Cabot Open Farm Sunday offers the public an opportunity to peek behind barn doors and discover what their neighbor farmers do every day. Removing the veil of mystery, visitors learn a little something along the way. In Connecticut, we have several Cabot co-op farms, and I visited two of them during the October 9, 2016 … [Read more…]
My Eating Connecticut pieces typically involve restaurants, special events, and food trucks around the state where I’ve sampled the menu and decided to share the experience with you. Today is a little bit different. I’m taking a slightly different path this time because, a) The Mobile Pub doesn’t tool around town like an ice cream … [Read more…]
It started with a text… I was in the middle of shooting photos for a client and knew I had made plans to leave the house. But the weekend didn’t go according to plan and I was way behind schedule. Lost in my project, I also lost track of time. It took a full 10 … [Read more…]
Disclosure: While my hotel accommodations and travel activities were provided for me, free of charge, by Vineyard Square Hotel, the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce, and MV Wine Fest, I was not compensated for this post. All opinions remain 100% my own. The travel theme for this year appears to be beaches and shores of … [Read more…]
Saybrook Point Inn & Spa in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, continues the culinary quest with their next dinner in their new Cuisine Series: The Macallan Scotch Whisky Dinner. Join them on Saturday, April 9, 2016, at 6:30 PM when they feature one of the world’s most well-known whiskies – The Macallan – in a dinner presided over by an official Macallan Scotch ambassador. … [Read more…]
Disclosure: I received a discounted rate for my conference registration for IFBC in exchange for promising to write a certain number of posts. In addition, Sabra Dipping Company sponsored me for this event. All opinions–as well as my enthusiasm–as always, remain my own. You may recall that I attended the International Food Bloggers Conference in … [Read more…]
For several years now, as summer slipped into fall, quietly shedding her glorious headdress for a grayer attire, I’ve watched the IFBC posts pop up on social media like autumnal blossoms, each a beauty ready to be plucked. Read a few posts and you’ll have assembled a bouquet of experiences: varied vicarious living, just enough … [Read more…]
You know how everyone is always complaining that there’s nothing to do? They want to get together but, after racking their brains, they come up empty? Saturday night will not be one of those nights! The Desultory Theatre Club Presents… Robot Dance Off 2015 In their words, a night so nice, we’re doing it thrice! … [Read more…]
Three years ago, I recall seeing some tweets about Food Blog Forum from attendees. It stuck in my mind that they were hosted in Disney World, but it was bad timing for me–we were house hunting at the time and I was only recently re-employed, after spending the prior 4 years as a stay-at-home mom … [Read more…]
I was lucky enough to receive a ticket to A Taste in Simsbury again this year–a great honor considering all the wondrous food that awaited me behind the doors of The Riverview. This is my favorite food event of the year because it allows me to get better acquainted with the eating options in the … [Read more…]