Learn to be a Happy Cook with Daphne Oz & Yours Truly @ Darien Library on 9/29

 

Daphne Oz will be in CT next week on our The Happy Cook Tour! See her at the Darien Library. Pictures provided by Daphne Oz.

 

Want to be inspired to prepare quick, easy, healthy, and most importantly, delicious meals for everything from your crazy busy week to fun-filled weekends with friends and family? Well, then the Darien Library is where you need to be on Thursday, 9/29.

 

Daphne will be signing copies of her newest bestseller, too.

Starting at 7:00pm we’ll have the honor of moderating a lively discussion with New York Times best-selling author and Emmy Award-winning co-host of ABC’s The Chew, Daphne Oz as she shares her inspiration behind her new book, The Happy Cook: 125 Recipes for Eating Every Day Like It’s the Weekend, as well as ideas, tips, advice and more to help even the most nervous or reluctant novice transform into a happy, confident cook.

 

After our interview, we’ll open up the floor for audience questions and the evening will wrap up with a reception and book signing.

This event will take place in the Community Room and is free to all thanks to the wonderful folks at the Darien Library.

Hope to see you there!

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Daphne Oz In Conversation

9/29 at 7 pm

Cost: Free

Darien Library

1441 Post Road

Darien, CT

UberEATS noms its way into Stamford with delivery (discount code inside)

UberEATS Stamford is now live . . . and your life may never be the same. Pic from UberEATS.

You rely on Uber to get you from Point A to Point B . . . plus when you’re drunk and have lost control of all muscular function in your body. And, starting today, you’ll rely on Uber in a new way: UberEATS. Here’s how it works:

1. Download the app (Android or Apple) or use their site.
2. Pick the restaurant that you want lunch or dinner delivery from. Right now there are over 40 restaurants in the listings with no charge for delivery. Eventually they will move to a delivery fee.
3. Just some of the restaurants participating are EOS, Fortina, Cilantro, Aria, Royal Guard Fish and Chips, Tavern 489, Tabouli Grill, The Village Table, Layla’s Falafel, Atlantic Pizza House, Tawa, Soosh, Quattro Pazzi, Tomatillo, Noir, Acuario, Tomato Tomato, T’s Pizza Kitchen, Mi Terruno, Fiesta Atlantic, Bar-B-Q, Sunny & Frankies, Myrna’s Kitchen, and Villa Italia. 
4. At checkout, enter this code: eats-678aa  That will get you $10 off your order (and will also give us that if you’d be so kind.)
5. Om nom nom when your food arrives.

 

 

Free Uber Ice Cream Day Cools off Connecticut this Friday, 7/15!

 

Make the heat a little more bearable tomorrow with free ice cream bars from Magnum and Uber! Pic from Uber.

Tomorrow’s gonna be a nice sultry 90º, so what better way to celebrate than with ice cream . . . free ice cream! Yup, it’s finally free Uber Ice Cream Day! All you need to do is live in Fairfield, New Haven, Hartford, or New London counties, set your location, then request ice cream from 11-3. That easy, that simple! This year you can look to cool off with some Magnum ice cream. Oh yeah!

 

When you got those ice cream bars, be sure to use #UberIceCream (and #omnomct if you want) in any social media posts. 

Here are the foolproof step by step directions from Uber CT:

1. Open your Uber app from 11am–3pm on Friday, July 15
2. Tap the ‘Ice Cream’ icon on slider at the bottom of the app
3. Set your location and tap ‘REQUEST’
4. If a car is available, you’ll be indulging in 4 free Magnum bars in minutes! (Sharing is optional, but encouraged.)

 

 

Two Roads Road Jam Fest 2016: Two Tix up for Grabs!

Summertime, and the beer fest tix are freebies . . .

Yes, it’s true, we’re giving away two tickets to Two Roads amazing Road Jam Fest thanks to our beer-buds at Two Roads and Beerfests.com. This awesome annual event takes place on 6/25 from 2-9 and will feature Road Jam Raspberry Wheat and other awesome Two Roads brews, a Cluster Truck food hub, and two stages of music from the likes of Alpaca Gnomes, Turkuaz, Moon Hooch, and Deep Banana Blackout. Tickets are normally $30 (includes your first pint) or $22 for DD, but when you roll with us, there are benefits. Well, not like friends with benefits benefits, but you get us.

