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Zee Burger in Woodbury: A First Beefy Bite
Road Trip Restaurant Woodbury Lunch Burgers
When news first broke that Carole Peck, our east coast answer to Alice Waters, would be opening a burger joint adjacent to her popular farm-to-table Good News Café in Woodbury, the first thing I did was clear my calendar.
The second thing I did was ask the obvious question. Was this the same Carole Peck who has been running the Café in Woodbury since 1993, hosting culinary trips to France and espousing local farms?
Burgers? Carole, really?
Actually it makes perfect sense that Peck, who has been committed to sourcing locally and seasonally for Good News Café for almost twenty years, would want to widen her spectrum and open a more accessible establishment using the same approach that has won her accolades and a loyal following. Fueled by an extended financial recession, the inexpensive luxuries of the gourmet burger joint formula has been trending in Connecticut. Peck has joined the fray staying true to her signature style – by creating the farm stand version of the burger joint.
Miya's Sushi in New Haven
Road Trip Food Porn New HavenHartford's ON20
Road Trip Food Porn HartfordA Foxwoods Food & Wine Festival Wrap-Up
Road Trip Restaurant Chef Talk Wine Chat
Restaurants from New York City to Boston descended on the 4th annual Foxwoods Food and Wine Festival at MGM Grand at Foxwoods. A weekend-long event, the Festival featured celebrity chef dinners, cooking demonstrations, and dozens of restaurants and wine vendors showcased at two “Grand Tasting” events on Saturday and Sunday.Foxwoods 4th Annual Food & Wine Festival
Road Trip Restaurant Events Wine ChatReheated: This Week's Top Food News in CT & Beyond
Ingredients Road Trip Restaurant News
Reheated is a twice-weekly round-up of bite-sized food news in Connecticut and beyond.
In Connecticut...
Don't miss this week's Westport Farmers Market will feature chefs Bill Taibe (leFarm), Nancy Roper (Boxcar Cantina) and Jeff Northrop (Westport Aquaculture) in a market fundraiser. Info CTbites.com.
Free scoop at participating Carvel stores this Thursday. Via Dining A La Carte.
Tasti D-lite tops the list of several restaurant openings in Stamford. Via Stamford Notes.
Save the date to drink for charity with Cans & Cocktails on Sept.29, a fundraiser in Stamford we'll be supporting. Info CTbites.com.
Wednesday night wine tastings at Sarah's Wine Bar in Ridgefield. Via SarahsWineBar.com.
Reheated: This Week's Top Food News [weekend edition]
Road Trip Cookbooks Events News
Reheated is a twice-weekly round-up of bite-sized food news in Connecticut and beyond.
In Connecticut...
Taste! Organic CT is this weekend in Manchester. Info www.CTbites.com/TasteOrganic
Celebrate the local garlic harvest this weekend in Mystic. Info OldeMistickVillage.com.
In nearby Stonington, you can also check out the Harvest Food & Wine Festival at Stonington Vineyards. Info StoningtonVineyards.com.
A Family Garden Tour at Ambler Farm this Saturday. Info AmblerFarm.org.
Bier, lederhosen and mountains of brats (the meat, not the kids). Celebrate Oktoberfest at The Old Heidelberg this weekend. Info RestaurantHeidelberg.com.
The first annual Hamden Restaurant Week starts on the 20th. Info HamdenRestaurantWeek.com
Road Trip: Spa Sampler @ The Mayflower Inn
Road Trip Restaurant Holiday Manchester Road Trip Travel
Photos: Courtesy of The Mayflower InnMy husband and I recently had the chance to spend a day at the Mayflower Inn and Spa in Washington, CT. It was, in a word, sublime. It’s nestled in the Litchfield County countryside, with rolling hills, lush foliage and perfectly manicured gardens -- a New England picture-postcard paradise. The Inn itself is an elegant, magnificently maintained, five-star luxury spa resort. I could go on for hours about the place. But this is CTBites -- let’s talk about the food.Road Trip: Old Lyme & Chester for Great Food and Fun
Road Trip Restaurant Old Lyme Road Trip Shoreline East
In these cold cabin-fever days of winter, a road trip to a country inn casts an alluring spell. Dreaming of a cozy dinner in front of a flickering fireplace, we hit the road to check out The Bee & Thistle Inn and Spa in Old Lyme. (100 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT)
The Bee & Thistle has been an inn since 1930, but Linnea and David Rufo have breathed new life into the historic building since buying it 4 years ago. Linnea is a multi-talented, energetic and attractive woman with 20 years of experience in the hospitality business as a chef (she worked at Jean Georges Vongerichten’s Mercer Kitchen), innkeeper (The Inn at Stockbridge in Massachusetts) and award-winning events planner (too numerous to list).
She’s the Bee & Thistle’s executive chef and hostess, and has created a cozy ambience filled with good food, art and music.
