One evening in early October, I headed to Ridgefield for a Spanish wine dinner held at Bernard’s in conjunction with local wine merchant Cellar XV and Riojan winemaker Grupo Bodegas Olarra. As I approached Bernard’s, I found its walkway lined with pumpkins and fallen leaves. A hardy plant still blossomed before a window. I was… Continue Reading
Polytechnic ON20 In Hartford Offers Dining Of The Highest Order
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
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