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Foodie “FOODIE,” A PERSON WITH A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN FOOD. Someone who’s always up for trying new places and has a refined but adventurous palate. This month at Westport Lifestyle, we’re all things food!

Our rainy summer has passed, and now it’s time to reap the bounty. Whether you’re going pumpkin picking, heading out to one of our local restaurants or throwing one last barbecue before the first snow, we have what you need.

Autumn makes me think of my favorite sweatshirt, the crunch of leaves and selecting the perfect Halloween costume. It’s using the fireplace again, football on Sunday and, as we know in our coastal town, some of the best sailing the LI Sound has to offer. So whether or not you like pumpkin spice, get ready because autumn brings the best food of the year.

Bathing suit season is over—get out there and eat, Westport!

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INSIDE THE ISSUE OCTOBER 2018

FEATURES 16 Silverman’s Farm: The Ultimate Autumn Destination A Picturesque Farm Complete with Pumpkins, Apples, Hayrides and Animals

22 Where Chefs Eat Before You Plan Your Next Night Out, Here’s Some Food for Thought

28 Wine: Splurge or Save The Best Wine at Any Price Point

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34 The Chef 's Kitchen Essential Tools for Beautiful Meals

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Lifestyle Letter

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Good Times

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Around Town

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Road Trip

28 Hops & Vine 32 Lifestyle Calendar 34 Local’s Choice

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1. Izzi B’s | 2. Red Bee Honey | 3. Sport Hill Farm | 4. Nitnoi Provisions | 5. Christian Wilki, Geoff Lazlo and Ben Freemole compete in the Chef-at-theMarket Competition | 6. Live entertainment during summer market | 7. Andrew's Honey | 8. Shopping at the Westport Farmers Market | 9. Rachel Golan and Mimi Mclaughlin | 10. Taproot's Jeff Taibe competes in the Chef-at-the-Market Competition | 11. Matt Storch, Patti Popp of Sport Hill Farm, Bill Taibe | 12. Lori Cochran Dougal and Matt Storch 8

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AROUND TOWN The Preserve has become a popular destination for Westporters and has frontage on the Aspetuck River where Paul Newman, who lived nearby, liked to swim.

Pictured from left: Sean Hackett, Charlie Overton, Griffin Lundquist, Hunter Duffy and Case Videler from Westport Staples High School. Maggie Dean and Will Neugebauer from Fairfield Ludlowe High School.

Aspetuck Land Trust is seeking donations to help defray the costs of the improvements. To learn more, call 203.331.1906 or visit AspetuckLandTrust.org.

WESTPORT AUTHOR DISHES PRETTY REVENGE USA Today best-selling author and Westport resident Emily Liebert’s sixth book, Pretty Revenge, will publish in Summer 2019 with Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The novel is about a woman who seeks revenge on a Manhattan socialite who derailed her life 17 years ago and the lengths that she'll go to in order to take her down.

Stay tuned for another novel to follow in 2020.

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WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS BUILD STONE WALL AND WALKWAY AT ASPETUCK LAND TRUST

Enjoy an evening of comedy at the 11th Annual

In 2010, Aspetuck Land Trust partnered with the

Stand Up for Homes with Hope starring Mike

Town of Westport to create the 39-acre Newman

Birbiglia. Saturday, November 3 at The Regina A.

Poses Nature Preserve in Westport. The nature

Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University.

preserve was made possible by land donated

Homes with Hope’s mission is to be the

by Westporters Paul Newman; his wife, Joanne

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Woodward; and Lillian Poses, a neighbor and friend

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STAND UP FOR HOMES WITH HOPE WITH COMEDIAN MIKE BIRBIGLIA

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ROAD TRIP

ARTICLE SOPHIA BABUN

A PICTURESQUE FARM COMPLETE WITH PUMPKINS, APPLES, HAYRIDES AND ANIMALS PHOTOGRAPHY MINDY BRIAR

silverman’s farm:

