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Australia has 16,000 miles of coastline. When I moved here from New York last year, one thing I thought I could count on was abundant, affordable seafood. I imagined bling-bling three-tiered platters of chilled shellfish. I pictured every port city like Maine during lobster season, swimming in crustaceans. In reality, many of Australia’s marine species […]

Dressing Room, Paul Newman’s new restaurant in Westport, Connecticut, officially opened for dinner business in October, adding lunch service last month.  Situated adjacent to the Westport Country Playhouse, it opened to help endow the theater that Paul and his wife, Joanne Woodward, are so much a part of.
Newman and co-owner chef Michel Nischan see their new […]

We all hear it, most of us ignore it.  Sustainable.  That WORD.  The triple bottom line.  It makes most of us cringe but for many different reasons.  What does “sustainable” mean?  Sustainable means “able to be maintained.”  Sustainability means maintaining our environment, economy and society while we continue to grow and develop.
I try to think of it […]

Tired of making the same batch of Christmas cookies?  An ideal food to bring to a holiday party this year is a cheese plate.  Cheese is “in,” it is good for you, and as it continues to grow in popularity, its availability is skyrocketing.  To really impress your family, friends, strangers and colleagues, serve a plate of […]

Chicago did it earlier this year, horrifying fine dining experts everywhere. Now New York might be getting in, or out as the case may be, of the foie gras game.
I was forwarded an email from Ariane Daguin of D’Artagnan, a fine food purveyor in New Jersey, about a proposal that’s supposedly going to be introduced to the […]

The team at Growers & Grocers is off for the weekend.  C’mon back on Monday, and we’ll have more fresh content for your viewing pleasure.  Have a wonderful weekend!

To all our readers who are celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday, the team at Growers & Grocers wishes you a wonderful day enjoying good food with family and friends.  We’ll be back on Friday with more great articles focused on food, wine and everything in between.  Until then… Happy Thanksgiving!

If you’re trying to reduce the amount of pesticides that may be present in your diet, butter is one of the biggest things to watch out for.  Since pesticide residues tend to collect in body fat, any pesticides or chemicals that a cow has been exposed to will collect in the fatty tissues and be […]

When we go to the grocery store to fill our shopping list, we often take for granted how the items in the Fruit and Produce section actually get there.  I know I sometimes do.
Take cranberries for instance.  Did you know that a cranberry grower needs to start his shrubs three to five years before harvest before getting […]

Food production costs are on the rise as drought continues to worsen for the lower two-thirds of Australia. As much as ninety-four percent of New South Wales is now experiencing water shortage due to lack of rain. Queensland is a little better off at 61%. The Queensland Farmer’s Federation’s John Cherry predicts that grain prices […]