The cooking of The Table & Gallery’s resident chef, Michaela, will be featured on Oct. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. at The Table & Gallery, 1209 Chapel Street, New Haven. The menu will include prosciut...
Bishop’s Orchards Farm Markets, 1355 Boston Post Road, Guilford, is offering a Fall Harvest Farm Share with bi-weekly pick-ups featuring hearty greens, winter squashes, and more. It costs $110 for thr...
With fall looming–it will officially kick off Sunday, Sept. 22–I am back to making homemade applesauce and baking banana bread.
I make homemade applesauce because I find myself craving apples, but it...
A few weeks back, I wrote about fairs and festivals and included a recipe for Zebra Cake, the recipe being used for the Connecticut Association of State Fairs adult baking contest. My friend Robin Mat...
I’m sorry to bring up the “f” word (fall) so soon, but I just wanted to make sure you know we have something to look forward to after all this summer fun is over. On Saturday, Aug. 31, from 9 a.m. to ...
Tea Kettle Breakfast And Lunch Restaurant, 1395 Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook, has expanded its hours. They are now open a half hour earlier everyday from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Find out more by visitin...
Before I get going on all of these beach reads, let me pitch you once again on the merits of shopping for the books (both the real deal and the virtual) through your local booksellers. Breakwater Book...
I was just so happy to hear that Village Chocolatier, 79 Whitfield St, Guilford, is now serving Honeycone Craft Ice Cream, including the ice cream flights, which allow us to savor six different flavor...
Following its grand opening late last month, Deep River Roasters, 159 Main Street, Deep River, has announced it will open at 6 a.m. on workdays, and they’ve opened a sweet little outdoor seating space...
If you’re looking for some really good food, friendly service, with reasonable prices, you can’t go wrong at Coffee Break, 27 East Main St, Clinton. They recently announced their summer hours: Thursda...
One beloved institution in the Stony Creek section of Branford―The Stony Creek Market at 178 Thimble Island Road―is now connected with another, The Thimbleberry, down the street and around the corner ...
Bongo Ron’s Cigar Shop and Lounge is hosting its annual cigar social at Westbrook Elks Lodge #1784, 142 Seaside Ave, Westbrook, on Sunday, May 19, from 1 to 9 p.m., and tickets are going fast. Proceed...
Happy Hour
by Elissa Bass
Elissa Bass was one of many people who gobbled up romance novels during the pandemic. She thought, “I can do this.” And so she did. Bass calls her debut a “reverse-age gap me...
For the 12th year, Connecticut shoreline fire departments will partner with The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries (SSKP) to host a one-day food drive on Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ...
Hu Ping-Dolph, a restaurateur with nearly 25 years in the industry, recently opened Hot Pot, 68 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. At Hot Pot, customers cook a variety of meats, fish, and vegetables in hot br...
Bishop’s Orchards Farm Market, 1355 Boston Post Road, Guilford, is back with a fresh new look. With a brand new floor, and a refreshed look, it still feels familiar. During the brief shutdown, they al...
On an unseasonably warm and then rainy Tuesday evening–following a day packed with work, school, and other everyday family obligations–hundreds of Guilford residents weighed in on efforts to support p...
Summer Hill Catering, 257 Summer Hill Road, Madison, is now taking orders online for weekly pickup for a wide range of its homemade heat-and-eat meals and more. Order by Wednesday at 9 p.m. to pick up...
Fourteen Days
by The Authors Guild. Edited by Margaret Atwood, Douglas Preston
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of people—tenants in a rundown Manhattan apartment building on the Lo...
The East Haven Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Marjoram Fresh Kitchen, 420 Main Street, East Haven, to town. “Great food! Great people,” say the folks at the chamber. The owner, Berioska Suero, ...