Tacos and margs in Newtown, NYC barbecue and gelato on a 90-degree day, a two-pasta night with Caraluzzi’s guanciale, a celebration dinner at Spiga in New Canaan for a new job and a Series 7 pass, and a rainy Memorial Day turned indoor feast.
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What I Ate This Week: A Vintage Watch, Eataly Pasta, Sinclair Wagyu & Italian Gardens in the Making (May 11 – May 17)
A vintage Italian Swatch arrives. Eataly delivers a perfect Cotto e Pomodoro panino. Massimo’s bacon and egg redeems itself. A Wagyu ribeye at The Sinclair steals the week. Plants from Seven Maples, mulch from Maple Row, the debut of The Sicilian Palmer, and the slow build of a Tuscan-style Italian garden in Easton.
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What I Ate This Week: A Cross-Country Drive, A Graduation, and a Steakhouse in Thomasville (Apr 27 – May 3)
A graduation-week road trip from Connecticut to Florida and back. An Italian Combo in Trumbull, La Toscana at All’Antico, tapas at Barcelona, charm and a Philly Toastie in Thomasville, an unforgettable steakhouse dinner at St. James, and birria in Savannah on the long drive home.
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What I Ate This Week: Vodka Sauce Mondays, Pizza Nights & A Steak Frites Saturday (Apr 20 – 26)
A week of leftovers that earned their second life, a carbonara lunch in the city, a steak dinner with the in-laws, three pies from Good Old Days, steak frites at Martel in Fairfield, and a Sunday cavatelli takeout from Romanacci.
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What I Ate This Week: Ham Sandwiches, Farm Steaks & an MBA Finish (Apr 6 – 12)
Leftovers, a Mighty Quinn’s brisket bowl that ended dinner, Shaggy Coos steaks on the grill, an MBA finish, a flooded basement, and Romanacci saving Friday night. A light week — until it wasn’t.
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What I Ate This Week: Flooded Basement, Barcelona Tapas & Orecchiette Sunday (Mar 16–21)
A wild week in Connecticut — from cleaning up a flooded basement to stunning tapas at Barcelona Wine Bar, March Madness wings at Cover 2, and a Sunday orecchiette dinner with Calabrian peppers and Chianti.
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We’re Taking My Italian Mom to Sicily for the First Time — Here’s Our 5-Day Plan for Cefalù
We’re taking a group of seven — including my 100% Italian mom who has never set foot in Italy — to Cefalù, Sicily this fall. Here’s our full 5-day plan: an Airbnb in the old town, the best cannoli of cannoli season, fresh seafood dinners, and slow days on one of Italy’s most beautiful beaches.
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What I Ate This Week: Gelato Stops, Italian Nights & A Neighborhood Feast (Mar 9 – 15)
From gelato in Fairfield and New York to pizza at Brewport, Pollo al Prosecco at Osteria Romana, and a neighborly St. Patrick’s feast, this week was a blend of comfort, connection, and the kind of meals that make a new place feel like home.
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What I Ate This Week: Tapas Nights, Carbonara Perfection & A Steakhouse Feast (Mar 2 – 8)
From tapas and sangria at Barcelona Wine Bar in Fairfield to an unforgettable carbonara dinner at Trattoria A’Vucchella and a steakhouse-style family feast at home, this week blended cozy leftovers, Italian classics, and one seriously memorable Saturday dinner.
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What I Ate This Week: Blizzard Cooking, Bethel Burgers & Sunday Ragu (Feb 23-Mar 1)
From a February blizzard and Zuppardi’s pizza to Notch8 burgers in Bethel and a Sunday of slow-simmered bison ragu and homemade lasagna, here’s what I ate this week.
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What I Ate This Week: Presidents Day Burgers, Steak Nights & Italian Comfort Cooking (Feb 16 – 22)
From a Presidents Day burger at Prime 111 to steak at The Sinclair and a weekend of Chicken Scarpariello, meatballs, and Chianti, here’s what I ate this week in Fairfield County.
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What I Ate This Week: Business Travel, Italian Comfort & a Pizza Party Finale
From Charlotte dinners at Sixty Vines to an Italian combo at Sapore in Trumbull, homemade chicken cutlets, and a Paw Patrol birthday fueled by Colony Grill, here’s what I ate this week.