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August 2009 Archives
7:00 AM Mon, Aug 31, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa  Email
Saturday's Savor Providence to benefit Trinity Rep had a challenge: Tropical Storm Danny. Had this been a traditional "Taste of" kind of event, it would have been held in a single spot, with food tastings set table by table. Rain......
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7:00 AM Sun, Aug 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
To all who love local food and produce, this is the season. Want to check what's coming up on the harvest calendar? I have two for your convenience. The first comes from Farm Fresh RI and SEMAP, Southeastern Massachusetts......
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7:00 AM Sat, Aug 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
Custom House Coffee, 796 Aquidneck Ave., Middletown, (401) 842-0008, offers regularly scheduled tastings and roastery tours every Saturday, from 1 to 3 p.m. The event starts with a tour of the roastery and a roasting demonstration, and concludes with a......
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7:00 AM Fri, Aug 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
Tom's Market in Coventry will be opening a second location in Warren. This is good news for East Bay food lovers. Manager Glenn Place reports they will be setting up shop in the former Market at Cutler Mills (which......
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7:00 AM Thu, Aug 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
The Plaza Grille on DePasquale Plaza in Providence is long gone but its wonderful owner Fran Whiting shared a most wonderful recipe before she retired. It's a tomato and penne dish made with fresh tomatoes, basil, a touch of......
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7:00 AM Wed, Aug 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
Learn how to prepare shrimp bruschetta on grilled garlic bread, traditional Greek salad, and Moussaka at Smithfield's European Cafe & Restaurant tonight. This lesson will be followed by a meal of the same. Demo is at 6 p.m and......
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3:36 PM Tue, Aug 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
LATE BLIGHT IN THE NEWS = BUY LOCAL SEEDLINGS! This info comes from the Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP) is a nonprofit organization which helps agricultural enterprises in nearby Southeastern Massachusetts. The group offers links that explain the basics of......
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12:01 AM Tue, Aug 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Michael Janusonis Email
The Providence Journal / Bob Thayer The shrimp appetizer at Morin’s ($4.50 for one skewer, $7.99 for two) delights the eye as well as the palate. View Morin's menu Morin’s serves up satisfaction for all tastesBy Michael JanusonisJournal Arts Writer......
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1:02 PM Mon, Aug 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
Take your dog out for "Date Night" at Pizzico Ristorante today, Monday, August 24 from 3-8 p.m. He or she will enjoy a 2 course meal prepared by Pizzico bartender Colleen, who is owner of Puffalumps Delicacies. For $5.99 per......
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9:23 PM Sun, Aug 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
Savor Providence, a roaming event at local restaurants to benefit Trinity Rep is set for Saturday, Aug. 29 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. An impressive lineup of Providence restaurants will offer a taste of a signature dish or classic......
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7:00 AM Sat, Aug 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
The new Chez Pascal food truck will be out this afternoon on the side of the restaurant at 960 Hope Street. How convenient is that if you are stopping by the Hope High Farmers' Market in Lippitt Park. Some highlights......
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9:32 AM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
Driving in to work this morning, I was listening to ESPN radio. But it wasn't all sports talk. In the crazy haze of summer conversation, Erik Kuselias and Tim Kurkjian stepped away from baseball and football as they filled in......
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4:35 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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Supervalu Inc. (SVU:NYSE), the parent company of Shaw's Supermarkets, on Tuesday recalled one of its frozen-food products because it may be contaminated with bacteria. The Culinary Circle macaroni-and-cheese product may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, a common form of bacteria......
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7:00 AM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni is stepping down from his post. This allows him to be seen in public without blowing his mystery cover. He's on Nightline tonight (ABC 11:35) to talk about his old job and......
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12:12 AM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
GRANITA DI LIMONE (Lemon Ice) 12 cups crushed ice Juice of 12 lemons 6 tablespoons sugar, approximately 12 lemon slices for garnishing Fill sherbet glasses with the crushed ice. Place in freezer until ready to serve. Mix lemon juice......
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6:40 AM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
The dog days are here, and we're not turning on the stove. Tonight, we bought a rotisserie chicken, sliced it and made sandwiches with homegrown tomatoes. If the heat stretches out through the week as forecast, we'll need to diversify.......
