Monthly Archives: December 2011

Spanish Food Series 2—What It Means To Be “Spanish” Plus A Riojan Wine Dinner At Bistro Mediterranean & Tapas Bar In East Haven

Spain is a European country that abuts France and Portugal and stares eyeball to eyeball across the Strait of Gibraltar at Morocco in northern Africa. Except it’s a complicated world… The Rock of Gibraltar is held by Britain and is a bone of contention between the Spanish and the British. Just across the narrow straitContinue Reading

A Fourth Rizzuto’s Opens In Stamford With A Pizza-Making Lesson & Press Dinner

A Rizzuto’s Italian Kitchen has opened on Route 1 in Stamford near the Greenwich line, good news for anyone with an appreciation for upscale Italian food served at a fair price. With siblings in Westport, West Hartford and Bethel, this is now the fourth outlet in the popular Rizzuto’s Restaurant Group. A press dinner heldContinue Reading

New Haven Mourns Beloved Restaurateur Frank Criscuolo Of Claire’s Corner Copia And Basta Trattoria

Frigid weather didn’t stop hundreds of mourners from queuing up at Iovanne Funeral Home on Wooster Street in New Haven on Friday, December 16th, to say goodbye to Frank Criscuolo, one of New Haven’s most beloved figures. Many key community and press members could be spotted paying their respects. East Haven resident Criscuolo, along withContinue Reading