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PUTNAM — The recent Savor the Flavor food event raised $1,500 for Daily Bread.
Empanadas & Rice, Corn Chowder, Corn & Crab Cake Sliders, General Tso’s Corn-enhanced Chicken, Arepas, Thai Corn Salad, Mexican Crab & Sweet Corn Bisque, and Custard Corn Pudding were some of the taste temptations, offered by local restaurant talents: Avah’s Diner & Deli, the Courthouse Bar & Grille, The Stomping Ground, The Crossings Restaurant & Brew Pub, CT National Golf Course, Sugar & Smoke, The Mansion at Bald Hill, and China Star. A separate judging committee, made up of local foodie celebs; Richard Naumann from the Inn at Woodstock Hill, Trevor Dieffenwierth proprietor of Bistro Eighty Ates, Meghan Lizee of Salon Evo and Scott Otero of J Polep- both local “foodies” tasted and voted, too. The close judging came down to this: Judge’s choice: Courthouse Bar & Grille; Judge’s runner up: CT National Golf Course; People’s choice: Avah’s Diner & Deli; People’s runner up: The Stomping Ground.