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Vegetarian recipes from around the world
Who doesn't love a culinary tour of the world? Make that a vegetarian tour and you have something unique. "The Healthy Voyager's Global Kitchen" (Fair Winds Press, $19.99) by Carolyn Scott-Hamilton offers plant-based recipes from the four corners of...
January 27, 2012 4:17 pm
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The big game is big business for takeout food
Journal file photo Survey says it's not Super Bowl Sunday without takeout. The National Restaurant Association estimates that 48 million Americans will order takeout or delivery food from a restaurant while watching the big game on Feb. 5. In...
January 27, 2012 12:35 pm
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Romantic return to Warren's waterfront
The Providence Journal / Sandor Bodo Baked Fisherman's Platter with a cup of clam chowder on the side. WARREN -- Greg Esmay, who first managed the Grist Mill Tavern in Seekonk and then bought it two years ago, took...
January 26, 2012 12:24 pm
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Organic farming workshop Feb. 5
The Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) will host a workshop and keynote talk with Eliot Coleman: Maine farmer, organic advocate and author, on Sunday, Feb. 5, at Brown University. The goal is to help Rhode Island farmers and intensive growers...
January 26, 2012 11:52 am
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Bailey's Irish Cream offers fat-free, nonalcoholic creamer
Want a bit of dessert in your coffee? Baileys Irish Cream, a favorite after-dinner drink of many, is now a fat-free, nonalcoholic coffee creamer. They are less caloric versions of Baileys most popular flavors: The original Irish Cream and French...
January 25, 2012 3:28 pm
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Traditions Preserved
The Providence Journal / Sandor Bodo Miriam Wein and Helgi Lunt, residents at Atria Harborhill in East Greenwich, are among Atria residents from across the country who contributed to "A Dash & A Dollop." Everyone has a story to...
January 25, 2012 1:19 pm
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Pistachio-Crusted Tuna to make at home
Stephanie Nagle wrote: "I was recently at Vintage and ordered the encrusted tuna. I was wondering if it would be possible to get the recipe? It was delicious! Thanks so much." Providence Journal / Sandor Bodo Pistachio-Crusted Tuna fromVintage...
January 25, 2012 1:05 pm
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Beers paired with four courses at Newport dinner
Love beer? Love local beer? Then you might want to reserve a spot for yourself at Pier 49 Seafood & Spirits Restaurant for a Newport Storm beer-pairing dinner Friday, Jan. 27. It's at the Newport Harbor Hotel and Marina,...
January 24, 2012 3:38 pm
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A Food Festival at the Flower Show? Indeed!
The Rhode Island Flower and Garden Show has something new to offer this year, a Food and Wine Festival which runs from 1 - 6 p.m. each day of the show, Thursday, Feb. 23-Sunday, Feb. 26 at the Rhode Island...
January 24, 2012 2:39 pm
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And then there were three on 'Next Great Baker'
North Providence's Ryan Cimorelli made a beautiful frosting rose last night for Buddy Valastro but he also narrowly missed being sent home on "Next Great Baker." TLC/Walling McGarity Image Ryan Cimorelli But close only counts in horseshoes so Cimorelli, co-owner...
January 24, 2012 11:33 am
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Rum won't be ready until 2014
Senator Jack Reed, above, wishing to promote made-in-Rhode Island products, helped fill Thomas Tew Rum barrel number 200 last week at the Newport Distilling Company. Founded in 2006, Newport Distilling Company became the first rum distillers in Rhode Island...
January 23, 2012 4:30 pm
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A Blount Clam Shack to open in Providence Jewelry District
"The Blount Clam Shack and Soup Bar" will open at 371 Richmond St., Providence, in early spring. Blount Fine Foods, made the announcement yesterday. It will occupy the space that was Stanley's Hamburgers, across from Rick's Roadhouse in the...
January 20, 2012 12:49 pm
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'Kitchen Nightmares' and Gordon Ramsay want to come back to RI to "save" another restaurant
Fox's "Kitchen Nightmares" is casting for next season and wants Providence restaurants to make their case on why chef Gordon Ramsay should come in and offer his special brand of help and advice. This didn't work out so well for...
January 20, 2012 11:21 am
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R.I.'s own 'Next Great Baker' finalist
It's getting to the end of the season. And Rhode Island's own "Next Great Baker" contestant Ryan Cimorelli, right, is one of the four finalists. He's done an amazing job decorating cakes and showing leadership, and I'm thinking he...
January 20, 2012 10:42 am
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Peeps for the people
Is it another sign of the apocalypse or just a little a food fun? Peeps & Company has opened at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. This is their second store, with the first having opened in National Harbor,...
January 20, 2012 9:44 am
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Guess who's coming to RI? Giada!
Giada De Laurentiis, one of my favorite celebrity chefs because her recipes really work, is coming to Rhode Island to promote her newest book "Weeknights With Giada" which will be published in March. She will be at Dave's Marketplace...
January 19, 2012 3:19 pm
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Chic, elegant dining at Temple
The Providence Journal / Sandor Bodo The lounge at Temple Downtown is a perfect spot for hors d'oeuvres and cocktails, especially when going to a show next door at The Vets. PROVIDENCE -- One would have to go to...
January 19, 2012 8:39 am
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What's in season now from the sea?
If you want local fish right now, here is what's available to be fished and most abundant in the wild: cod, lobster, sea scallops, quahogs, fluke, scup and squid, according to Robert Ballou, assistant to the director at the Department...
January 18, 2012 11:13 am
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Catch the next wave in local food: Fish
There is something really amazing going on that could set a course to make "sea to table" a viable reality in Rhode Island. Last spring the General Assembly passed a bill creating the Rhode Island Seafood Marketing Collaborative & Advisory...
January 18, 2012 9:17 am
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Creamy chicken and pasta from Macera's
The Providence Journal / Frieda Squires Macera's chef Luis Rodriguez shared his restaurant's recipe for Chicken Victoria. Macera's Italian Restaurant in Cranston is one of my favorite hidden gems there in Cranston. The food is home-style but always beautifully...
January 18, 2012 9:08 am
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