From Faith Middleton: It’s not only the hottest party of the season, The Food Schmooze® Martini Competition, scheduled for Thursday, June 25, has officially filed an application with the Guinness World Records organization in hopes of qualifying this year as The World’s Largest Martini Competition. Please join us at Riverview in Simsbury, Conn., from 6 to […]
Food Notes
The Chicken Who Behaves Like a Dog
Meet Rosie, a chicken and prolific egg-layer at Marleen Cenotti and Andy White’s Connecticut house. Egg-laying is not the most interesting thing about Rosie, though; she has taken it upon herself to become Andy and Marleen’s devoted companion, following the couple everywhere they go, as if she were a dog. The next time you’re on […]
Endless Strawberries
Alex Province whipped out his iPhone when Chris Prosperi arrived in our studios with a tray of these beauties grown in Granby, Conn. at Holcomb Farm. They’re at their best locally grown right now.
Ask for Champagne Mangos this Summer
Thanks to our colleagues at Fine Cooking® Magazine who reminded us in their latest issue that the mangos we love are called “Champagne Mangos,” and are only available in the summer. The exterior is yellow, and the insides are like velvet without that stringy, sharp taste. If you see some, buy them!
Event: Vermont Cheesemakers Festival
It features more than 40 award-winning cheese-makers, and it’s held at beautiful Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, Vt., Sunday, July 19. Local food, wine, beer and spirits celebrated, plus workshops on cooking and cheese-making. Sampling encouraged! Find information at vtcheesefest.com.
Cooking Dockside for Boaters
Planning, that’s the key, say boaters Michele Carney of Granby and Kurtis Denison of Hartford. They whip up parties in their small kitchens on board motor boats they have moored at The Guilford Yacht Club. It’s gourmet pot luck, the pair say, and they party with boating friends at the dock or at a mooring […]