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12:47 AM Sun, Aug 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
An inexpensive sparkling wine does fine in this recipe for white sangria. For the blend of fruits, use whatever is seasonal -- these will cost the least and taste the best. WHITE SANGRIA 1 cup mixed cut fresh fruit (such......
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1:24 AM Sat, Aug 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
I'm tired of reading recipes for zucchini that mostly add tomatoes, a little garlic and onion, and stop there. So I was pleased to see that Jen O'Callaghan at the Nashua (N.H.) Telegraph had gone beyond the obvious in Zucchini......
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6:41 AM Fri, Aug 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
Elise Bauer of Simply Recipes writes, The first time I made ceviche, I was amazed. I could actually see the lemon and lime juice turning the color of the fish from translucent pink to opaque white. The acid from the......
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9:53 AM Thu, Aug 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
During the 2008 Patriots season, we gathered recipes that are good to serve people who are watching TV in comfortable chairs, snacks for the nervous and pumped. Tonight, the Pats play their first preseason game on TV against the Philadelphia......
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11:09 PM Wed, Aug 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
Photo / The (S.C.) State / Kim Kim Foster-Tobin Stono Farm Market's Tomato Shed Cafe on Johns Island, S.C. is known for its tomato pie made from tomatoes grown on a family farm. The Columbia (S.C.) State does a......
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4:10 PM Tue, Aug 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
True clambakes -- pits filled with steaming rocks and seaweed on the beach -- are major productions. You can fake it indoors though -- it's a one-pot meal. Make sure to use a very big pot. Seaweed not required.......
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12:01 AM Tue, Aug 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Michael Janusonis Email
The Providence Journal / Connie Grosch These long and crunchy chicken tenderloins, accompanied by a drizzle of mild Dijon sauce, are one of three skewer offerings at the North End Café, 1058 Charles St., North Providence. View North End......
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6:10 PM Mon, Aug 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
This contest for tailgating recipes that include cranberry ends Sept. 1. If that seems early, the NFL Preseason starts Thursday night for the Pats, who play the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia at 7 p.m. The game is......
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10:52 AM Mon, Aug 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
Updated Monday, 10:52 a.m.: After blogging this Friday (see below), I picked up a half-dozen ears of fresh corn from a roadside stand Saturday with this recipe in mind. Last night, my daughter and I made it and served it......
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10:56 AM Sun, Aug 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
Photos / Sheila Lennon My daughter brought over a squash from a plant in her garden that wishes it made lemons, and tries, left. We paired it with the Siamese-twin squash at right from our garden. Even when cut......
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5:04 PM Fri, Aug 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
With a long holiday weekend ahead, I went looking for some easy grilling beyond the usual suspects. These grilled fruits are easy, and would be fine to snack on cold later. Natalie Moore at NPR (Grilling Your Dessert) notes, Grilling......
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11:49 AM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
Gail mentioned last month that Chef Sanjiv Dhar, right, of Rasoi in Pawtucket and Kabob and Curry in Providence would be cooking up a special all month. The press release: Every evening from 5:30pm - 9pm... Rasoi is offering a......
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2:43 AM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
New York Times photo / Tony Cenicola Sam Sifton's Sesame Noodles. Sam Sifton, cultural news editor of the New York Times, has been named to succeed Frank Bruni as that news organization's restaurant critic. His Wikipedia biography: Sifton graduated......
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5:59 AM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Mushroom ragu / AP Photo My husband remembers tastes much better than he does recipes, so when he told me he wanted to make "ragu sauce" -- not the name brand, but the beef-based northern Italian, stew-like sauce he......
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3:17 PM Tue, Aug 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
Photo / Knopf Doubleday Boeuf Bourguignon, from Julia Child's recipe Before going on vacation, Gail Ciampa wrote a story about Julia Child that will appear in tomorrow's paper, and is online now at projo.com: Child and her editor changed......
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12:01 AM Tue, Aug 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gail Ciampa Email
The Providence Journal / Frieda Squires Fluke’s Shellfish Pan Roast is a feast of scallops, clams, mussels and shrimp in a savory broth, served with grilled bread. View Fluke's menu Dining Out review: Food, drinks as exquisite as views......
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3:20 PM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
Journal files At the 2007 Local Food Fest at Castle Hill, Newport, Randall Page, left, of Portsmouth, fills his plate next to a striped bass. Local Food Fest 2009, a benefit for Farm Fresh Rhode Island, happens at Castle......
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