Nibble: Tasty CT Food Events For December 13-20

Friday, December 18th, 6 – 7:30 PM Join Dom's Cheese Shop & Super Cellar Warehouse Liquors for a Virtual Christmas Cheese and Wine Tasting. Tickets · $75 - $100.

This week, for the Walrus Alley Date Night Takeout, they are serving up some smoked short ribs for two, (complete with grits, collards, salad, and apple crisp) with a side of Amelie. Directed by one of our favorite French directors who also made such outlandish, other-worldly films as Delicatessen and City of Lost Children, this movie is quintessential 2001. You can stream Amelie on Amazon Prime.

Join Le Banh Patisserie for an “O Christmas Tree Cake Decorating Zoom Class’ complete with full Kit. kids and adults alike will have fun to express their artistic skills on this edible canvas and learn how to make flannel style cake. Kit includes red and black chocolate mint cake, mint buttercream , green, red, and yellow “paint”, palette knife, piping bags and a cake board. Also included is a 2 ½ hour instructional Zoom class where you’re able to learn how to decorate this cake from Chef Kim Wood.

Eric D. Lehman and Amy Nawrocki, authors of A History of Connecticut Food: A Proud Tradition of Puddings, Clambakes & Steamed Cheeseburgers, share mouthwatering stories behind our most cherished local dishes! Tune in and get schooled on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 12 PM. “Conversations at Noon: The History of Connecticut Food: Our Delicious Origins." Hasty pudding? Fried oysters? Slow-cooked Pork Belly with Apple and Celery Root Soup and Sticky Cranberries? Connecticut cuisine has something to offer every food lover and budding chef! But these local favorites have a long and complex history, one that has shaped Connecticut and its people for centuries. Who would have thought that grandma’s chicken pot pie recipe could shed so much light on our state’s past!

Join the Holiday Fun at The 1754 House in Woodbury CT on December 19-20th, 11:30am-4pm. Celebrate the holidays with "make your own reindeer food, holiday cupcake decorating, christmas cookie decorating, marshmallow snowmen and more!

Tap-a-Tree Maple Sugaring Registration Now Open at Ambler Farm: Learn the science and history of maple sugaring by being a hands-on part of the process. While we are not able to hold our traditional informational workshops this season due to state regulations, we will provide virtual resources and a Zoom call to answer your questions. Then, on January 30th or 31st (provided the sap is running), we invite your family out to Ambler Farm to choose your Maple tree and hang your bucket to collect sap. Choose the day and time that works best for you. Each week we will send regular updates on the running of the sap so that your family can come out to the Farm to collect sap from your tree. We will boil down the sap in our sugar shack and send each family home with their very own bottle of Ambler Farm 100% all-natural and hand-harvested Maple Syrup. Tap-a-Tree Tree Selection - January 30th and 31st, Program runs through mid-March
Member registration open now (please remember to log into our site)
Non-member registration begins December 15th

The Chowda Club was created a few months ago to keep the Chowdafest brand alive and provide some semblance of normalcy to those who are fans of both chowder and the event. Every month they announce two featured restaurants representing past award winners as well as those new to the chowder scene!  This month the Chowda Club is currently taking online orders for both a decadent lobster bisque from Rory’s in Darien CT and a popular cheeseburger chowder from the Smithsonian Cafe & Chowder House in MA.  Orders are taken online now through Dec. 23rd and arrive at your home on Dec. 30th via FedEx.

It’s Customer Appreciation Day at Deemans Bar Grill on Sunday, December 20th at 3 PM. As per their facebook page, “We do have the best family here at Deemans. But this year has shown us the overwhelming love and support everyone has given us!! Not only to survive this unpredictable year but keep us here for 15 years. Will be putting out a buffet so hope you’ll join us! Don’t forget to wear your fabulous Christmas sweater.”

Cisco Brewers, the renowned family (and dog-friendly) hot spot and producer of world-class beers, wines and spirits, is launching its first outpost in Connecticut, along with Triple Eight Distillery and Nantucket Vineyard. It also is home to the best single malt whisky in America: Triple Eight Distillery’s Notch 15-year, honored at the 2020 Whisky Magazine awards. The new location will be at The Village, a brand new large-scale, indoor-outdoor, premium work-play environment in Stamford.

Restaurant owner Jamshed Khalid has announced his popular local eatery, Ali Baba’s Fusion, is evolving. His Halal restaurant will be known as Ali Baba’s Kitchen beginning December 11, 2020. The evolution includes new menu items, a newly designed website, and signage as the restaurant is undergoing its rebranding to better reflect customers’ dining habits, while preparing to offer franchise opportunities throughout the Northeast.

With the holidays looking very different this year, The Shubert Theatre  is hosting the fourth installment of its signature fundraiser, “Next Stop: New Haven” on Sunday, December 13 at 4:00pm. This special holiday edition invites families to celebrate the upcoming Christmas holiday with a 45-minute virtual program, hosted by a very special guest from the North Pole, including a holiday-themed trivia game, musical entertainment from a Broadway rising star, Christmas carols, a theatre-related holiday craft and other surprise guests. The $75 ticket to the celebration also includes a curated box of holiday cookies, beverages (including a special treat for the adults!) and other holiday goodies, in addition to the link to the streaming program.  Restaurant partners featured in the box, intended to serve a family of four (two adults and two children ages 3-10), include: Atticus Bookstore Café, Camacho Garage, Doughlicious, Olmo, Sanctuary Kitchen by CitySeed, Soul de Cuba Cafe