At the end of October, I stayed overnight at Old Lyme’s Bee & Thistle Inn. The Bee & Thistle is owned by passionate innkeepers Linnea and David Rufo. I checked into one of Bee & Thistle’s beautifully appointed bedrooms, After a long and tiring day, I looked forward to spending the night in a really… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: December 2009
The Bee & Thistle Inn Remembers Silver Palate Cookbook Author Sheila Lukins
On October 30th, Old Lyme’s venerated Bee & Thistle Inn, hosted a tribute dinner in honor of recently deceased Sheila Lukins, beloved co-author of The Silver Palate series of cookbooks, the proceeds of which were to benefit Shoreline Soup Kitchens and Pantries. In the preceding photograph, a former classmate of Lukins can be seen standing… Continue Reading
Bricco In West Hartford Offers A Feast Of The Seven Fishes Dinner
Bricco in West Hartford got the holidays off to a terrific start with a Feast of the Seven Fishes dinner, a Christmas Eve tradition observed by many southern Italians and Italian-Americans. I remember high school classmates discussing the Vigilia di Natale, or vigil for the birth of the baby Jesus, which typically involved a meatless,… Continue Reading