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May222013

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Serve up ‘Wicked Good Burgers’ this Memorial Day​ weekend

Check out my column in today’s New Haven Register.

http://sfarticles.tumblr.com/post/51066704339/serve-up-wicked-good-burgers-this-memorial-day

Tags: /wicked good burgers /burger recipes /andy husbands /chris hart /BBQ /picnic r /picnic recipes

May192013

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Meet Jacques Pepin at Taste of the Nation New Haven​ at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale

Check out my recent column in the New Haven Register

http://sfarticles.tumblr.com/post/50869969486/meet-jacques-pepin-at-taste-of-the-nation-new-haven-at

Tags: /taste of the nation /new haven food events /share our strength /new haven restaurants /tim cipriano /michael morand

May82013

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Another Elm City Iron Chef jewel in Chef Prasad Chirnomula’s crown

Check out my column in today’s New Haven Register

http://sfarticles.tumblr.com/post/49927994461/another-elm-city-iron-chef-jewel-in-chef-prasad

Tags: /prasad chirnomula /Iron Chef Elm City /visit new haven /Thali regional cuisine of india /Stephen Fries /gateway community college /food events in new haven

May32013

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Cooking for CASA serves up an evening of nibbling at Amarante’s​ in New Haven

Check out my column in this week’s New Haven Register

http://sfarticles.tumblr.com/post/49509662903/cooking-for-casa-serves-up-an-evening-of-nibbling-at

Tags: /Cook for CASA /children in placement /katalina's bakery /cupcake recipes /amarante's sea cliff

April302013

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Iron Chef Elm City 2013 Crowns Prasad Chirnomula winner of the Challenge of the Champions

It was a fierce but friendly competition on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at HADCO, the Viking Center  The enthusiastic audience (it was a sold out event) were cheering on the talented chefs.Arturo Franco-Camacho of Tacuba, Waterhouse and Seawich Sandwich Shop; Ben Gaffney of Atticus Bookstore Cafe; and Prasad Chirnomula of Thali, Thali Too and Oaxaca Kitchen were all past winners of Iron Chef Elm City. The chefs had to use year’s “secret ingredient” which was Holly’s Oatmeal, in their appetizer, entree and dessert.  The Elm City Market provided the pantry for the chefs.For more on the event and recipes using the “secret ingredient, “check out my column in the May 8 New Haven Register. 

                                           The winner

The Judges: Jane Stern of “Roadfood”  Jocelyn Ruggiero aka Foodie Fatale and Sarah Breckenridge, Web Editor of Fine Cooking.

Chef Arturo Franco-Camacho, Emcee Jocelyn Maminta of News

Channel 8„ Chef Prasad Chirnomula, and Chef Ben Gaffney.

Gateway Community College culinary arts and hospitality management students assisted at the the competition. Proceeds from the event provide scholarships for culinary arts and hospitality management students.

                    The “Secret Ingredient”

                      The excited audience.

Tags: /iron chef elm city 2013 /new haven food events /stephen fries /prasad chirnomula /arturo franco camacho /ben gaffney /thali /atticus bookstore cafe /waterhouse /tacuba /seawich sandwich shop /jane stern /sarah breckenridge /jocelyn ruggiero /holly's oatmeal /jocelyn maminta /gateway community college /elm city market /hadco /viking center

April272013

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Worth Tasting’s first culinary tour of the season. New Haven has it all!

A brisk spring day for the tour on April 20. Great food and new friends.

Join the next tour on June 8. Please call 203-777-8550 or 203-415-3519 for reservations.

Tags: /culinary walking tour of new haven /food tours /new haven food tour /worth tasting /visit new haven /restaurant tours of new haven

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One man’s trash is another’s ‘Magic of Florida Celery’​

Check out my food column in this week’s New Haven Register.

http://sfarticles.tumblr.com/post/48999367314/one-mans-trash-is-anothers-magic-of-florida-celery

Tags: /celery /celery recipes /vintage recipe pamphlets /florida celery

April182013

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Bisque for those who can’t get to Chef Geoff’s​ in Georgetown

Check out my food column in this week’s New Haven Register

http://sfarticles.tumblr.com/post/48273230491/bisque-for-those-who-cant-get-to-chef-geoffs-in

Tags: /chef geoff /geoff tracy /butternut squash soup recipe /soup recipes /washington dc restaurants

April102013

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April brings us New Haven Restaurant Week, Iron Chef, Worth Tasting tours and more​

Check out my food  column in today’s New Haven Register

http://sfarticles.tumblr.com/post/47650820755/april-brings-us-new-haven-restaurant-week-iron-chef

Tags: /iron chef elm city /food events /ben gaffney /arturo franco camacho /prasad chirnomula /new haven food events /culinary walking tours /new haven culinary tour /new haven restaurant week

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‘Souperlative’ - that’s one way to describe Jessica Hazan’s Soup Girl in Hamden​

Check out my food column in last week’s New Haven Register.

http://sfarticles.tumblr.com/post/47648735814/souperlative-thats-one-way-to-describe-jessica

Tags: /soup girl /soup restaurants /hamden restaurants /jessica hazan