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Breakfast in Bucks: Fred’s Breakfast

By On February 23, 2011 · 5 Comments

Ask friends to suggest their favorite breakfast place and the recommendations come pouring out like hot coffee on a busy Saturday morning. The passion and loyalty is intense as well. At the risk of treading on dangerous ground(s), I picked a few of the most popular breakfast restaurants in Bucks to see what makes breakfast [...]

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This summer’s farm tours

By On June 2, 2010 · 1 Comment

Eating outside, enjoying a beautiful summer evening with new friends, and then walking around a small, family farm, learning how they produce their bounty. Sounds good, no?

Check it out. The Bucks County Foodshed Alliance, in lieu of their regular monthly meetings, “meets” at local farms once a month during [...]

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Bucks Food Calendar: May 7, 2010

By On May 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Happy Mama’s Day Weekend!

Mixed weather this weekend – beautiful today (Friday), some showers tomorrow, and cooler but sunny on Sunday. Not bad. Tonight is First Friday in Doylestown, so I think I see much sitting outside and sipping/nibbling going on around that town.

You can also swing over to Triumph [...]

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A lovely evening in New Hope

By On April 28, 2010 · 1 Comment

One of the challenges of doing this blog is that we sometimes have to overcome our biases.

I’ve lived in Central Bucks for nearly twenty years now, Mark only six years, but he lived across the river for twenty years too. New Hope has become in our minds that place where tourists go, with a [...]

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New Hope Restaurant Week

By On March 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I’ve noticed a pleasing trend over the past few years. Many local towns are organizing “restaurant weeks” in an effort to showcase their restaurants and bring more customers into town. Newtown had one last April and now New Hope is initiating what will hopefully be its first restaurant week for many years to come.

To be [...]

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FIRST NEW HOPE RESTAURANT WEE…

By On February 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment

FIRST NEW HOPE RESTAURANT WEEK!Sunday, March 21 to Friday, March 26, 2010 $29.95 3-Course, Prix-Fixe Dinner 17 Restaurants Participating. Go to http://www.newhopechamber.com/restaurant-week/ for more info.

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A winter weekend in Bucks

By On January 29, 2010 · 4 Comments

It may be cold, and it may still be winter for awhile (unless the groundhog tells us differently next week), but there are still lots of reasons to leave home and eat this weekend.

For starters, The Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival, now in it’s 12th year is in full swing. I won’t go into great [...]

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Best wings in (Upper) Bucks

By On December 29, 2009 · 3 Comments

Catch this article in last week’s Bucks County Herald about the best wings in Bucks County. Talk about professional jealousy! I admit it!! Granted, wings are, how shall I put it…a specialty all in themselves. Just read their descriptions of what makes a great wing. These guys are pros. My jealousy is mixed with [...]

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Chocolate and art

By On December 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Do you love chocolate? Are you an artist? Here’s your chance to blend the two loves, and maybe win $100 in art supplies.

The Chocolate Bar, organizer of the Bucks County Chocolate Show, is sponsoring its third annual art contest for “The Journey of the Pod,” an artistic representation of chocolate’s [...]

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Goodbye to an old friend: La Bonne Auberge closes December 19

By On December 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The famous New Hope gastronomic landmark, La Bonne Auberge, will be closing its doors this month. Read Susan S. Yeske’s article on the couple who brought such exquisite French food to Bucks County in this week’s Bucks County Herald. Here are a few excerpts from the article:

A chance [...]

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Canal House Cooking for the winter

By On November 18, 2009 · 1 Comment

by guest blogger Susan Sprague Yeske

Just in time for the holidays, and with plenty of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s recipes, local cookbook authors Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer have produced the second volume in their series of homestyle gourmet cookbooks.

While Volume 1 in the Canal House Cooking series [...]

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Tidbits: The Raven flies again

By On September 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment

We knew of the reopening in July of the New Hope favorite Raven Resort but haven’t had a chance to get there. Thankfully, Susan S. Yeske, one of our guest bloggers, has. Here’s her review in this week’s Bucks County Herald (September 10th). The Raven will celebrate its 30th [...]

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Dilly's 25th Anniversary Marathon

By On July 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Dilly’s Corner is celebrating their
25th year in a big way with a 25-hour marathon. Just like it sounds – 25 hours of eating, more or less. It starts tonight, July 23rd at 11:00 pm and ends tomorrow night, July 24th, at 12:00 am. Here’s the schedule of events:

Thursday, July 23rd, 11:00 pm:

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Dilly’s Corner

By On July 23, 2009 · 3 Comments

By guest blogger Emily Trostle

I’ve never been one to get excited over hot dogs and hamburgers, but there’s one place I’ll travel the distance to when I need to get my fix: Dilly’s Corner, on River Road in New Hope, is the place for burgers, hot dogs, ice cream and an overall [...]

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Berry-Yummy

By On July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

By guest blogger Susan Sprague Yeske

Pardon my purple-stained fingers, but I’ve just finished picking the best black raspberries ever at Penn Vermont Fruit Farm in Bedminster.

Apparently the slow ripening process brought on by extended cool spring weather is helping to create a terrific raspberry season. I picked seven pints of black [...]

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