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July 2009 Archives
7:00 AM Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | Permalink |
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The setting is just lovely so what better way to welcome the weekend with jazz on Friday night in the courtyard of Aspire Restaurant at the Hotel Providence. It starts at 7 p.m. The first few weeks it was......
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12:23 PM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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This guy named Guy is the real deal. He is warm and hysterically funny and full of heart. He loves cars and kids and food! He's not skinny. (Who trusts skinny chefs?) He's been in Rhode Island this week to......
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7:00 AM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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Today in Lifebeat Food and projo.com/food, Fluke Wine, Bar & Kitchen shared a recipe for a Duotone Daiquiri. As promised, here is another cocktail recipe from Fluke and cocktail expert Jerri Banks. GREEN FLASH 1 1/2 ounces scallion-infused vodka (see......
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3:06 PM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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Guy Fieri, host of Food Network's Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, Guy's Big Bite and Ultimate Recipe Showdown, comes to breakfast in Providence tomorrow to speak to the press. He's offering a sneak peak into the Providence-based episodes that are......
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7:00 AM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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Forty years after making the iconic commercial, the Boston Globe revisited Anthony Martignetti, then a 12 year old boy living in the North End. Take a trip down memory lane. "Anthony!"......
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12:01 AM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Providence Journal / Connie Grosch A hearty serving of Chicken Nona ($16.95) at the Crossroads Restaurant, 133 Market St., Warren. View Crossroads' menu Dining Out: Crossroads Restaurant in WarrenBy Michael JanusonisJournal Arts Writer WARREN — Another gray, rainy......
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7:00 AM Fri, Jul 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
Pull out your calendars and get ready to make some plans for the coming weeks and the month of August. On Wednesday, July 29, Chan's Fine Oriental Dining in Woonsocket will be the place to learn how how to......
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7:00 AM Thu, Jul 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
John Macomber, owner of Macomber's Blueberry Farm in Coventry, 141 Rice City Road, (401) 397-5079, sent a plea yesterday: "Help me! I'm drowning in blueberries." He continued to say that "All the rain we have been having may be......
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7:00 AM Wed, Jul 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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On my way back to the office after a terrific lunch at the new Los Andes Restaurant, a South American restaurant at 903 Chalkstone Ave. in Providence, I drove right into reality. Driving down Chalkstone to the light at......
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7:00 AM Tue, Jul 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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Cookbook author and Chez Panisse alum Deborah Madison and her husband Patrick McFarlin asked friends and strangers, "What do you eat when no one is watching?" The answers are in their new book What We Eat When We Eat......
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12:01 AM Tue, Jul 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Providence Journal / Bob Thayer Fish and chips on Friday at Amanda's features a huge, flaky piece of cod.View Amanda's menu Restaurant review: Amanda’s Kitchen in Pawtucket offers delicious diner mealsBy Gail CiampaJournal Food Editor PAWTUCKET The Arenas are......
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7:00 AM Mon, Jul 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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Chez Pascal is a lovely place to eat on Hope Street on Providence's East Side. But for bargain hunters there is another way to try the food that comes from Matt and Kristin Gennuso's kitchen. It's their food truck, the......
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7:00 AM Sun, Jul 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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As great as it is to support your local restaurants, I never understand why people go out for breakfast on the weekends. There is nothing I love more than the smell of French toast wafting in the morning air.......
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7:00 AM Fri, Jul 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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What a perfect time to enjoy a salad but I'm begging you, don't just go for iceberg lettuce. It might offer crunch but there's no flavor there and you'll find yourself drenching it with dressing to add taste. Look......
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9:13 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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That's the question Chrisopher Borrelli called to ask from his desk at the Chicago Tribune today. Seems there's been a debate going on among reporters at the paper about the merit of a wedge of pizza versus a square......
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3:31 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Journal staff writer The Associated Press reported Thursday that Maya Overseas Foods Inc. is recalling Maya Overseas Foods Golden Raisin products because they contain sulfites not declared on their packaging. Those who have severe sensitivity to......
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7:00 AM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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Rhode Island Premier of Food Inc. benefits the Rhode Island Center for Agricultural Promotion and Education (RICAPE), Wednesday, July 22 at the Jane Pickens Theatre in Newport. The film will screen at 7pm, followed by a panel discussion to......
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2:14 PM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Journal staff writer A brand of bean sprouts that was distributed in Massachusetts, Connecticut and several other states is being recalled, according to The Associated Press. Chang Farm is recalling soy bean sprouts with the sell-by......
