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September 6, 2009 - September 12, 2009 Archives


Two breakfast dishes from Cabot Creamery

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By Gail Ciampa    Email

Two quick ideas for breakfast from Vermont's Cabot Creamery Cooperative. Easy Egg Burrito Makes 2 servings Nonstick cooking spray 2 large eggs 1/3 cup chopped cooked vegetables (leftovers are fine) 2 tablespoons milk 2 corn or flour tortillas 1/4 cup......

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Looking for a Sunday cooking class?

2:00 PM Fri, Sep 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

Gracie's, 94 Washington St., Providence, brings Pamela Farmer to the kitchen for a "Welcome to Spain!" dinner and cooking class at 6 p.m. on Sunday The menu will feature authentic Spanish dishes including a dozen different kinds of tapas,......

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New government Web site provides latest recall info in one place

10:13 AM Fri, Sep 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

A new consumer Web site will provide the latest information on food safety and life-saving food recall alerts in one place. It features information from all the agencies across the federal government that deal with food safety information. The......

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Helpful information for those with food allergies

7:00 AM Fri, Sep 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

I came across this story on examiner.com in Indianapolis listing safe fast food type places to eat if you have allergies and thought it might be helpful. There are also other links from the story.......

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Chinese Laundry closes; new restaurant to come

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By Gail Ciampa    Email

Chinese Laundry, one of Providence's tiniest restaurants, has closed. Owned by the Chow Fun Food Group, headed by Cheryl and Rick Bready and John Elkhay, it opened at 121 North Main St. amid controversy in March, 2008 and never emerged......

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Chef Tim Kelly back in town; Farmstead to reopen

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By Gail Ciampa    Email

Chef Tim Kelly, most recently of Cafe Nuovo, reports he has taken a position at Carpionato Properties. He'll be working on a restaurant concept and development of the chapel building at Carpionato's Chapel View project. "It is an exciting project......

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And you complain about picking up a check?

10:24 PM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

Fanhouse, a sports news Web site, reported a hilarious story of a dinner check none of us will ever see, we hope. A rookie with a $9.9 million guaranteed contract made the team and had to take all his......

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Recipes for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur

7:00 AM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Gail Ciampa    Email

The Orthodox Union has sent along recipes from Eileen Goltz for entrees, side dishes and desserts. Goltz graduated from Indiana University and the Cordon Bleu Cooking School in Paris. She currently writes a kosher foods column called Slice of Life......

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Recipe for Layered Apple Cinnamon Cake

7:00 AM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

A reader wrote asking me to dive into the archives for a cake for the upcoming Jewish holidays. She said "It had a layer of cake , a layer of cinnamon/sugar apples, more cake, more apples and finally more cake.......

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FREE Workshop & Networking for Food, Beverage & Hospitality people

2:19 PM Tue, Sep 08, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

The Boston Beer Company is offering a "Speed Coaching" Workshop in Providence for New England- based food & beverage and hospitality entrepreneurs next Wednesday, Sept. 16 from 6-8:30 p.m. The workshop, which has been offered on three occasions at the......

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What do you want to learn to cook?

7:00 AM Tue, Sep 08, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

I'm started a newspaper/online cooking class that will turn into a series of stories. Tell me what you want to make. It can be a pie crust or a restaurant dish at a particular eatery. I'll arrange a class for......

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Noted Korean TV chef filming at Johnson & Wales

1:06 PM Mon, Sep 07, 2009 | | Write a comment
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Hae Jeong Lee, whose popular radio and TV programs have made her a star in South Korea, is in Providence for two days to film a documentary about Korean cuisine that will be shown in October on the Korean Broadcasting......

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Clambake today to benefit Mount Hope Farm in Bristol.

7:00 AM Mon, Sep 07, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

McGrath Clambakes holds a traditional old fashioned clambake today from 2 to 5 pm at at Mount Hope Farm in Bristol. For reservations call the Farm (401) 254-1745. No tickets sold at the gate. All proceeds to the Farm. The......

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A new local TV food show coming soon

7:00 AM Sun, Sep 06, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

Nick Rabar, Corporate Executive Chef for Chow Fun Food Group, (Ten Steak and Sushi, Café Noir, Rick's Roadhouse, Chinese Laundry and LUXE Burger Bar), will host a culinary adventure and cooking show airing this fall on COX Sports Channel 3.......

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