November 2008

Queso y Vino & Art of the Table

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

We’ve heard good things about Wallingford restaurant Art of the Table since it opened last fall, and finally had a chance to try it this week.  Catherine Reynolds (of Queso y Vino) teamed up with Chef Dustin Ronspies to create a wonderful Catalan wine dinner.  After we enjoyed our banderilla appetizers with Montsarra Cava and [...]


Culinary Communion happenings

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Skillet at Vagabond : Last week, we attended a Vagabond dinner at Culinary Communion, which was prepared by Skillet Street Food.  The food was quite amazing.  My favorite was the flatbread pizza that they served for the reception, baked in Culinary Communion’s brick oven.  Frankly, it was the best pizza I’ve had anywhere.  The Skillet [...]


Fu Man Dumplings

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

We first heard about Fu Man Dumpling House from a friend a few years ago.  She said she rarely orders dumplings out at restaurants since her Canadian-Chinese family makes excellent dumplings at home, but she happily makes an exception for the handmade dumplings at Fu Man Dumpling House.  Upon hearing this, we trekked up Greenwood [...]


Wisconsin Belgian Red

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

The day before we were headed out to Wisconsin last week to visit my family, our friend Traca found out where we were going and begged us to bring back some beer for her.  Her friend had told her about a cherry beer called Wisconsin Belgian Red, which is not available for retail anywhere outside [...]


Our next president

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

The best tasting cupcakes