Food | December 4, 2009
Ay Salsa!: Ex-Roomba Chef Makes Arepa To Go
by Thomas MacMillan | December 4, 2009 7:46 AM | Permalink
Just over a week after opening a new restaurant on High Street, Chef Franco Gonzalez served Penelope Curtis her first ever arepa.
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Food | November 23, 2009
Will Bistro Bring Cedar Hill Revival?
by Melissa Bailey | November 23, 2009 11:29 AM | Permalink
Shlomi Leon is wrapping french fries into falafel sandwiches on State Street. It's an Israeli thing.
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Food | November 9, 2009
Marchegians, Muslims, Ukrainians Turn 250
by Allan Appel | November 9, 2009 11:31 AM | Permalink
Andrew Mortali remembered the porchetta. Wasyll Gina remembered the pirogi. Abdul Karim Hasan recalled the bean pie that helped build his mosque.
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Food | November 5, 2009
Yesira Slathers On The Cocoa
by Allan Appel | November 5, 2009 3:12 PM | Permalink
One of New Haven's top chefs showed Yesira Delgado how to mix a little grapeseed oil into her granola. The Conte/West Hills Magnet School second-grader flinched just a bit at the tastelessness, then pressed ahead.
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Food | October 29, 2009
Cocoa Krispies = Health Food
by Paul Bass | October 29, 2009 2:50 PM | Permalink
Jennifer Harris came across that message in the Shaw's cereal aisle -- as a hot new report she co-authored broke through the hype.
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Food | October 22, 2009
He "Changed The Face Of Downtown"
by Melissa Bailey | October 22, 2009 10:52 AM | Permalink
Hasni "Jeff" Ghazali took a gamble on the Ninth Square 12 years ago, when no one else would. He was honored this week by aldermen for leading a "revival" in the heart of the city.
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Food | September 27, 2009
Tallulah's Final Lesson
by Allan Appel | September 27, 2009 3:01 PM | Permalink
Tallulah was a 100-pound pig students and staff at Common Ground High School cared for and learned from on the school's farm. On Saturday she continued to make her contribution to education -- this time as succulent roasted pork.
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Food | September 23, 2009
Fruits Of Community Labor Eaten
by Melinda Tuhus | September 23, 2009 8:04 AM | Permalink
Betty Thompson of Cedar Hill is helping to put the cedars back in Cedar Hill.
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Food | September 22, 2009
Soda Tax Floated
by Abram Katz | September 22, 2009 10:40 AM | Permalink
Health economists and a Yale diet expert propose taxing sugary soft drinks. Soda fans like Tasha Byrd and Ina Johnson consider the idea fizzy -- and worry doughnuts are next.
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Food | September 22, 2009
Food Bank Reaches Milestone
by Melinda Tuhus | September 22, 2009 10:35 AM | Permalink
The Connecticut Food Bank gave away its 200 millionth pound of food Monday. This, from an agency that hoped it wouldn't be needed 27 years after its founding. Instead of shrinking, the need has grown.
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Food | September 10, 2009
Two Cuisines, One River Neighborhood
by Allan Appel | September 10, 2009 10:15 AM | Permalink
After dropping their kids off on the first day of school, Sandra Ventura and Sonia Corolla celebrated with a moms' breakfast at Jenelle's, a new riverine eatery at the Fair Haven Marina on Front Street.
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Food | September 8, 2009
Road Race "Eat-In" Offers Healthful Choice
by Melinda Tuhus | September 8, 2009 7:01 AM | Permalink
Wayne Norman hadn't filled up on all the free food --- the ice cream, the bread, the beer --- offered on the Green after the New Haven Road Race Monday. So he could appreciate the fine cuisine -- made from scratch with fresh, local ingredients -- that a group of Yale students set out for an "Eat-In." His friend, however, couldn't partake.
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Food | August 26, 2009
CitySeed Caravan Delivers
by Elise Granata | August 26, 2009 11:25 AM | Permalink
Seniors like Alma Keys can't make easily make it to New Haven's bustling weekly farmers market. They're getting fresh local produce anyway -- because the farmers market is coming to them.
Check-like strip of paper in hand, Alma Keys exchanged her farmers market voucher for a plastic bag, tubby with fruits and vegetables from the CitySeed City Farmers' Market. The bag is worth a fraction of its cost to the residents of Abraham Ribicoff apartments and Casa Otonal housing facility.
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Food | August 25, 2009
Junk On The Run?
by Melinda Tuhus | August 25, 2009 11:15 AM | Permalink
America, Kelly Brownell reports, just may be souring on its love affair with over-processed sweet, salty, fatty food.
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Food | August 24, 2009
Budget Impasse Claims Kale, Tomatoes
by Melissa Bailey | August 24, 2009 4:15 PM | Permalink

(Updated) Barnard's vegetables were Democrats' Exhibit A of mean budget cuts by Gov. Rell -- though it turned out that Democrats want to cut back on the kale, too.
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Food | August 21, 2009
Wine Tasting Without Borders
by Allan Appel | August 21, 2009 1:34 PM | Permalink
Portia Wells, of East Haven, termed the Pinot Grigio "refreshing." Her friend Sean Burdzy of Wethersfield deemed the Riesling a little sweet. And an Australian Shiraz, tasted by a woman from Middlefield, landed somewhere between "awesome" and "lighter than Merlot."
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Food | August 12, 2009
Syrian Entry Spices Up Orange Street
by Melissa Bailey | August 12, 2009 10:44 AM | Permalink
With homemade yogurt, falafel and baklawa, Feras Hassoun is adding a Middle Eastern kick to East Rock's booming deli corridor.
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Food | August 7, 2009
"Dream" Pastry Shop Takes Flight
by Thomas MacMillan | August 7, 2009 12:06 PM | Permalink
A deli failed in the same location. Ana De Los Angeles hopes that with the support of the community her new pastry shop will succeed.
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Food | August 6, 2009
The Farm Czar Goes Shopping
by Paul Bass | August 6, 2009 7:31 AM | Permalink
Dropping into town for a shopping trip with a prominent local chef, Connecticut's agriculture chief bought two Connecticut tomatoes -- and "challenged" the rest of the state to follow his lead.
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Food | July 23, 2009
East Rock Farmers Market To Debut
by Melissa Bailey | July 23, 2009 12:48 PM | Permalink
Fred Walker's homemade loaves of bread will be for sale when East Rock's Goatville neighborhood returns to its rural roots with a new farmers market. Another offering: local produce from a farm booted from Wooster Square farmers market.
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