's educational programs. Read More
Ghoulishly Delicious Wines to Drink this Fall Ingredients Holiday Wine Chat JoAnn LoGiurato October 25, 2010 It’s autumn, the leaves are turning crimson and sienna, and there’s a chill in the air. This is the time of year that I look forward to making stews, comfort foods and slow-cooked meals. It’s also my favorite weather for cracking open some hearty, full-bodied wines. I love to curl up next to the fireplace with a good book, a bowl of chili and a fantastic glass of wine. With Halloween (one of my favorite days of the year) just around the corner, I’ve made some suggestions for wines to drink this fall and perhaps while you’re handing out candy to the trick-or-treaters. After all, the kids can’t have all the fun!! Ghoulishly Delicious Wines Sokol Blosser Evolution A fantastic aromatic white wine made from 9 different grapes, this is like the “kitchen-sink” of blended wine, and, is oh so tasty! The wine expresses a creamy, yet lively palate of pear, spice and dried fruit. Read More
Breakfast @ Fat Cat Pie Co. Restaurant Coffee Norwalk Pizza Tea And Coffee Breakfast Kid Friendly Stephanie Webster October 24, 2010 Did your mother ever scold you as you reached into the fridge in the wee hours to grab a slice of leftover pizza? Bread, cheese, tomatoes…breakfast of champions, right? Fat Cat Pie Co. which is well known for their wafer thin crusted pizzas laden with decadent toppings (see our pizza shout out), has validated this college craving by mastering the fine art of pizza for breakfast. Yes, it is a little known fact. Fat Cat opens its doors in the am serving a casual breakfast and lunch daily from 8am to 2pm. You may not find a hash brown to speak of on this diminutive menu, but you will find more interesting fare including breakfast "pies" with local organic eggs, sandwiches boasting the culinarily renown Bloodroot bread, as well as a selection of home made baked goods and granola. It is a laid back affair with top notch coffee and a barista who cares (note the latte art). For a diner seeking something beyond the "diner," Fat Cat is a breath of fresh air...and fresh ingredients. Read More
Chef LaBant @ The Westport Farmers Market Chef Talk Farmers Market Liz Rueven October 24, 2010 Dedicated market shoppers will be treated to a selection of toasty, seasonal dishes at the Westport Farmers’ Market on October 28 between 10-2. Tim LaBant, chef and owner of SCHOOLHOUSE RESTAURANT in Wilton, will present three preparations using farm fresh, local ingredients from market vendors and his go-to restaurant source, Millstone Farm in Wilton. To ward off the chill of these late October days, LaBant will offer his Jerusalem Artichoke Soup, a satisfying puree of the namesake’s goofy looking root of the sunflower, onions, garlic, chicken stock, bay leaves. This slightly sweet, nutty puree is lightly finished with cream, contrasting a bit of richness with the earthy flavor of this nutritious tuber. Be sure to ask LaBant about how to handle his favorite fall root. LaBant will also compose a salad of peppery arugula, shaved crisp radishes, beets, carrots and any other veggies that look salad worthy Read More
"Spanish Heaven" Wine Dinner @ Fat Cat Oct 29th Restaurant Events Wine Dinners Stephanie Webster October 22, 2010 "Spanish Heaven" can be found right here in Norwalk at Fat Cat Pie Co's Spanish Wine dinner on Friday October 29th, 7:30 PM, 3-5 Wall Street. Inspired by a recent visit to Spain's Rioja region and the estate of Valserrano, Fat Cat/Fountainhead Wines will be hosting their first fall wine dinner featuring Valserrano vineyards. Lucky diners will experience lberian inspired culinary creations paired with classic Rioja wines. Chef Bobby and the Fat Cat kitchen crew will surely make this a memorable evening (Check out the menu). What better way to start the Halloween weekend? Spanish Heaven Wine Dinner Menu Read More
Reheated: This Week's Top Food News [weekend edition] News Amy Kundrat October 22, 2010 Reheated is a twice-weekly round-up of bite-sized food news in Connecticut and beyond. In Connecticut... Today, Friday, Oct 22, Stew Leonards will be hosting SIP & TWIT a wine tasting combining traditional tastings with social media at 3 Stew Leonard’s Wines locations. Info StewLeonards.com. The 3rd Annual Stamford Charity Chili Cook-off will be held on Saturday, Oct 23 to benefit the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County. Info StamfordNotes.com Chamard Vineyards to host a Halloween this Saturday, Oct 23 with Chamard wine, beer and the Caseus cheese truck. Dining ALaCarte.com Don't miss our next CTbites lunch @ Sugar & Olives in Norwalk Oct 26. Info CTbites. Fairway comes to Stamford, officially opening Nov 3. Read More
Great Programs for Kids & Adults @ Ambler Farm Ingredients Kids Bites Events Holiday Local Farm kids activity Kid Friendly Stephanie Webster October 22, 2010 Don't miss these spooky, educational, & tasty activities @ Ambler Farm. Fright Night: Friday, October 29 & Saturday, October 30 Drop off the kids (grades 3-5) for haunted activities and frightful (and not so frightful) storytelling. Those who were present last year are still talking about the ghost dog who frequents the Farm! Creepy sights and mysterious sounds abound when the moon rises at Ambler Farm. Refreshments included. Enrollment limited. Haunted Halloween Ride, Guessing jar to win the Farm's largest pumpkin, Games, if you dare play... Launch the Trebuchet: Sunday, November 14 If you've been to Ambler Farm Day, you've probably fired the apple slingshots, taken a hay-ride or two, and witnessed pumpkins flying through the air. If the pumpkin-launching trebuchet has intrigued you, now's your chance to get a closer look at this medieval-inspired machine. Read More
