by TT on October 28th, 2011 | Restaurant News
Our final Harvest Dinner event is not simply one event but an entire week of dining. Hosted by the
SJ Hot Chefs (AKA South Jersey Independent Restaurant Association),
Fall Harvest Week will take place from October 30th through November 4th. With more than thirty independently owned restaurants participating, it is sure to be an amazing week of food.
Each restaurant that participates will serve a four-course dinner, which will include a variety of locally sourced ingredients. Some of the menu items available from these restaurants include:
- Stuffed Bell Pepper- sweet sausage, fontina cheese, roasted tomato
- Fall Harvest Vegetable Misto Fritti- mushrooms, eggplant
by TT on May 25th, 2011 | Restaurant News, Summer Restaurants
Depending on whom you ask, summer has a different starting point. For some, the summer solstice is considered to be the start. According to meteorologists, it is June 1st. For children, it's the day that school is done for the year.* For others, it's Memorial Day weekend. Regardless to which date you observe, summer is approaching rapidly.
Summer brings longer days and warmer temperatures. Even those who work year 'round look forward to a slower pace and weekend cookouts. Fresh produce is readily available, and lemonade stands can be found in neighborhoods everywhere. Another reason to look forward to summer
by TT on May 2nd, 2011 | Restaurant News
This week many restaurants and bakeries in the Greater Boston area will be participating in
2011 Boston Bakes for Breast Cancer. In partnership with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Bakes for Breast Cancer has a sweet goal in mind: sell baked good with profits being given to breast cancer research.
This year over 270 restaurants and bakeries will be participating in this week-long event. Starting today, May 2nd, and continuing until May 8th, you can know that one hundred percent of the profits from select sweets will be given to research. Who could resist eating a little treat, especially knowing that
by TT on August 4th, 2010 | Regional Best, Restaurant News
Last month,
Think Tasty readers had the opportunity to choose the best restaurant in the Rocky Mountain region. With ten excellent restaurants from which to choose, it was a challenging decision. Until the last moment, patrons provided their votes and left comments praising their restaurants. When voting ended, the restaurant that earned the most votes was
Pirogue Grille in Bismarck, North Dakota.
I was able to speak with Stuart and Cheryl Tracy, who own Pirogue Grille. This restaurant is almost five years old, having opened on September 20, 2005. For Stuart, this is another achievement in his
by TT on August 2nd, 2010 | Appetizers, Recipes
About this time of year, many gardens are overflowing with produce. That isn't a problem we figured we would have this year, as we planted a modest garden of some container plants and a small plot of pepper plants. However, a couple weeks ago our one patio eggplant ivory plant had about a dozen eggplants ready for picking.
With this much eggplant ready at one time, it became a question of how to serve these yummy vegetables. As eggplant isn't a vegetable that our four kids are excited to eat and both my husband and I adore it, I decided to
