Nibbles
Our veteran food writer, Lee White of Old Lyme, is back this week and says in her popular "Nibbles" column that she loves chicken cooked any which way, but then confesses, "my favorite chicken dish in New London County is the Paul Pasta’s Chicken Diablo." Learn why she loves this delicious dish. Read More ...
Lee White Published 06/25/09 |
Pizza Cucina
When she wrote this column, our culinary queen, Lee White, had just returned from a visit to Pizza Cucina in East Lyme and was devastated to find that it was closed for renovations. Thankfully now, it has reopened, and Lee - and all the rest of us who relish Robert D’Agostino's exquisite meat sauce - are, once again, at peace with the world. Read More ...
Lee White Published 12/17/08 |
Saigon City
Our esteemed culinary critic Lee White was on her way to the movies recently to undertake some Oscar research when she popped into "Saigon City" in Old Saybrook for the first time in years, found herself simply enchanted with the lime coconut soup with chicken and wished she had time for more. Read More ...
Lee White Published 01/12/09 |
Yale-New Haven Hospital, Old Lyme Inn, Brasserie Pip & Bee and Thistle
The husband of our beloved food critic Lee White passed away at the beginning of June. Doug was our friend and neighbor, and is sadly missed. Lee continues her wonderful work of reviewing restaurants - here we run three columns together covering the time before and after Doug's death, and then a current one about tomatoes! Read More ...
Lee White Published 09/04/09 |
Five Guys Burger and Fries
Our food writer Lee White asks plaintively this week, "Why did I wait so long?" She's not talking about going to any five star restaurant but rather, and dare we also say, unexpectedly, "Five Guys Burger and Fries" in Mystic. Visiting that extablishment, she says, gives the impression that, "When you eat, you are transported to burger and fries heaven." Read More ...
Lee White Published 04/09/09 |
"Olio"
Our favorite gastronome and Old Lyme resident Lee White takes off for "Olio" in Groton this week to enjoy their Pizza Salad for which she says, "I pine." Trouble is, her delectable description of this unexpected dish has now found us pining for it too! Read More ...
Lee White Published 09/09/08 |
Aspen
Veteran food writer Lee White presents another of her delicious "Nibbles." This week she focuses on the "Aspen" restaurant in Old Saybrook and extols the delights of their grilled romaine salad, which she describes as one of the "most inventive and delicious" salads that she's had in years. Read More ...
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Puerta Vallerta
As our resident gastronome Lee White rightly states, finding good Mexican food is, "not the easiest thing ... in somewhat-white-bread Connecticut." She's almost ready to retract her statement now though, having discovered "Puerto Vallarta" in Middletown and, moreover, its chile con queso, which, she confesses, she really wanted to drink! Read More ...
Lee White Published 09/09/08 |
The Joys of DQ Ice Cream
Our very own gastronome, Lee White, extols the joys of Dairy Queen ice cream today. Our closest DQs are in Old Saybrook and Niantic, so you don't have to travel far to buy what Lee describes as, "Incredibly good" ice cream. And as for Blizzards... Read More ...
Lee White Published 08/12/08 |
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