Food

Cookin’ Up Community

(Wallyhood welcomes our newest writer, Helen Kim, reporting on last week's Wallingford Community Kitchen. Slideshow photos by Matt Mason.) Imagine being a member of a big extended family. Big. Really big. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, teenagers, even an adorable little baby. All cooking a big meal together. Now, imagine the residents of Wallingford as the members of that family in the kitchen of the Good Shepherd’s Senior Center. This was the scene at the Community Kitchen I attended on Friday night. About…

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Best Pizza in Wallingford

A few weeks back, when Chris wrote about the Wallingford Pizza House, we added a reader poll: what's the best pizza in Wallingford. We got 148 responses, and thought you might be interested in the results: So that's Tutta Bella leading the pack with 34%, followed by Wallingford Pizza House (23%), Pagliacci (20%), Pudge Brothers (15%) and taking up rear, Olympia Pizza and Spaghetti House (6%) and Milano Pizza (1%). On the topic of pizzas, if you enjoyed Zaw Pizza at…

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National Pie Day – January 23

It's that time of year when the rain forces us indoors, depriving us of heat and light from the sun.  It makes us want to buy a big ol' pie and retreat to a remote corner somewhere in the house to devour said pie in three bites. Or, maybe that's just me. Either way, it's National Pie Day on Saturday, January 23 and to mark this joyous occasion, Fuel Coffee is offering discounts on 7" deep dish pies and Flipsides (handheld…

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Community Kitchen this Friday

A group of neighbors are gathering this Friday, January 22nd at the Good Shepherd Center for some communal cooking and meal sharing and the theme is Stews and Casseroles. From the Facebook event page for the Community Kitchen: Based on the survey/discussion results of our November Community Kitchen, we have put together the plan for 2010. • We will plan a theme for each Community Kitchen along with a list or required ingredients. Each person is asked to contribute an appetizer,…

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Joule’s Rachel and Seif on Iron Chef

This Sunday, Joule's chefs Rachel and Seif are appearing on the hit Food Network show Iron Chef, and it sounds like they've got a viewing party planned. From their Facebook page: FINALLY, Joule Iron Chef premiere this Sunday! This is how it's going to go down. Joule is almost booked up for the Iron Chef Joule supper. There will be some cool creations using the secret ingredient for this dinner. And the viewing party! It will be at Murphy's across the…

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Tour de Wallyhood

Being a mom of young kids, living in Wallingford is a gift. There are so many places you can go,  on foot or by bicycle, to amuse the little ones and yourself, as the winter days start to give everyone cabin fever. Just the other day, we made a solid two hour outing of walking around, doing a “tour de wallyhood” if you will. We were gone so long that the baby bjorn straps cut into my shoulders, creating semi-permanent grooves. Perhaps I…

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Joule Serves Up Its Winter Supper Series

Wallingford's very own Joule hosts its second annual winter supper series, serving family style comfort food, which to me sounds like just the thing to ward off those winter blues. From Joule's website: Joule presents 2nd annual Winter Supper 2010: Globe Trekker Series. We will serve a casual family style meal around different themes on Sundays from January through March. Each dinner will have 5-7 different dishes that are to be shared among the table. Please visit Joule's Facebook page weeks…

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