New Haven Independent

Food | May 8, 2008

The Cheese Was From Here

by Allan Appel | May 8, 2008 12:14 PM | Permalink

A top downtown chef served a menu full of local produce -- as a fan prepared to convince others to do the same.

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Food | April 17, 2008

Jacques Pepin Cooks For The Needy

by Marcia Chambers | April 17, 2008 4:35 PM | Permalink

Famed French chef Jacques Pepin donned a Branford Community Dining Hall apron and quickly went to work -- slicing and dicing veggies to create a savory vegetable soup that may well become a staple for feeding the shoreline needy.

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Food | March 17, 2008

Union League's Foie Gras Targeted

by Allan Appel | March 17, 2008 8:16 AM | Permalink

As animal-rights picketers protested outside downtown's French restaurant, the maitre d' pondered the connection between foie gras and a certain Impressionist painter.

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Food | February 25, 2008

What The Doctors Didn't Tell Him

by Staff | February 25, 2008 10:20 AM | Permalink

When city native Raman Prasad landed in the hospital as a teen, it looked as though he'd live the rest of his life as a hostage to an incurable bowel disease. The medical establishment didn't tell him about a diet that could -- and would -- free him. The Internet did; now Prasad is using the Web to feed the hopes of others. Full story here.

Food | October 11, 2007

Mini-Gardens Planned, With Maximum Reach

by Paul Bass | October 11, 2007 1:53 PM | Permalink

Kids at two New Haven K-8 schools are beginning to grow veggies in their classrooms, as part of a crusade to bring bounties of natural foods to confined places.

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Food | October 10, 2007

Land Trust Marks 25 Years

by Melinda Tuhus | October 10, 2007 2:22 PM | Permalink

These two people coordinate a community garden in the Hill. And rather than trying to keep people out, they want neighbors to come in and take the produce. That’s the spirit that pervaded the New Haven Land Trust’s 25th anniversary celebration at Hopkins School.

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Food | July 26, 2007

Wing Madness Over Newhallville

by Bry'onna Mention | July 26, 2007 11:30 AM | Permalink

Garfield Mills brought 14 of his own sauce recipes to Dixwell Avenue -- and appears to have a hit on his hands.

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Food | June 14, 2007

Play Veggies!

by Georgia Kral | June 14, 2007 9:00 AM | Permalink

Take me out to the farmer's market! Denise Appel from Zinc Restaurant tossed a head of lettuce to City Seed Executive Director Jennifer McTiernan, pictured, to officially launch the farmer's market season.

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Food | March 27, 2007

DeLauro Urged To Support More Food Aid

by Melinda Tuhus | March 27, 2007 9:35 AM | Permalink

Fifty people at a forum documenting the increased need for food for hungry people in Connecticut were told -- more than once -- that they'd all be senior citizens someday, and perhaps in need of help themselves.

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Food | March 26, 2007

Vegans Vie for the Gold

by Allan Appel | March 26, 2007 9:00 AM | Permalink

A hundred raging, committed, or still chicken-eating yet aspiring vegans like Matthew Feiner (pictured) converged on the Fuel Coffee Shop on Chapel Street in Wooster Square for the world's putatively first-ever vegan cupcake-eating contest. The competition was fierce -- but steroids-free.

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Food | March 19, 2007

Romancing the Soil

by Melinda Tuhus | March 19, 2007 8:20 AM | Permalink

A love affair is blooming in Wooster Square, even amid the snow and frozen slush deposited by the season's biggest winter storm. It's a love affair between local producers of organic or otherwise healthy food, and city people who are willing to navigate unplowed streets to buy the yummy stuff.

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Food | February 27, 2007

Mr. Bean's Pearls of Wisdom

by Paul Bass | February 27, 2007 1:24 PM | Permalink

What to do about a "dirty Australian" in a coffee shop? Read the following postings from one of New Haven's liveliest interactive venues, the bulletin board at Koffee? on Audubon Street.

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Food | February 19, 2007

Ahimsa, Explained -- And Served Fresh

by Paul Bass | February 19, 2007 1:30 PM | Permalink

New Haven? Oh, that's the city that (now) has an Indian-owned vegan kosher-supervised natural foods restaurant. With table service.

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Food | January 18, 2007

Business Expo = Food Expo

by Melinda Tuhus | January 18, 2007 12:47 PM | Permalink

There was plenty of networking, of course, and economic data being shared. But a roam through the aisles of this year’s Business Expo turned up sight after sight — and taste, and talk — of culinary delights like this basket of bread from Judie’s Bakery.

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Food | January 18, 2007

"Still Number One"

by Melissa Bailey | January 18, 2007 8:10 AM | Permalink

New Haven landmark Louis' Lunch may be under attack from Texas -- but it's reaping new customers. Customers like Johnny "Soprano" Miller (pictured at right), who drove all the way from Boston to the Crown Street eatery to try out the famous Louis' burger for the first time Wednesday.

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Food | December 11, 2006

Soooolong, Oolongs

by Paul Bass | December 11, 2006 12:54 PM | Permalink

Leaf alert: A cherished teahouse is closing this month. What does that say about doing business on Sherman's Alley?

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Food | November 20, 2006

Indian Vegan Cafe Readies Uptown Move

by Paul Bass | November 20, 2006 9:14 AM | Permalink

The most improbable of vegan restaurants -- Imagin Cafe, tucked inside a photo store at 930 Chapel St., serving scrumptiously prepared and spiced nondairy vegetarian Indian wraps and soups, smoothies and ice cream -- should have a home of its own by the end of next week. The cafe part (not the photo processing) moves to the corner of Chapel and Howe. It will expand to night hours, add a section with table service, and expand its menu to full-dinner options, according to Sudhir Shah, whose son owns the operation. The new restaurant's name will be Ahimsa. That translates to compassion -- and a happy belly.

Food | November 14, 2006

1,000 Pounds of Farm Food Saved For The Hungry

by Melinda Tuhus | November 14, 2006 8:37 AM | Permalink

This box of gorgeous fresh produce from the Wooster Square farmers' market "" including pears, apples, and squash "" could have been made into pies or sold at another market the next day, but Elpidio Trejo (at left in photo) of Rose's Berry Farm in Glastonbury said he'd rather give it to the Gleanings project to feed New Haven's hungry. Max Wrubel, a volunteer with Food Not Bombs, was more than happy to accept it.

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Food | November 3, 2006

Get Your Bun In The Kitchen

by Paul Bass | November 3, 2006 7:54 AM | Permalink

What's new at the always-evolving Miya Japanese Restaurant on Howe Street? For starters, homemade ginger lemongrass soda (at left) to die for. Click on the first arrow below to watch gifted owner/chef Bun Lai prepare and describe other new treats on the menu. (Would you believe a broccoli dessert?) And click on the second arrow below for his word on what comes next.

Food | October 31, 2006

Catholic Workers Confront More Hunger, Appeal For Help

by Melinda Tuhus | October 31, 2006 8:19 AM | Permalink

"It's a beautiful thing," Paul Nuñez said as he ate some great pancakes at the Amistad Catholic Worker House in the Hill. Nunez was talking about the unusual way the family-run home feeds and opens its doors to the needy. (Click here to listen.) An uptick in demand for food there lately may portend a rise in hunger around town.

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