07/26/11

The Dining Insider: A Dining, Food and Restaurant Blog That features SIW Vegetables in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Deep Blue Bar and Grill’s New Menu in Wilmington and Sprouting Chefs, Katie Freer’s New Cooking School in Lewes for Kids

Peerless Produce

In an area blessed with great produce, produce stands and an ever-growing number of farmers markets, SIW Vegetables still stands out, both for its variety and its location. The drive up the shady Route 100, following the twists of the Brandywine, offers some respite from the heat, the staff is always friendly and the selection can’t be beat.

This is where we discovered “ugly” tomatoes a couple years ago, and we...

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07/19/11

The Dining Insider: A Dining, Food and Restaurant Blog That Features the Downtown Newark Food and Brew Fest and The Shoppes at Louviers in Newark

Greetings From Newark

If you haven’t planned your Saturday yet, make sure it includes the Downtown Newark Food and Brew Fest. It is American Beer Month, after all.

From 2 p.m. till 10 p.m., 17 downtown restaurants will offer tapas menus to pair with their featured brews—about 40 craft beers and imports overall.

Start early. The first 2,500 participants get a Food & Brew Fest commemorative tasting mug, which can be filled with any of the featured beers at any of the participating restaurants for $1. Find your program at the information booth at 82 E. Main St., in front of the M&T-Wilmington Trust bank.

There’s more than beer, such as the Hops and Shops. The sidewalk sale starts at noon. There are special attractions for...

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07/12/11

The Dining Insider: Betty’s Restaurant in Rehoboth hosts Men and Beer, Wilmington Beer Week offers a Citywide Happy Hour and the Delaware State Fair Holds Cooking Contests

First there was Women and Wine at local restaurants. Now there is Men and Beer. Yes, Betty’s Restaurant in Rehoboth Beach will host a multi-course meal of original dishes with craft beers from Brooklyn Brewery on July 18. That means John Wayne movies with small plates by head chef Jesse Howell and Ben King of Brooklyn Brewery to explain the brews. Brooklyn Brewery, of Brooklyn, natch, has become one of the top 40 breweries in the country and the winner of national and international awards. So check it out. And if you like it, head back to Betty’s on August 17 for another special dinner featuring beer from Tröegs Brewing Company of Harrisburg, Pa. (645-6160)

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07/05/11

A Rooting Interest

And you thought Victory Brewing Company was all about beer. As it turns out, it’s about root beer—and ice cream. Can you say float?
Available at the company brewpub in Downingtown, Pa., since 1997, Victory root beer is now available by the sixer and by the case at the company’s retail shop, attached to the restaurant.

The ice creams are now sold in the store, too. Triple Monkey is a banana ice cream made with the wort of the brewery’s Golden Monkey with peanuts and caramel. Hopped Up Devil is a cayenne and cinnamon ice cream made from Hop Devil wort and chocolate-covered coffee beans. Storm King Crunch is chocolate ice cream made with the wort from Storm King Stout, with chocolate malt balls.
It’s all part of Victory’s family...

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