Cooking with Colleen: Summer crops
As the spring semester winds down and summer finally approaches, many delectable fruits and some vegetables enter into their peak seasons. During peak seasons, which can range from early May for some...
Cooking with Colleen: Banana bread
Every week, my mom buys a surplus of bananas for my family to eat and every week, at least half of these bananas go uneaten. For a while, we would just throw them out and buy fresh ones; however, throwing them...
Wine and Dine with The Vine: Brick + Wood
If you were wondering, Nonna’s Meatball Pizza is in fact grandma’s secret recipe and yes, for owners Clara and Paolo Cavalli, their mother’s secret is worth keeping. Seared over a wood-burned fire in...
Cooking with Colleen: Veggetti
Late night infomercials are simultaneously the worst and best thing about America. I always feel like I should change the channel when they come on, yet I find myself enchanted by the product that they promise...
Wine and Dine with The Vine: Anna Liffey’s
Located on Post Road, a few doors down from the town’s hottest pizza joint, Colony Grill, the Anna Liffey’s sign is coated with paper green clovers and top hats right in front of an appallingly green door....
Cooking with Colleen: Meat
The world appears split on whether or not meat is necessary for nutrition. With an increasing amount of people going vegan or vegetarian, the question begs to be asked: is meat needed for a well-rounded...
Wine and Dine with The Vine: Saugatuck Sweets
As temperatures rise and spring has arrived, summer is just around the corner and all I can think about is delicious vanilla ice cream on a waffle cone with loads of rainbow sprinkles on top. Last Friday...
Cooking with Colleen: Peanut energy bars
I’ve always been fascinated by ingredients and wondered how they combine to make entirely new foods, especially recipes that are pretty easy to make like this one. Though I am by no means a chef, I still...
Cooking with Colleen: Healthy snacks
It’s nearly impossible to get through the day on just three meals. The temptation of those greasy chips or a nice bag of M&M’s can test you more than your midterms do, and unfortunately, the chips beat...
Wine and Dine with The Vine: Mecha Noodle Bar
Hidden three storefronts behind the most popular restaurant for Alumni and Family Weekend, Molto, lies one of Fairfield County’s best kept secrets: Mecha Noodle Bar. The original restaurant, Pho Vietnam, is...