Daily Nutmeg

Vegetarian Dim Sum Sampler at York Street Noodle House in New Haven

Wok This Way

Not far from the city’s seats of power is a food joint that feels casually anti-establishment, where prices are too low for what you get, pungent smells are the rule,...

Wok This Way

Not far from the city’s seats of power is a food joint that feels casually anti-establishment, where prices are too low for what you get, pungent smells are the rule,...

Food and drink at Mezcal

Take Cinco

If you ring up a Latin restaurant over the phone and find that English is a bit of a struggle and your rudimentary Spanish can’t keep up, odds are good...

Take Cinco

If you ring up a Latin restaurant over the phone and find that English is a bit of a struggle and your rudimentary Spanish can’t keep up, odds are good...

Cody’s DIner interior

Day and Night

One spring night in April 1994, the windows of Hi-Way Diner blew out. What glass was left, the fire toasted brown. “Jukebox coin machines, napkin holders and sugar dispensers at...

Day and Night

One spring night in April 1994, the windows of Hi-Way Diner blew out. What glass was left, the fire toasted brown. “Jukebox coin machines, napkin holders and sugar dispensers at...

Greener Pastures

Greener Pastures

Known for its green color, black licorice taste and supposed hallucinogenic properties, absinthe goes by many clashing names. Is it the green fairy, or the green fiend? The green muse,...

Greener Pastures

Known for its green color, black licorice taste and supposed hallucinogenic properties, absinthe goes by many clashing names. Is it the green fairy, or the green fiend? The green muse,...

Cupcakes at Sugar Bakery

How Sweet It Is

When you’re in the food business and the Food Network calls, you answer. In June 2010, Carol Vollono and Brenda DePonte, the mother/daughter team behind Sugar Bakery in East Haven,...

How Sweet It Is

When you’re in the food business and the Food Network calls, you answer. In June 2010, Carol Vollono and Brenda DePonte, the mother/daughter team behind Sugar Bakery in East Haven,...

Curry Noodle Soup with Tofu and Vegetables

Sit Tight

“I’ve been to a lot of Thai restaurants,” says Boret Lonh, who’s just put in a takeout order, “and this one is really up there.” It’s also really down there—in...

Sit Tight

“I’ve been to a lot of Thai restaurants,” says Boret Lonh, who’s just put in a takeout order, “and this one is really up there.” It’s also really down there—in...