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Bourbon Jungle

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Bourbon is having a moment—a messy one, sipped neat. (more…)

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Happy Fry Day

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Snack. Side. Add-on. The humble French fry is used to being called such names. (Also chip, wedge and frite.) Yet it would be much easier to count up the people who don’t enjoy its company than the (more…)

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Hot and Cold

New Haven snowy alley downtown

It’s beginning to feel a lot like winter. Yesterday we got dusted like a fancy old-fashioned dessert (see above). Today’s forecast is in the 20s and teens, feeling lower thanks to wind gusts up to 40 (more…)

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Cold Comforts

Cranberry Mojito and Ramos Fizz at Olea

In winter, the heart longs for rich, warm, comforting drinks that stick to the ribs. Better still if what sticks also zings on the way down. Few spirits are as hearty and walloping as a nice bourbon. (more…)

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Cup Runneth Over

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If you didn’t watch Team USA’s hard-fought extra-time World Cup match against Belgium on Tuesday, maybe you still heard the synchronized cheers and groans escaping the mouths of tense soccer fans around the (more…)

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Food Fight

Claire Criscuolo

Even as New Haven Restaurant Week wraps up (just three days remain), we find ourselves with two more not-to-be-missed culinary events sure to appeal to New Haven’s dashing diners: the Iron Chef/Elm City Battle on April 22nd and the combination Kitchen Tour and Tapas Reception on April 29th. Iron Chef/Elm City, now celebrating its fifth […]

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