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Course Notes

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A delicious hot meal is even better on a rainy day. (more…)

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Palate Intrigue

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There are nine vegetarian entrees at Lalibela, the Ethiopian place on Temple Street, and it turns out you can try at least eight of them at once. Just order a double of the Lalibela Vegetarian Combo (usually $17.95 for four selections), then tell your server which of the nine to leave out—in my case, the […]

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Z Food

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For New Year’s Eve, VivaZ Cantina planned quite the fiesta. The Mexican restaurant’s four-course prix fixe menu (at $65 per person) featured (more…)

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Maiden Voyage

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Experiencing Sea Chantey Night at the Griswold Inn had been on my list for so long that I’d allowed it take on mythic proportions. Like seeing a game at Fenway or finding the perfect lobster roll, the goal was simple enough to attain, but a certain reverence felt required. I had to be prepared. And […]

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Tibetan Temple

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Even if you can’t locate Tibet on a map, you might be able to guess from the food at Tibetan Kitchen that the territory—officially an “autonomous region of China,” though there are plenty who dispute it—is situated between New Delhi and Beijing. (more…)

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NOA Wonder

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New downtown Thai place NOA is both solid and dreamy, with neat wire chairs, a ceiling of floating umbrellas, pulsing loungey house music and nightlife-style lighting animating a cavernous space. Beams and sweeps of the light dance and disperse like sun shimmering off grotto water or cascading through gaps in a cave wall. A bright […]

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Loose Cannon

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Along Chapel Street east of Dwight Street, the sidewalk repeatedly swells over the roots of the trees someone planted there. (more…)

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New Haven Greens

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Imagine a well-stocked salad bar with six different bases, plenty of fresh veggies and other toppings, seven protein choices including fried organic tofu, more than a dozen dressings and someone to toss it all up for you. That’s Saladcraft. (more…)

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New Roots

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The flavors at Pataka, a new vegetarian Indian restaurant on Howe Street, are as bright as the electric pink and orange decor.  (more…)

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New Kids on the Block

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Wooster Street’s newest pizza has Albanian roots and Brooklyn chutzpah, but it comes straight from Naples, Italy, and the Zeneli brothers intend to keep it that way. (more…)

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