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Food Events in Connecticut
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Cocktails with the Whales – Mystic
Now through August 20, 2009
This summer, enjoy drinks, food and live music in the warm evening air at Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration in front of the Arctic Coast exhibit, home to three beluga whales. The evenings include drink specials, hors d’oeuvres, and live music. These events will be cancelled in the case of inclement weather. For guests age 21 and older. Location: Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration, 55 Coogan Blvd. Dates: May 21, June 25, July 16, and August 20. Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Cost: $5 per person. Information: 860-572-5955 ext. 336. |
Culinary Walking Tour – New Haven
Now through August 15, 2009
Join food expert Stephen Fries on a Culinary Walking Tour of Downtown New Haven that encompasses some fine and legendary New Haven eateries, like Bar on Crown Street; the Cupcake Truck, Louis' Lunch, Union League Café, Villarina's Pasta Gifts and More, Willoughby's Coffee & Tea, and York Street Noodle House on York Street. Fries writes a food column for the New Haven Register and has produced and hosted many academic and culinary events such as The New Haven Iron Chef Competition Location: The tour departs from the Davenport's at the Top of the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale, 155 Temple Street, at 1:30 p.m., rain or shine, on June 13, July 18, August 15, and September 26. Cost: $59. Phone: 203-777-8550 or 800-332-7829. |
Dinners on the Farm -- Pawcatuck, East Lyme, Madison, Glastonbury
July 16, 2009 to September 12, 2009
Dinners at the Farm series, a project of River Tavern Restaurant in Chester, will visit four Connecticut farms to cook dinner with locally grown food. Dinners feature locally grown produce cooked on the back of a 1955 Ford F-600, flat-bed truck retrofitted into a portable mini-kitchen. Each meal is served on the grounds of a selected local farm, vineyard, or farmers market. Guests are seated under a great white tent to a long draped table. Menus are feature locally produced foods like scallops, heirloom tomatoes, naturally raised beef and pork, goat cheese and many others. The series donates $3,000 to each of its partners, Stanton-Davis Homestead, Connecticut Farmland Trust, CitySeed, and Working Lands Alliance.
Dinners are at Stanton-Davis Farm in Pawcatuck on July 16-18; White Gate in East Lyme on August 13-15; Barberry Hill Farm in Madison on August 27-29; Old Maids Farm South in Glastonbury on September 10, 11, 12. Dinners begin at 6:30 p.m. with a cocktail and a tour of the farm. Dinner starts at 7:15 p.m. and is served family style. Reservations are highly encouraged. Cost: $150. Information and tickets: 860-526-8078 or visit www.DinnersAtTheFarm.com. |
Connecticut Wine Festival – Goshen
August 1, 2009 to August 2, 2009
Twenty Connecticut wineries, specialty food, artisans, crafters and entertainment. Try and buy wine at the festival. Bottles and cases will be sold. Location: Goshen Fairgrounds, 116 Old Middle Street (Route 63). Time: Saturday, noon-7 p.m.; Sunday, noon-6 p.m. Cost: $25, daily; $40 for the weekend; $10 for youth and and designated drivers. Parking is free. Information: 860-305-7975 or visit www.ctwine.com |
Shoreline Wine Festival -- Guilford
August 15, 2009 to August 16, 2009
Celebrate 10 Connecticut wineries and sample the fruits of their labor. Enjoy food
from local restaurants. Meet and sample products from local businesses. Enjoy and purchase
crafts from local artisans. Expand your knowledge of food and wine at seminars offered by local
experts. Enjoy all of this while listening to the sounds of live music from renowned bands around
New England. Location: Bishop's Orchards Farm Market and Winery, 1355 Boston Post Road. Time: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Cost: $30 per person. Information: 203-453-2338 or visit www.shorelinewinefestival.com |
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“‘Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3” – New Haven
July 8, 2009 to August 16, 2009
This is the latest class to be unveiled in this sinfully funny series. After teaching countless students about
the saints, venial sins, limbo and more, Sister is now offering up hilarious lessons on the
Sacraments of Marriage and the Last Rites, including her own wacky version of the “Newlywed
Game”. Classroom participation is a must, so bring along your sweetie and your sense of humor
for a session with the country’s feistiest couples counselor. Location: Long Wharf Theatre, Stage II, 222
Sargent Drive. Time: 8 p.m. Cost: $22-$25. Information: 203-787-4282 oo longwharf.org |
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