New Haven Independent

Food | June 26, 2009

"Kitchen Zinc" Takes On Pizza Tradition

by Elise Granata | June 26, 2009 7:56 AM | Permalink

Changing their culinary hats, owners Donna Curran and Denise Appel closed the doors of Chow Dim Sum and Wine Bar in March and reopened them -- to serve pizza.

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Food | June 17, 2009

Downtown Market Opens For Season

by Adzua Agyapon | June 17, 2009 5:15 PM | Permalink

Elipidio Trejo (at left in photo) and Ismael Gonzalez woke up at dawn Wednesday morning to harvest kale, radishes, sugar snap peas, arugula and lettuce for opening day at CitySeed's downtown farmers' market.

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Food | May 26, 2009

Atticus Serves "Recession-Proof" Coffee

by Thomas MacMillan | May 26, 2009 7:41 AM | Permalink

A downtown coffee shop has found a way to lure customers like Felicity Moller during hard times.

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Food | April 24, 2009

Hen Legalization Gets 2nd Chance

by Thomas MacMillan | April 24, 2009 7:46 AM | Permalink

As a legally owned urban chicken, Sussex is able to strut around with her head held high. With the passage of an upcoming ordinance amendment that would permit backyard hens, other city chickens may soon be able to stand tall.

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Food | April 20, 2009

Tavon Tries The Pancakes

by Paul Bass | April 20, 2009 11:44 AM | Permalink

For the first time, his school had a whole-wheat stack on the menu.

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Food | April 16, 2009

New Vegan Spot Has Jamaican Accent

by Paul Bass | April 16, 2009 1:31 PM | Permalink

This room was a garage. Now it's a kitchen. The "chicken" is ready. Where's all the grease?

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Food | March 25, 2009

On The Menu: Baked Chicken

by Paul Bass | March 25, 2009 11:27 AM | Permalink

Two hundred eighty pans of roasted bird and 208 pans of baked potatoes are headed to New Haven schools Thursday.

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Food | March 18, 2009

Mory's Eyes Fall Reopening

by Paul Bass | March 18, 2009 5:02 PM | Permalink

Mory's isn't dead yet.

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Food | February 9, 2009

Credit Crunch Clips Ambassador

by Leonard J. Honeyman | February 9, 2009 2:30 PM | Permalink

Downtown is back down to nine Indian restaurants.

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Food | February 4, 2009

Cocoa Calls

by Allan Appel | February 4, 2009 11:37 AM | Permalink

At Zinc Tuesday night, the secret of creating great chocolate that's well nigh addictive was discovered. It wasn't the caffeine or the flavanoids or even the best ganache and cocoa butter prepared at the perfect temperatures.

It was a pastry chef pursuing her true calling.

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Food | February 4, 2009

A Snapple In Every Knapsack

by Allan Appel | February 4, 2009 3:29 AM | Permalink

(Updated) The nutrition-conscious Board of Ed ordered $100,000 worth of Snapple -- 10 cans per student.

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Food | January 28, 2009

Rice "Atlas" Could Help Feed World

by Abram Katz | January 28, 2009 1:09 PM | Permalink

Yale researchers have compiled the first comprehensive genetic map of the rice plant, which eventually may multiply the harvest of the world's staple grain.

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Food | January 26, 2009

Bun Lai Menu Excerpt Of The Week

by Paul Bass | January 26, 2009 8:48 AM | Permalink

kiss the smiling piggie roll

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Food | January 19, 2009

10th Indian Eatery Opens Downtown

by Leonard J. Honeyman | January 19, 2009 2:24 PM | Permalink

If Indian food is an acquired taste, Shekhar Naik hopes a lot of New Haven-area people have acquired it. In fact, he's banking on it.

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Food | December 2, 2008

New School Lunches Face Toughest Critics

by Melinda Tuhus | December 2, 2008 12:12 PM | Permalink

Fresh fruit? "Juicy." Mashed butternut squash? "Nasty."

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Food | November 20, 2008

Teens Are Eating String Beans

by Paul Bass | November 20, 2008 9:21 AM | Permalink

One taste at the downtown farmers market Wednesday, and you could see why.

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Food | November 13, 2008

"Little Bit Of Italy, Lot Of Local"

by Caroline Berson | November 13, 2008 2:24 PM | Permalink

That was the vibe during a special night downtown, when a celebrity winemaker's wares were paired with a local chef's specialties.

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Food | October 23, 2008

He Swapped Credit Swaps for Squash

by Allan Appel | October 23, 2008 1:04 PM | Permalink

Two years ago he was clearing transactions for a hedge fund in New York City. Today his transactions take place at farmers markets. His commodities are heirloom tomatoes, Peru potatoes, and turban squash -- products that he, this time, not only believes in passionately, but has grown himself.

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Food | October 2, 2008

Pinto Beans In Aisle 2 -- At CCA

by Melinda Tuhus | October 2, 2008 11:46 AM | Permalink

As the cost of food soars, Aricelly is picking up her groceries not at Stop & Shop, but at the offices of a family homeless shelter, in order to keep her kids from going hungry.

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Food | August 19, 2008

Rell Delivers The Check To Common Ground

by Paul Bass | August 19, 2008 4:23 PM | Permalink

All the talk about how community gardeners and local farmers will make use of a new kitchen was making the governor hungry.

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