Author Archives: Frank Cohen

Spanish Food Series 3—A Spanish Cooking Class And Riojan Wine Dinner At Homeworks In Old Saybrook With Chef Dawn Fitzpatrick Dowd

The last time I had attended a cooking class was in January, 2003 at MacMenamin’s Grill in New Rochelle, a restaurant no longer in business. My classmates and I had to cook our own food. It’s easy to romanticize it, but honestly it was hard work. We were so wrapped up in our own slicingContinue Reading

Dish Bar & Grill In Hartford Reprises Its Spectacular Lobster Fest Until Sunday, January 22nd

It’s Martin Luther King Day, and our teenage daughter is home from school. Chilly weather blankets Connecticut. The evening forecast threatens high winds and a wintry mix of precipitation. Our thoughts naturally drift to—lobster! That’s because Dish Bar & Grill, one of my favorite Hartford area restaurants, has reprised its spectacular Lobster Fest (click onContinue Reading

Gordon Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares” Is Casting Immediately!!!

“KITCHEN NIGHTMARES,” FOX’s hit show starring Gordon Ramsay, is CASTING IMMEDIATELY! Senior Casting Producer Lisa Ganz tells us that they are specifically looking for restaurants needing help in the Greater Connecticut area this season. Are you a restaurateur trying to make some green, but still running in the red? Or maybe you have a greatContinue Reading