Worcester’s food scene is booming. High and low, big and small, growers and game raisers, chef-driven and concept-driven, comfort food to refined plates, baked goods to bar stools, fickle customers to foodies, tacos to tasting menus… Worcester has it all with something new seemingly announced every week. It is some kind of wonderful. Yet thereContinue Reading
by Mass Foodies Description: The Willy Wonka Experience An Interactive Experience of Food, Fun and Surprises Presented by Sweet / Eventive / Mass Foodies October 26th, 2016 6:00pm – 9:30pm Timeline: 6:00 – 7:00 Fizzy Lifting Cocktail Hour 7:00 – 8:30 Four-Course Dinner 8:30 – 9:30 Dessert and Fun Cash Bar Free Non-Alcoholic Drinks allContinue Reading
By Mass Foodies Within Worcester’s expansive restaurant scene, it can be hard to stand out. The most advantageous entrepreneur will minimize competition by avoiding it, which is why Alina Eisenhauer created a business on what she knows best: desserts. A chef by nurture, Alina grew up in Great Barrington inspired by her mother, who cookedContinue Reading
By Barbara M. Houle Executive chef Alina Eisenhauer of Sweet Kitchen & Bar, 72 Shrewsbury St., Worcester, grew up in Great Barrington, working at local restaurants before opening the Sturbridge Baking Company in 2003. She moved to Worcester with her husband and son in 2008 to open Sweet. She has appeared on numerous Food NetworkContinue Reading
By Barbara M. Houle CORRESPONDENT ‘Eat Ink: Recipes. Stories. Tattoos” by author Birk O’Halloran and photographer Daniel Luke Holton (Adams Media, Boston) released in November is an interesting read about 60 tattooed chefs and their personal journey into the kitchen and tattoo parlor. The stories are as diverse as the recipes. The common link isContinue Reading
By Sam Bonacci Sweet’s new location adds more space while fulfilling the vision that owner Alina Eisenhauer has always had for the restaurant and dessert bar. “People who get the soul of the business recognize that … this is what Sweet was always supposed to be,” said Eisenhauer of the move to 72 Shrewsbury Street.Continue Reading
GoLocalWorcester News Team In case you haven’t heard, New York City has been buzzing about the latest dessert craze to hit the streets — cronuts. The croissant-donut hybrid has been wildly popular, with throngs of New Yorkers flocking to to SoHo baker Dominique Ansel’s eatery for the flaky fried concoction. However, what many New YorkersContinue Reading
By:thePULSE What is your cooking and baking education? I’m actually self-taught. Why did you become a baker? This is what I love to do. I’m obsessed with food. I like all food and I cook as well. I would like to own a restaurant in the future, but right now I like the artistry ofContinue Reading