THE ULTIMATE AUTUMN DESTINATION

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JUST A SHORT CAR RIDE AWAY IN RURAL EASTON, CONNECTICUT, LIES THE HISTORIC AND SCENIC SILVERMAN’S FARM. This picturesque spot is far more than a day of simply apple picking. Silverman’s Farm is like a fall festival of sorts, complete with more than 30 acres of apple orchards; a sizable pumpkin patch; scenic hayrides; an animal farm where guests are encouraged to feed the animals; and a charming farmers market, decorated festively and filled with seasonal fruits, vegetables and freshly made baked goods. They even have the occasional food truck or live music on Sundays.

What makes this spot even more special is its cheery owner, Mr. Irv Silverman himself, who can be found overseeing the farm’s operations on a daily basis. Irv’s father, Benjamin Silverman, started Silverman’s Farm in the 1920s.

“At the time, most people raised their own gardens, because there were no box stores,” Irv says. “The farm in those days raised everything. Anything you can think of. And people would come and buy everything by the bushel.”

In the 1930s, Benjamin Silverman even built a cider mill, where he made sweet cider. Fun fact: During Prohibition, many speakeasies would purchase the cider from the farm in 50-gallon drums and turn it into coveted hard cider.

How did the farm become the ultimate destination that it is today? Irv says there was never a real “blueprint.”

“After I got out of college, I was helping my dad and starting to take over. I wasn’t crazy about just doing vegetables, so I went more into fruit,” he says. “In the '80s more and more people were moving to the suburbs and cities. There weren’t as many backyards with cows and chickens. People began to come to the farm with kids for fun—we call this Agritourism. That’s what makes the business fun; it’s very people-oriented. Families have a ball here.”

Silverman’s Farm is a great place to teach kids where their food comes from.

“A lot of little kids think apples grow at the grocery store. Coming here and picking an apple off of a tree helps them make that connection,” Irv says.

Irv thinks autumn is the most fun time of year at the farm.

“We offer so many different things in the fall,” he says. “The animal farm is a great attraction for kids, the ‘pick-your-own,’ tractor rides, the market with fresh baked pies, jams and jellies—there’s a lot of different things you can do in one day. Another thing we’ve been doing for 30 to 40 years is that if you guess the weight of the pumpkin you pick within 2 ounces, it’s free!"

For almost 100 years, Silverman’s Farm has brought people together whether it be at the dinner table with fresh fruits and vegetables from the farm or in the orchards picking together and making memories.

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SILVERMAN’S FARM 451 Sport Hill Road, Easton, Connecticut SilvermansFarm.com

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W H E R E C H E F S E A T BEFORE YOU PLAN YOUR NEXT NIGHT OUT, HERE'S SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT

WHETHER YOU’RE A FOODIE IN SEARCH OF A MULTICOURSE MEAL OR A DATE NIGHT DINER CRAVING A PERFECT COCKTAIL AND SOME APPS, FAIRFIELD COUNTY’S DINING SCENE HAS ENDLESS OPTIONS. To help narrow down that restaurant bucket list, we asked the experts where they like to eat. For these three accomplished local chefs, food, flavor and quality ingredients are everything.

ARTICLE JEN BERNIKER | PHOTOGRAPHY JOHN VIDELER

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BILL TAIBE

YOU MUST BE BUSY RUNNING THREE RESTAURANTS. DO YOU HAVE TIME TO EAT OUT?

Chef/Owner of Jesup Hall, The Whelk and Kawa Ni

All the time. I'll just get up and leave the restaurant later at night. Last night I was at Tavern at GrayBarns at Silvermine. It's absolutely one of my favorite restaurants. I’ll eat whatever new dish Ben [Freemole] has on the menu. I had the scallop crudo and a Nonino spritz, which I like because it's less sweet and more bitter than an Aperol spritz. The crudo and spritz and I'm happy.

