A few weeks ago, Josh and I went to Burlington VT to visit Toby, Kristen, Kira, and Trey. We spent two wonderful nights eating, drinking, and visiting – and just having a good time. Toby, knowing my love for chocolate and great bread, told me about a great bakery and a chocolate store right next door. Both were REALLY good! 
At the Red Hen Baking Company – you can sit at a very large window and watch them make the bread – very cool! We picked up a pull apart seeded baguette – it was fabulous with the food that Kristen made us that weekend. At Nutty Steph’s we tried a couple different chocolates – of course one of them was the caramel with salt. It was different from the one we used to get at Cacao in Kittery Maine but really good all the same!
Before leaving for Burlington, Josh read about a place called The Alchemist – it serves its own beer and we had the sausage plate for a bit of an appetizer. I can vouch for the sausage and pickles and Josh said the beer was quite good. Dan Blakeslee, one of our favorite local artists, did some of the artwork for the Alchemist – check out the coaster.
When we arrived at Toby and Kristen’s, we had a great spread of cheeses, more sausages, and these fabulous lamb sandwiches on homemade foccacia bread. I couldn’t stop eating!! 
And that was just the first day. Stay tuned for some more good eats from Burlington – including some fabulous pork!
