Hungry for fresh sea scallops and deep-water red shrimp right off the boat? Interested in picking your own raspberries, peaches, and apples, or visiting a bison farm, a smokehouse, or a distillery? In search of the absolute best riverside restaurant, coziest pub, or the tastiest ribs in Connecticut? Let New York Times Connecticut restau- rant reviewer Patricia Brooks and wine expert Lester Brooks bring you the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and cele- brate the foods, wines, and beers of the Nutmeg State. From shad festivals to garlic fests, lobster shacks to country inns, chocolate shops to European bakeries, a bounty of culinary delights awaits you in this engagingly written guide.