WHERE DOES THE OWNER OF KAWA NI GO FOR ASIAN FOOD? PHO SAIGON IN BRIDGEPORT IS MY MOST “CRAVEABLE” RESTAURANT. To me, their bowl of pho is the most flavorful food item we have in Connecticut. I order summer rolls [inside out rolls, which usually have shrimp and pork inside] served with a super delicious peanut sauce. For my main, I go with house special, Pho Saigon, which is their beef broth with lots of funky kinds of beef mixed in. For Chinese food, I don’t think people realize how good Shu is in Fairfield. It’s Chengdu-style food, and it’s

Photo by Julie Bidwell

really authentic, not like the Americanized version we usually get.

WHERE DO YOU GO FOR LUNCH? I’ll sneak out to Los Portales on Fort Point Street in Norwalk for tacos, or the Dilly Duck Shop in Norwalk is phenomenal. I’ll have the rotisserie-roasted pork, sliced really thin, with a vinegary coleslaw. Their grilled cheese is just so good. It’s about as New York City as you can get for a lunch spot in Fairfield County.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE MEAL RIGHT NOW AT YOUR OWN RESTAURANTS? The kani crab salad at Kawa Ni. I’ll make a

Kani crab salad at Kawa Ni. Photo by Bill Taibe

small portion and put it on top of plain white rice and mix it together. At the Whelk, steak tartare with two fried oyster deviled eggs is still my favorite after seven years.

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WHAT’S YOUR TOP DINNER SPOT FOR A NIGHT OUT? With two kids under 3, we don't get out as much, but when we do, Jesup Hall is one of our favorites. They are known for meat, but I go for their vegetable work. I had a citrus salad with grapefruit, rosemary oil, shaved lardo and some fennel frond— beautiful and refreshing.

WHAT’S THE MOST FUN MEAL YOU’VE HAD RECENTLY? We stopped at Redding Road House to play corn hole and have some oysters, then went to Tap Root for their monthly Izakaya Japanese pop-up restaurant, Bushido. The menu is a surprise, always some raw seafood and different Japanese-style dishes. Jeff [Taibe] had done a delicious Arctic Char crudo, aggressively seasoned, and I had two orders of E\eel and foie gras mousse hand rolls. Fig and eel are two of my favorite things, and he was smart enough to put them together.

Then I took a nap.

FAVORITE QUICK AND LOCAL? Jeera Little Thai kitchen. I spent a month in Thailand so always have a hankering for something spicy. Usually, order a Thai salad and Pad See Ew and then chop up the leftovers for my kids the next day. If I’m picking up, then A&S Fine Foods, Fairfield. I’ll pretend like I’m going to the gym and go there.

They have long hots [specialty fried yellow peppers with a kick] that are delicious.

WHAT DO YOU EAT AT GRAYBARNS? We are trying to produce really great food that has a root in comfort. I love our pan-roasted chicken breast with a white miso corn puree—sautee some kernels lightly and cook the corn so it’s just warmed through, still with crunch. We add a pickled corn relish and finish with fresh shaved truffles. My mom made amazing canned creamed corn and chicken, so that was the focus of that dish. The scallop crudo combines super fresh day-boat scallops with domestic caviar and some summer truffle from eastern Italy, and we don’t fuss with it too much. It’s a dish that’s the sum of its parts. You get the ratios right, and it’s just perfect.

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BEN FREEMOLE Executive chef at Tavern at GrayBarns Scallop crudo at Tavern at GrayBarns

JESS BENGSTON Executive chef at Terrain Garden Café

HOW DO YOU EAT HEALTHY WHEN YOU ARE ALWAYS ON THE GO? I’m a big fan of really easy food like rice bowls and smoothies. My go-to is Organika Kitchen in Southport. I’ll order an acai bowl there three times a week. I eat meat, but their vegan California burger will blow your mind! You can get a salad or smoothie for $8, and you’re getting all organic, non-GMO ingredients. Or I’ll hit The Stand in Fairfield and grab an avocado toast with heirloom tomatoes, feta cheese and balsamic reduction on top. I am hyper-focused on purchasing local, sustainable and plant-based goods and supporting chefs who are trying to get people to eat healthier and get away from straws and single-use plastics.

