Food
July 29, 2021
By Susan Chandler (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2007 Every profession has its leadership institution. The performing arts have Juilliard, the military has West Point and the culinary arts has the CIA. – Craig Claiborne […]
July 29, 2021
By Melanie Anderson Bourbeau (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Spring 2006 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! As just about any tour guide at a historic house museum can attest, one of visitors’ most common question is “Can we […]
January 22, 2021
By Charles Zanor (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Fall 2007 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! In the 1850s, Gail Borden started what would eventually become an immensely successful milk business – later to be ably represented by Elise […]
October 7, 2020
All images courtesy of Frank Purcaro (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Fall 2010 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! Note: The company has used both “Frankies” and “Frankie’s.” We have opted to use “Frankies,” which is how the company […]
September 16, 2020
By Ilene Frank (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2020 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! You’ll never just pass by Bloodroot. But you should make a point to travel there. Tucked away in a residential neighborhood that sits […]
March 17, 2020
By Mary M. Donohue (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Spring 2020 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! Perhaps the most important strategy for an architectural historian is simply to look up. Few busy people really take the time […]
July 2, 2019
By Alexander Dubois (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Spring 2019 Subscribe/Buy the Issue Recalling his childhood in Wethersfield, John Marsh wrote that “the town was settled, as were most of the towns in Connecticut, with hard […]
July 2, 2019
By Jennifer DiCola Matos (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Spring 2019 SUBSCRIBE/BUY THE ISSUE! There was a time when a particularly frigid winter was cause for celebration for the people of Connecticut—especially for Connecticans involved in […]
January 18, 2018
By Brenda Milkofsky (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Spring 2006 Subscribe/Buy the Issue It’s spring and thousands of visitors are poised to visit Connecticut. They have come from as far away as Florida and Canada, and […]
January 16, 2018
By Christopher Pagliuco (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2017 Subscribe/Buy the Issue As the thick heat of the summer begins to break and New Englanders take in those first deep breaths of the crisp autumn […]
October 26, 2017
by Sarajane Cedrone (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2017 SUBSCRIBE/Buy the Issue Perhaps not everyone remembers the University of Connecticut’s origins as an agricultural school. They might, though, if they’re a fan of the UConn […]
October 26, 2017
By Colin M. Caplan (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2017 SUBSCRIBE/Buy the Issue Pizza is so central to Connecticut’s culture and life that many in the state believe it was invented here, when in fact […]
October 26, 2017
By Dawn C. Adiletta (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2017 SUBSCRIBE/Buy the Issue! “Monday I gathered hops,” wrote Thomas Minor of Stonington in September 1661. Connecticut farmers cultivated hops from colonial times through the end […]
October 25, 2017
By Dave Corrigan and Karen Hudkins (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2017 SUBSCRIBE/BUY THE ISSUE Connecticut has long been known as the manufacturing epicenter of many products, notably clocks, typewriters and firearms. Not so well […]
October 25, 2017
By David J. Naumec (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2017 SUBSCRIBE/Buy the Issue Early Native Americans living in the region known today as Connecticut incorporated the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) into their diet several thousand […]