A Cut Above
The Good Table | written by: PAMELA DEY VOSSLER | photo by: BAMBI RIEGEL riegelpictureworks.com Owner and chef Peter Crawford at the butcher shop he opened in 2016 at 13 Grove Street Luck is the residue … Read more here…
The Good Table
Mom, Pop and the Family You Find in a Really Good Sandwich
The Good Table | written by: PAMELA DEY VOSSLER | photos by: BAMBI RIEGEL riegelpictureworks.com Vavala’s owner Danny Porcelli and his team (from left): Roberto, Natalie, Armando, Max, José Vavala’s just feels good. Sure, the sandwiches … Read more here…
Our Piece of India
The Good Table | written by: PAMELA DEY VOSSLER | photos by: BAMBI RIEGEL | riegelpictureworks.com Jose and four of the 15 members of his team (from left): Jose, Mithin Madhu, Garis Sanchez, Jarnail Singh and … Read more here…
Palmer’s Has It
The Good Table | written by: PAMELA DEY VOSSLER | photos by: BAMBI RIEGEL | riegelpictureworks.com From left: Alex Palmer, assistant front end manager; Greg Palmer, owner; Nina Palmer, assistant flower shop manager; Megan Palmer … Read more here…
Granola Bar None
The Good Table | written by: Pamela Dey Vossler Granola Bar co-founders/co-CEOs Julie Mountain (left) and Dana Noorily at the Darien restaurant / / Photos courtesy: The Granola Bar How does a three-year-old’s birthday party become … Read more here…
The Greater Good
The Good Table | written by: Pamela Dey Vossler From left: Ben Van Leeuwen, Pete Van Leeuwen and Laura O’Neill at one of their expanding number of scoop shop locations / / Photos courtesy Van Leeuwen … Read more here…
Get Fresh
The Good Table | written by: ALYSSA KADOW, Owner, Greens on the Go, photo by: Bambi Riegel | riegelpictureworks.com The Darien Farmer’s Market, open Wednesdays starting June 7th, from 10am to 3pm in the Darien’s Goodwives Shopping … Read more here…
Food for the Soul
The Good Table | written by: PAMELA DEY VOSSLER, photograph by: BAMBI RIEGEL | riegelpictureworks.com Because Joe knows, in a time of nouvelle cuisine, artistic efforts yielding small portions of highly specialized food and fussy variations … Read more here…
Life in a Loaf of Sourdough Bread
The Good Table | written by: PAMELA DEY VOSSLER Rob VanKeuren with Flour Water Salt Head Baker Samantha Valenti, Opening day, November 2018 / / all photographs courtesy: Peter Wynn Thompson In hindsight, the breadcrumbs appear, … Read more here…
Greens on the Go: Fed by Flavor
Darien loves Brussels sprouts. If you’re Alyssa Baker Kadow, owner of Greens on the Go at 23 Tokeneke Road in Darien, you know this. Just as you know you can serve tofu that even the naysayer-est … Read more here…