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7:00 AM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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Judith Jones isn't a name that rings a bell but for all the most devoted of foodies (I know I hate that word too but give me a better one). But without her, and her publishers Alfred and Blanche Knopf,......
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7:00 AM Tue, Jul 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Asian Palace opened at 1190 North Main St., Providence about 8 weeks ago but last night was the grand opening to celebrate Jason Yau and Jeffrey Carreiro's new restaurant. Yau most recently owned Little Chopsticks on Smith Hill......
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12:01 AM Tue, Jul 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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Ma Glockner’s Chicken, left, is steamed for several hours, then taken hot and seared on a grill for seven minutes. The result is a crispy outside yet a juicy inside. River Falls Restaurant: Ma Glockner’s chicken — and so......
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7:00 AM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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Events like yesterday's Rhode Island World of Flavors at the Bank of America Skating Pavilion are great not just for the food, but for all you learn. Marley's Restaurant is the newest addition to Oakland Beach's restaurant row in Warwick......
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7:00 AM Sun, Jul 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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When you throw a food contest you just never know who might enter. Sometimes there's a nice suprise. Greenville's Cortland Place will compete against eight other food establishments - all restaurants -- in the Americana category at the Rhode......
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7:00 AM Sat, Jul 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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Mark Zito, son of TV Maitre d' Joe Zito and wife Nancy, is having an eight-week run on Maxim radio with his own show Saturday night starting at midnight. The three hour show is called Mark Zito's College Radio......
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11:52 AM Fri, Jul 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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The 23rd annual Bastille Day Race at Pot au Feu is set for noon on Tuesday, July 14 on Custom House Street in Providence. Each year, the race pits waiters and waitresses from local restaurants in a competition of skill......
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11:23 AM Fri, Jul 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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USA Today's travel page puts the spotlight on honey today. Of course, the whole food world is worries about declining honeybee populations. So the national newspaper gave Bruce Boynton, the CEO of the National Honey Board, a forum to......
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7:00 AM Fri, Jul 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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Have you seen the scaffolding around 3-9 Steeple Street? Not to worry, New Rivers and 3 Steeple Street restaurants are still open and serving. It will be business as usual while the industrial building is restored and renovated by owners......
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7:00 AM Thu, Jul 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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What happens when fine dining meets big time football? That's one of several stories from Tuesday's night's visit to Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse at Patriot Place in nearby Foxboro, Mass. What was billed as the opening of the patio at......
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7:00 AM Wed, Jul 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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Wednesday is food day here on the newspaper side of the Projo. As I work on those print pages, I try to squeeze in every last bit of news. But there are always some interesting tidbits that come in......
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7:00 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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25 Things Chefs Never Tell You: Restaurant chefs spill their juiciest secrets! That's the headline in the new issue of Food Network Magazine on newstands today. Surveying chefs across the country--anonymously--Food Network Magazine found out a few things, some......
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7:00 AM Mon, Jul 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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The James Beard Foundation is an organization that recognizes excellence in the world of food with special dinners as well as annual awards to chefs, restaurant owners, authors and even journalists. But members are also rewarded with biweekly E-newsletters that......
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7:00 AM Sun, Jul 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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So it's Sunday and my husband and I will head out to Starbucks for coffee. He'll have a Caramel Macchiato, a layered coffee drink. I'll have a dry cappuccino, meaning I like it with more foam and less milk.......
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7:00 AM Sat, Jul 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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So it's July 4th and the holiday snuck up on a lot of folks, restaurant folks that is. Traditionally, it's a day many restaurants are closed either for the day or for a short vacation. But this year, the......
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11:04 AM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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For lunch today, get out, get out, get out! If the rain holds off tonight, get out, get out, get out. I bet hardly anybody has been up to Chez Pascal's Hewtin Hot Dog Cart at Lippitt Park on Hope......
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7:00 AM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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On a beautiful summer day, there are few places more lovely and peaceful than Little Compton with its country roads and farmland. Tonight, Sakonnet Vineyards begins its summer music series from 6-8 p.m. with Stephanie Copley. Pack a blanket, or......
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7:00 AM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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How exciting it was to read the Wall Street Journal Weekend section on Saturday and see a familiar name -- Jessica Granatiero, co-owner of the Savory Grape Wine Shop in East Greenwich. Jessica was quoted by WSJ wine columnists......
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