“One thing I’ve learned is that everyone has a lot of opinions about barbecue,” Paul Cordero says. Cordero is the culinary director for Goatville Restaurant Group, which owns Oak Haven Table & Bar and, a couple of blocks away, the months-old barbecue joint Bull & Swine. “The next thing I learned,” he says, sitting by […]
M&M
The basement of 285 Nicoll Street is crammed with a hodgepodge of industrial machinery. High above is a harsh canopy of wires, girders and pipes. Large fish-eyed lights hang overhead, barely (more…)
Think ’Fast
Lenny Fritz opened The Pantry in 1987 with every intention of starting a full-blown food op: breakfast, lunch, dinner, catering. But as the work days got longer, he cut out the dinner. As family obligations became more consuming, he (more…)
Peace and Riot
A photo essay. A firework explosion is loud and quick. But a photo of a firework explosion can be quiet and still (more…)
PH Balance
There’s at least one “Electric Chair” still active in New Haven, but it’s not an agent of capital punishment. It’s an agent of physical improvement. (more…)
Friends in Knead
Henna covering her hands like gloves, Marissa Gandelman had just returned from Kurukshetra, India. Recovering from the 10.5-hour time difference, her jet lag lingered, but talking with me about her massage therapy (more…)