Posts in Award Winning

Deerfield’s brunchy goodness: The best way to spend a post-football Sunday

There is a special season after football but before the ground fully thaws. A time of quiet, of...

Five must-visit tastes on a food tour of Wilmington, Delaware

Real ingredients sourced from neighborhood farms and neighboring waters. Locally brewed, nationally...

Every Month is Pizza Month (but October Really Is) in Delaware

The best pizza in the world is whatever pizza you were eating when you were 8 years old....

Fall foodie fests: Discover the best chefs in the region at three local events

By wilmingtonde | October 4th 2016 | Brandywine Valley , Award Winning , North Wilmington , Middletown

I dream of lobster-and-corn spoon bread. Served warm, with contrasting chills from vanilla-corn ice cream and spiced popcorn for texture and a touch of heat. I’d order that spoon bread any day...

2015: The Best Things I Ate This Year

By wilmingtonde | December 22nd 2015 | Award Winning , Brandywine Valley , Delaware , Downtown Wilmington , Hockessin , Newark , North Wilmington , Riverfront , Uncategorized

What an incredible year its been for eaters in these parts. New restaurants burst onto the scene in Newark , Wilmington , Middletown , Hockessin just about everywhere. A scrapple sandwich made it all

Brunch 2015: The Most Important Meal of Winter

By wilmingtonde | November 24th 2015 | Award Winning , Brandywine Valley , Chadds Ford , Delaware , Downtown Wilmington , Greenville , Hockessin , Kennett Square , Newark , North Wilmington , Riverfront , Uncategorized

In most times of the year, brunch is a luxury a nice-to-have-but-hardly-necessary meal that falls outside the normal order, a late nosh for the late riser. Breakfast? That's a daily requirement,...

Industry Night: Delaware restaurants celebrate their best

By wilmingtonde | November 13th 2015 | Award Winning , Brandywine Valley , Delaware , Downtown Wilmington , North Wilmington , Union Street

Maybe its just the open bar talking, but Wilmington's restaurant scene rarely looks hotter than when it dresses up and gets together for the annual Delaware Restaurant Association meeting/party....

Delaware-Style Barbecue: Just follow the smoke

By wilmingtonde | September 4th 2015 | Award Winning , Delaware , Downtown Wilmington , Hockessin , North Wilmington , Uncategorized , Union Street

Delaware is not a southern state. But it’s not exactly a northern one either. In fact, it’s only state in the union that’s east of the Mason-Dixon Line . (Think about that for a...

Hot Diggity Dog: Best bets inside the Delaware doghouse, from Deerhead to the Sweenie

By wilmingtonde | July 23rd 2015 | Award Winning , Brandywine Valley , Delaware , Downtown Wilmington , New Castle , North Wilmington , Riverfront

Hey, Matt, here's the bet. If Frawley Stadium wins the Best of the Ballparks competition that Ballpark Digest is having, we all go down to the stadium to eat a Sweenie Dog. You in? Of course...

2015 MidAtlantic Wine + Food Festival

By wilmingtonde | March 26th 2015 | Award Winning , Brandywine Valley , Delaware , Downtown Wilmington , Historic New Castle , New Castle , Newark , Uncategorized

The MidAtlantic Wine + Food Festival is the biggest event of its kind between NYC and Washington D.C. Four days, dozen of events, even more dozens of chefs and winemakers from around the world, all