Reheated: Dorie Greenspan & Darien Restaurant Week

In Connecticut...

Darien Restaurant Week is underway! Info CTbites.com

Free Cold Stone Creamery samples tonight at participating stores. Info DiningAlaCarte.org

Chef Pietro Scotti,of Westport's DaPietro's will offer a Thanksgiving Cooking class on Nov 16 at The Clarke Culinary Center. Info CTbites.com.

Dorie Greenspan will be speaking at the Darien Library on Nov. 18. Info DarienLibrary.org & an interview via CTbites.com.

CT Food Bank has launched a virtual Thanksgiving Day food drive. Info CTFoodBank.org.

Welcome to The Feast, an NBC-owned site that will be all things shop-food-play in regions such as our lovely state of CT. TheFeast.com.

....and beyond.

Did you know cranberries were once used as a primitive antibiotic? Allison Aubrey deconstructs the power of the cranberry.Via NPR.org.

A UK study links obesity with a keener sense of smell. Via BBC.

Fashion and gastronomy are having a moment. Via WSJ.com.

Michelin stars were announced for Chicago, with Alinea and L20 taking 3 each. Via NYTimes/Dining.com.

A question for you carnivores. Is it better to eat a pig or a dog? Via TheAtlantic.com