Bucks County Taste

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 the summer, hosting a potluck [...]

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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 Brewing in New Hope [...]

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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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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 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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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 detail – [...]

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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 awe. I [...]

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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 journey in images from [...]

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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 encounter brought Gerard and Rozanne Caronello [...]

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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 focused on the pair’s [...]

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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 anniversary next month. Watch their web [...]

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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: Dilly’s [...]

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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 good time. [...]

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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 raspberries last [...]

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Nope, not talking about Christmas. Throughout Bucks County, May and June will be filled with the opening of seasonal farm markets. Here’s our rundown. Weekly markets: Springtown: Wednesdays from 3  to 6 pm, Springtown Firehouse, 1030 Main Street/Route 212 (begins May 6th) New Hope: Thursdays from 3:30  to 7 pm, New Hope-Solebury High School, 180 [...]

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