It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. The New Haven Jazz Festival swings through town this week, and tennis rackets will be swinging fast and with great precision starting Friday at the (more…)
This Week in New Haven (August 5 – 11)
New Haven’s calendar this time of year seems pretty open at first blush. Many Elm Citizens are using up accrued vacation days with reckless abandon, and Yale is still quiet. (more…)
Soup Upped
After years spent roasting, chopping and simmering in rented kitchen spaces and ladling on-the-go from a silver truck, Jessica Hazen, a.k.a. The Soup Girl, knew that opening a storefront was the next step. (more…)
Have Bread? Will Travel
My family’s oven had broken down, and we had to wait more than a week for the replacement parts to arrive. I was crestfallen. I bake virtually all the family’s bread. Year-round. Even if it means cranking up the oven on a hot afternoon in the middle of summer. (more…)
Because It’s Good for You
Tuesday was the last day of the regular school year. Two-and-a-half months of no more classes, no more books… and for some children, no more easy access to the free, nutritionally balanced breakfasts and lunches regularly provided by New Haven public schools. A number of local businesses and non-profits have realized that the summer is […]