Our guess is you’ve burned with desire to know which wine pairs wonderfully with popcorn. It comes up all the time. You’ll be looking for furniture or cookware, and you’ll overhear, “Red or white for popcorn?” The wine geek responds by saying, depends on the spices on the popcorn. But our Alex Province, only part […]
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Special Gift Suggestion: Vintage Pol Roger Champagne
From Faith : I was excited to learn that Union League Cafe in New Haven had begun serving Pol Roger champagne by the glass, especially considering that the French-inspired restaurant is just a leap across the New Haven Green from our studio. My plans went like this… I’d make the next business meeting there, and I’d […]
Comfort: Connecticut Restaurants Serving Prime Rib
Prime rib seems to be the taco of New York City now. Earlier, the city was awash in tacquerias and you’d find them on just about every menu in all the boroughs. Now, it’s all about that retro slab of juicy meat and crispy skin — prime rib. Name chefs are racing to put it […]
The Best Vegetable Broth to Buy
We like Swanson’s organic vegetable broth, and while shopping quickly, that’s the one we usually grab. It didn’t surprise us that it was among the top three vegetable broths chosen by our pals at Cooks Illustrated. What interested us was that they also gave top honors to two more — Orrington Farms Vegan Chicken Flavored […]
The Brown Butter Chocolate Bar (Gluten-Free)
From Faith: Attention, chocolate-lovers… there’s a bar you might like as much as I do. I like it enough to avert my eyes as I walk past the rack of bars in the market calling out to me. I like it enough to think how lovely it will be to get up the next morning because […]
Wee Willie Whiskey
Here, for your drinking pleasure, is the cocktail we tried on the show. It’s called Wee Willie Whiskey. We liked it a lot. (Tim is also the author of the book, Tequila Mockingbird.)