WHERE DO YOU GO FOR A NICE NIGHT OUT? G-Zen in Branford is worth the trip. People think vegan will be a hippie, weird place, but this is an award-winning restaurant with beautiful decor.

They serve the best cheese board I’ve had anywhere and a vegetable lasagna that’s unreal. I will drive 30 minutes just for their no-bake cheesecake. The husband and wife chefs grow the vegetables at their own home farm.

WHAT’S YOUR COMFORT FOOD? Pizza, beer and a salad! At home, I’ll do Trader Joes frozen cauliflower pizza crust, add some sauce and cheese and whatever veggies are in my fridge—perfect dinner!

WHAT ARE YOU LOVING RIGHT NOW AT TERRAIN? We’re doing a ricotta and corn fritter with a maple brown butter—very indulgent and sweet, the best of what you’d get at a carnival but made with local Curried cauliflower steak with tomato jam at Terrain

corn and ricotta. It’s light and fluffy deliciousness covered with butter and pure maple syrup.

On the dinner menu, we have a curried cauliflower steak with tomato jam. Even guys used to a rib-eye and a mashed potato can enjoy this dish.

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HOPS & VINE

WINE: SPLURGE OR SAVE ARTICLE ANNA BARNES | PHOTOGRAPHY MINDY BRIAR

AT ANY PRICE POINT, WESTPORT’S LIQUOR LOCKER PROVIDES QUALITY, SUSTAINABLE, ORGANIC WINES FOR ALL OCCASIONS WESTPORT’S LIQUOR LOCKER CARRIES ONLY THE FINEST SELECTION OF WINES, ALL OF WHICH ARE ORGANIC, SUSTAINABLE AND BIODYNAMIC. Cory D’Addario, owner and sommelier, is a master of clean and quality wines. She sat down with Westport Lifestyle to discuss the best choices to make when deciding to save or splurge—but most importantly to never compromise on quality.

Cory also compares prices of wine to the price of the land where the grapes are grown.

If it’s a high-profile, pricy area, the wine tends to be as well. If you have questions or are curious to learn more about wine, she offers free classes in store. To learn more, visit LiquorLockerofWestport.com or just stop in! This is one of Westport’s true gems.

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VINO Z CZECH ST. LAURENT

SPLURGE +

GRAND VIN DE BOURGOGNE GEVREY

Made from a similar crossover grape as

CHAMBERTIN APPELLATION D’ORIGINE

our splurge, this wine is described as a

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mouthwatering surprise. It pairs extremely

Strong, citrus almost grapefruit overtones with a

well with a variety of foods the same way a

honey sweetness.

true pinot noir does. This specific wine has a slight herb finish and after notes of white raspberries and cinnamon.

Pairs perfectly with: beef, veal, venison, poultry Price: $65.99

Pairs perfectly with: Asian, Thai or spicy food Price: $15.99

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MARIE-PIERRE MANCIAT

MARC HEBRART PREMIER CRU SELECTION

Full of tangerine and floral notes, this

Your high-end “go-to” Champagne. Whether

pale peach French Crémant is dry, crisp

you’re celebrating or just in the mood for bub-

and incredibly refreshing. If you’re look-

bles, this bottle is simply the best of the best. A

ing to save, this is your best bet; fantastic

mix of pinot noir and chardonnay grapes, this

quality for a fraction of the price.

Champagne is rich and complex.

Pairs perfectly with: shellfish,

Pairs perfectly with: pork, salmon, shellfish,

poultry, lean fish, aperitif Price: $23 28

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mild and soft cheese.

