Although primarily open for weekday lunch, Connecticut’s top restaurant may well be Polytechnic ON20 in Hartford. Few, if any, restaurants in the Nutmeg State serve food that can match ON20’s in imagination, sophistication, ingredient quality and diversity, precision of technique, intensity of flavor, and attractiveness of presentation. Noel Jones is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Jacques Pépin Headlines Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser At Omni Hotel In New Haven
Considering that this blog is a recording of my culinary adventures, it isn’t my normal practice to cover events that don’t feed me. However, I made an exception for a fundraiser held on October 13th in the Grand Ballroom of the Omni Hotel in New Haven to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Connecticut—“the house… Continue Reading
Meigas In Norwalk Hosts Bodegas Olarra Wine Dinner With Flamenco Dancers
On September 26th, I attended a Spanish wine dinner at Meigas featuring wines from Grupo Bodegas Olarra and flamenco dancers brought in from New York. For those who haven’t yet had the pleasure, this elegant Spanish restaurant is located in the restored trolley barn at 10 Wall Street in Norwalk, which also houses offices and… Continue Reading