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TASTE BUDS - Dining reports from Day staff

How much is too much for meatloaf?

 January 18, 2012

A story in The Day about a new restaurant in New London, The Commoner, mentioned that dinner prices were in the $13.95 to...

• Celebrating the end of the recession
    January 16, 2012     COMMENTS (0)
  Any time I go to a mall and see all the cars I think: "what recession?"

• A twist on the Gyro
    January 10, 2012     COMMENTS (0)
  I love a good Gyro, either traditional (lamb) or with beef or chicken. Last week,...

• Bagels and much more in Mystic
    December 28, 2011     COMMENTS (0)
  At some point down the road it would be interesting to look at what became of all

• Mo's Burgers & Brew in Gales Ferry enters the local burger race
    November 21, 2011     COMMENTS (0)
  When Rick Koster and I saw an advertisement boasting "Tried Five Guys? Now taste how a...

• New eats: Oyster Club, Rice Box, Buffalo Wild Wings and more
    November 15, 2011     COMMENTS (5)
  Seems like lots of new restaurants have popped up over the last few months.

Kristina Dorsey

REEL LIFE - Movies

And the Oscar noms are in!

 January 24, 2012

Nine films nabbed best picture Oscar nominations this morning. Let’s look at that and more ...

Best picture

• Golden Globes: Forecasting the winners
    January 12, 2012     COMMENTS (0)
  The odds-on most likely result at Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony? Ricky Gervais will...

• How about “All My Children: The Movie”?
    November 25, 2011     COMMENTS (0)
  Being the cynic I am, I suspected that Prospect Park's desire to turn "All My Children"...

• When actors go slumming
    November 10, 2011     COMMENTS (0)
  If you scan the cast list for "Jack and Jill," you’d be forgiven for...

• Ratner and Murphy out of Oscars; who’s next?
    November 9, 2011     COMMENTS (0)
  There’s nothing like a little Oscar-ceremony drama — but rarely does it...

Julianne Hanckel

GLITTERATI - Celebrities

Watch The Throne tour brings Beyonce, New England Pats to Mohegan Sun

 November 23, 2011

Last weekend, Mohegan Sun was the place to be as two of the world's most popular rappers graced the casino's stage and performed in front of a sold-out crowd.

Rick Koster

AGING ROCK DUDE - Music

Pry Your Ears Open for the Good Sponge Sampler

 January 31, 2012

Saturday night’s Hygienic Rock Fix was pretty much a start-to-finish blast of musical greatness. The tunes flowed faster and faster -- sorta like the jetstream of beer from the Sam Adams tap.

• The Year Lemmy Saved My Lounge Band Soul
    January 27, 2012     COMMENTS (0)
  Let’s say you’re in a lounge band called Broxton, and you typically wear...

• Dog Songs I Have Known and Loved
    January 10, 2012     COMMENTS (0)
  You know those moments in Spielberg or Lucas films where 

• Music Seer: Bank on These Developments in 2012
    January 5, 2012     COMMENTS (0)
  Since Kreskin is coming to the Garde Arts Center, it seems appropriate that I cast my...

• Miley Cyrus, Nirvana, and Smelling Like a Dead Plague Rat
    January 3, 2012     COMMENTS (0)
  Let's just suppose you were deeply asleep for a few days — almost as though...

• It Just Ain't Christmas Without Scott Weiland
    December 6, 2011     COMMENTS (0)
  When first informed that Scott Weiland had released a holiday album, Santa had an...

Jennifer McDermott

THE SIPPING ROOM - Beer & wine

Marisa Nadolny

FEAR NO RECIPE - Cooking

Heading into New Haven? Eat this

 January 9, 2012

Recent frequent visits to Yale-New Haven Hospital have left me newly bummed to no longer reside in the Elm City.

• All I want for Christmas is a personal vegetarian chef
    November 29, 2011     COMMENTS (0)
  A recent meal at Middletown's It's Only Natural has me rethinking my diet (check out my...

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