Price: $56.99

SAVE –

TENENTINO GIOVANNA MODONIA An entertainer’s dream! This is the perfect dinner party wine. Red fruits in spirit and a perfect balance between tannin and acidity.

Pairs perfectly with: hearty pasta and tomato sauce, veal, roast chicken, capers Price: $15.99

SPLURGE + BOSCARELLI VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO A lovely Sangiovese with intense aromas of red fruit and sweet spices. Proudly boasts a medium body with silky tannins and a long-lasting finish.

Pairs perfectly with: beef, venison, poultry Price: $35

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SANCERRE

A mellow sauvignon blanc from the Loire

This sauvignon blanc is gooseberry-for-

region, which is quite literally a few miles

ward but finishes with a touch of vivacity

away from where our splurge is made. Full

for a crisp, fresh grand finale.

of apple flavors and a fresh crisp finish, this wine is light yet flavorful.

Pairs perfectly with: seafood, salads, artichokes, asparagus, goat cheese

Pairs perfectly with: salmon, tuna,

Price: $28.99

shellfish, vegetarian Price: $15.99

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Grown in the Lirac region of France, this

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Rhone boasts a pleasant earthiness with

Robust, complex and rich, this Rhone

dark, lush fruits, and since it’s created from

splurge exudes berries, spices and dark

Grenache grapes, this wine has a lot more

chocolate. This wine is best enjoyed fire-

structure. This is the wine you want for that

side, on a chilly night, with a hearty meal.

first cold night to pair with a hearty meal.

Pairs perfectly with: lamb, pork, poultry Pairs perfectly with: osso buco,

Price: $47.99

braised beef, roasts Price: $19.99

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PINK POP UP PARTY 2018

PLAYHOUSE HAPPY HOUR: MAN OF LA MANCHA

GROUP CANOE PADDLE AT EARTHPLACE

The 2018 Pink Pop Up Party includes

Join us for a pre-show bash on the

Bring the whole family and travel along

a lip sync battle, a performance by the

patio! Enjoy great food, beer and

the Saugatuck River in search of egrets,

band Flood Zone and delicious food/

wine, plus cool bands and fun priz-

osprey, ducks, shorebirds and much

drinks. All proceeds will benefit the

es for the under-40 crowd. Pre-show

more! Canoes and personal flotation

Norma Pfriem Breast Cancer Center.

cocktail party at 6:30 p.m. Perfor-

devices (required for all participants) are

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mance at 8 p.m. Only $25 per ticket!

included! Space is limited, so advanced

Contact the box office for tickets at

registration is highly recommended.

203.227.4177 or buy tickets online at

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Fairfield Theater Company The Warehouse

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WESTPORT FARMERS’ MARKET

Yard. Bill Burr is an American comedi-

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committed to providing fresh, local,

is complete with wine tastings, live

his recurring role on the second sea-

healthy and seasonal food. The mar-

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for education and socialization. Its

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with Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon.

mission is to increase awareness,

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7 ON-CAMERA ACTING WORKSHOP FOR KIDS Westport Library

Actress, singer and dancer Alexa Lane leads this on-camera acting

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practices.

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30 HALLOWEEN HAUNT AT WHS WHS Gym

WHS Music Department presents an

The Suzuki Music School of Westport

evening of music, costumes and trick

es young actors to the skills needed

Westporter Sybil Steinberg, contrib-

or treating for children of all ages!

to perform in theatrical productions,

uting editor and former book review

intensive workshop which introduc-

commercials, film and television. Top-

section editor for Publishers Weekly,

ics covered include acting technique,

returns with more ideas for your fall

how to approach a script, charac-

reading with her ever-popular talk on

ter development, cold reading and

the best new reads.

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commercial acting. All students will

Get those costumes and candy

work on-camera and receive a video

ready! Halloween should be extra

of their work for review. Grades 8-12.

spooky this year!

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