Triana

I am so pleased this topic has been met with such response. I will continue my research of Vermont. I probably won't get to visit again until the spring, but I certainly will return. You're right, they don't seem to have a lot of restaurants, but the few they have are splendid. I went to several of the NECI sponsored restaurants and was always satisifed with the dishes. I guess I am lucky, too, that the person I stay with is a trained chef so she can take extreme advantage of all the farm fresh goodies up there. Farm fresh meat and vegetables add a world of flavor and juices a grocery store can just never match. But keep the posts coming! I need to know of more places to try for my next trip!

Yep! Everyone should look for them in the store. While getting them from the restaurant is best, the frozen versions are pretty darned fine. We had two the last time I was in Vermont since we were snowed in and didn't want to get out and drive there. I still wish they sold them in Texas. I am going to poke the people of Central Market!!

I know of two fabulous restaurants in Vermont: A Single Pebble and American Flatbread (both have websites, easily found with a yahoo search). A Single Pebble is heaven on earth. You order several dishes that come in sizes: small, medium and large. Plus soup, tea and dessert. They bring each to your table as they become ready in the kitchen so each is at perfection. I have had 3 meals there and each was better than the last. And you must, MUST get dried fried green beans. Absolute complement to any meal there. The oysters, the mock-eel, the red Thai curry soup. All just to die for. American Flatbread is pizza cooked in a wood burning clay-domed oven. They put unsual things on the flatbread before they cook it and it's just divine. I wish they sold them down here in Texas! The other heavenly thing is the farmer's market in Montpelier. Farm raised chicken and bacon. Twenty varieties of tomatoes! Delicious! There must be more Vermonters out there. It is the home to NECI after all. Where else in Vermont should I try on my next trip? Where are your favorite places to shop for food? Are fried oreos really good?

Hello! I'm new to the boards and I promise to catch up on all my reading, but I just had to pop in and say hi to the Austin e-Gulleters before I moved on. I put an intro on the members bio board, so we'll jump straight to the food topic! I thought I'd just start out by listing some of my favorite restaurants so you know where I'm coming from and I'll answer other posts later on. In no real order: 1. Castle Hill 2. Texas Land and Cattle 3. Mirabelle 4. Star of India (best samosas /ever/) 5. Kerbey Lane 6. Curra's (south location...ambience is part of a meal) 7. Marie Callendar's (mmmmmmm...pie) 8. Korea House I know there are more, but they escape me at present. I look forward to more posts!