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Melissa Pasanen

Burlington

Staff Writer at Seven Days

Award-winning cookbook author & staff writer @sevendaysvt & recently diploma’d @uvmcals food systems MS (because there's always more to learn)

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  • 5 days ago | sevendaysvt.com | Melissa Pasanen

    click to enlarge A sign at Villa Villekulla Farm in Barnard reads "hand-hugged goats." It could just as truthfully include "goat-hugged farmer." Technically, of course, the goats cannot hug farmer-cheesemaker Lauren Gitlin, but their abundant, comforting nuzzles keep the one-woman, 50-goat dairy going.

  • 5 days ago | sevendaysvt.com | Melissa Pasanen

    click to enlarge Einstein's Tap House at 165 Church Street in Burlington has added a new space called Fizzicks Craft Cocktail Lounge within its second-story venue. Co-owner Renbourn Chock, 28, said he and Roguen Carlson, 32, decided to remodel a former pool room off the main bar with intimate booths, ambient lighting and a menu of creative mixed drinks. "We thought we should have more fun with this cocktail thing.

  • 1 week ago | sevendaysvt.com | Melissa Pasanen

    click to enlarge An Old North End landmark corner store with a Food Network-anointed burger called the Sizzler changed hands on May 14. Manager Max Patel, 25, confirmed that his brothers, Yogeshkumar and Jigar, bought the Shopping Bag from brothers Josh Clayton and Howard Moody. Max declined to share the price paid.

  • 1 week ago | sevendaysvt.com | Melissa Pasanen

    click to enlarge As Stowe Street Café approaches its decade anniversary in early June, owner Nicole Grenier announced that AJ Barr has replaced the restaurant's original head chef, Stephanie Biczko, and will gradually put his spin on the menu. Barr, 40, joined the kitchen team at Stowe Street Café in October. He was previously executive chef at the now-closed Hatchet in Richmond and kitchen manager at Kismet in Montpelier, also closed.

  • 1 week ago | sevendaysvt.com | Melissa Pasanen

    click to enlarge The origin story of Bitter Bubble starts like a joke: A chef and an engineer walk into a bar... But, in this case, instead of asking the bartender for a drink, they decide to design one themselves. In Vermont's inventive beverage sphere, a chef and an engineer joining forces to create a line of delicately bitter, botanical-flavored soda water is no surprise.

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Melissa Pasanen
Melissa Pasanen @TasteofVermont
20 Mar 21

RT @HartmanGroup: #goodread @sevendaysvt @TasteofVermont "Two Vermont Chefs Talk About Cooking Burnout and Hacks to Get Food on the Table"…

Melissa Pasanen
Melissa Pasanen @TasteofVermont
26 Feb 21

RT @sevendaysvt: "Pegulars" who frequent Peg & Ter's in Shelburne have helped it weather the pandemic. This bar for grown-ups is known for…

Melissa Pasanen
Melissa Pasanen @TasteofVermont
25 Feb 21

#Winnoski”s lone brewery @4quartersbrew to open new taproom this weekend with indoor & outdoor seating. #craftbrew @sevendaysvt https://t.co/eOv3rTzV4d