Owners of Milagro in Stonington open a new restaurant in East Lyme

Martin Zavala, who has run Milagro Café in Stonington Borough for the past 14 years, has become a restauranteur of note in the region. In late April, he expanded his reach and established a new restaurant: Zavala Mexican Bistro in East Lyme. Zavala had almost opened a restaurant...
What The Day's food critics reviewed over the past month

A look back at reviews of St. Bess Jerk Hub, brunch at Saybrook Point, and C.C. O'Brien's
How to make the Tres Leches Cake from Rocks 21 in Mystic

Rocks 21, the Inn at Mystic's on-site restaurant, has one of the great views in a town where, by demand of the town council, EVERY residence or business MUST have a scenic component to appeal to visitors — or the citizen or permitee will be hanged as a witch! Rocks 21 is on a hill...
A creamy edamame spread adds green goodness to these vegetable wraps

Whirring edamame in a food processor with lemon juice, oil, water and a little salt yields a creamy, nutritious, brilliantly green spread that can be enjoyed in countless ways.
This silky dark chocolate syrup is an all-purpose dessert star

I'm a recipe writer but also a realist. Does everything need to be made from scratch at home? Of course not. As Our Queen Ina (Garten) is famous for saying, "store-bought is fine." I'd go a step further and say that often it's just as good as homemade or even better, depending on the food in...