Free Pizza in Greenwich to Benefit Kids in Crisis

Steven Fox (right), owner of Steven Fox Jewelry, will be hosting the New Haven Pizza Truck in front of his store this Saturday. Photo from Kids in Crisis.

Free pizza? Free pizza! Yes, it’s true! Just stop by Steven Fox Jewelry at 8 Lewis Street from 11-4 on May 7 for free pizza. Oh, but not any pizza: we’re talking about New Haven Pizza Truck. While you take a seat and enjoy some slices courtesy of Steven Fox Jewelry, you can learn about Kids in Crisis, an organization that we care deeply about. If you remember from a previous post from us, they had almost a million dollars cut from their budget. Then, if you’d like to, you can donate money to their organization to help them fill in the funding gap that is left. 

Overshores Hosts Free 2nd Anniversary Party ft. Food Trucks, Music, Raffles + More!

Chimichurri Steak, photo courtesy of The Meat Truck

Overshores Brewery, set off in an unsuspecting building on Bradley Street in East Haven, is  two years old. And, CT’s only Belgian-style brewery will be celebrating on April 30 with music, food, games, deals, and, wait, what was that last thing . . . oh yeah, beer. Even a special brew that will be featured. Entrance is free and all the action goes down from 12-4. Here are the yeasty details along with some thoughts about Overshores’ success from co-owner Christian Amport from a recent conversation:

Entrée Nous Restaurant Guide Launch Party to Benefit Community Plates

Photo Caption: From left, Mica DeSantis, Aline Weiller, Artisan’s Executive Chef Frederic Kieffer and Elizabeth Menke gear up for the launch party for Entrée Nous, LLC and its first restaurant guide (Fairfield County edition). Photo Credit: Andrew Dominick

Entrée Nous (trans. Amongst Us) is a brand new book that was written by Elizabeth Menke and Aline Weiller. This book will soon become your handy-dandy guide to 12 of the best Fairfield County hot spots and we can’t wait to get our own copy. Restaurants that are focused on for this dining guide include The Spread, Barcelona, Café Chocopologie, Elm, Artisan, Kawa Ni, The Little Pub, Martel, J House Restaurant, Cotto, The Goose, and Bernard’s/Sarah’s Wine Bar.

CT Food News: Tastings, Treats, Trucks, Parties, Dinners, CT Beer + More – 12/4/15

Course 1: Halibut and shrimp sangria ceviche

Welcome to December, OmNomivores. Thankfully there is still so much to do, so many things to see, and so many things to experience here in Fairfield County and beyond! So, sit down a spell, check out what’s going on in the 203 and in the CT beer scene. Take care everyone and if you go to one of the events that we mention, please let them know we sent ya! ;) 

12/4-5 Balducci’s of Greenwich (1050 East Putnam Avenue) will be hosting a very special Holiday Tasting Event and we’re excited to let you know! Come by from 11-6 on both days and enjoy samples of some great cheese and wine as well as some dishes from their Chanukah catering menu.

Surf’s Up @ Summer Luau Food Truck Fest — Westfield Meriden

It’s hard to think of a better way to kick off the first full weekend of summer than with a food truck festival! And, you’ll have exactly that when you head out to Westfield Meriden (470 Lewis Ave.) on Saturday and Sunday (6/27-28) for a great assortment of trux, entertainment, and craft vendors. Entry to the Westfield Meriden Summer Luau Food Truck Fest is free, too, so you’ve got nothing to lose! Hours for both days are 12-7. Now, here are some more deets about the trux that will be there, organized by Both Days or Saturday Only:

CT Open House Day 2015: A Food and Drink Guide to Free Events and Tastings

We’re very excited to share some fun news with all our awesome readers: we’ve been invited by the Connecticut Office of Tourism to share all things food and drink around the Nutmeg State as official CT Correspondents for their Visit Connecticut program. And to kick it off, we have the deets on their much anticipated yearly CT Open House Day experience. Here’s how it works:

On June 13, you, your friends, and/or your family can check out an amazing variety of participating places throughout the state at no cost at all. Of course, we’re just featuring the participating food and drink places below, but this Open House event includes businesses throughout the state from museums like The Aldrich and Stepping Stones, to interactive parks like Dinosaur State Park, to historic homesteads like Nathan Hale Homestead, so no matter what your thing is, you’re sure to find it as part of this awesome event. You can check out their website for more info too!