Entries tagged with 'Connecticut'
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Fried pickles from Wintzell's Oyster House in Mobile, Alabama. When visiting a couple weeks ago, I was more excited for these than the actual oysters. To save a half-second, just call them "frickles." Snackable like French fries or popcorn shrimp, these deep-fried discs have the briney flavor of salt and vinegar chips and the addictive quality of, well, anything deep-fried. Apparently pickle spears can get too soggy, so most restaurants serve the bread-and-butter kind usually found on hamburgers. To cut the vinegary punch, orders are usually served with a creamy dipping sauce. See what restaurant kitchens are sizzling pickles, not just potatoes and onions, after the jump. Note: Frickle-making is especially common in a certain region of the country....
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Ride along with
Michael Stern of
Roadfood as he visits
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven, Connecticut. This New Haven institution invented the white clam pizza. Buckle up!
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To go along with
today's video and provide a bigger picture of
Connecticut pizza, we've gathered some of Michael Stern's favorite Nutmeg State pizzerias. From other great New Haven picks to pizzerias further afield.
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Ride along with
Jane and Michael Stern of
Roadfood as they visit
Louis' Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut. This quirky lunch counter stakes its claim as home to America's first hamburger. Buckle up!
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A cloud of steam billows from a small metal chamber as Paul Duberek removes one of many tiny pans from its interior. He scoops a meaty leaf of ground beef from it onto a waiting kaiser roll. A second tiny pan cradles the gooey white cheddar that tops the famed steamed cheeseburger at
Ted's Restaurant in Meriden, Connecticut. Travel with
Hamburger America for a visit.
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Don't mess with Texas. And, by all means, don't mess with Texas's hamburger. A state legislator there is embroiled in a burger battle with Louis' Lunch of New Haven, Connecticut, over which state can claim to be the birthplace of the hamburger. Says New Haven's mayor, John DeStefano Jr.: "We are even the birthplace of George Bush, who wants people to think he's from Texas. So yes, the hamburger is as much a New Haven original as President Bush. Get over it, Texas."...
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A family feud once threatened the existence of New Haven's legendary Frank Pepe's. But outside investment and management—the first in the pizzeria's 82-year history—has restored the spot's luster.
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Hot diggety dog! We asked our friends
Jane and Michael Stern over at
Roadfood.com to give us their top five hot dog picks. From
Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C., to L.A.'s famous
Pink's, these are weenies that inspire road trips.
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Having just come from a thoroughly disappointing meat at NY's latest attempt at a clam shack, Ditch Plains, I began to ruminate on how much I love fried clams. With Memorial Day, the official start of the fried clam eating season, just around the corner, here is my absolutely incomplete guide to eating fried clams in the NYC area, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, with a southern Maine spot thrown in for good measure. The descriptions of the clams themselves will be minimal. As I discovered a couple of years ago when I went on a ten clamshack eating adventure with Dave Pastnernack, the chef of Esca, fried clams are either really good (sweet, nutty, crisp and greaselessly fried with no breading...
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Today was not a good food day. I went to visit Roadfood pioneers and great writers Jane and Michael Stern at their house in Connecticut. I brought them a box of schnecken (pecan sticky buns) and a black and white cookie from Greenberg's, a classic New York Jewish bakery that is simply not very good anymore except for the schnecken and the black and white cookies. We had a blast hanging out and swapping writer war stories. When I left, Michael told me I had to go to their latest discovery, Wave Hill, a bakery that made great rustic bread. Michael said it was on the way to my final lunch destination, the new Fairfield location of the seminal New...
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