http://foodblog.projo.com/ Providence Journal Food Editor Gail Ciampa dishes here en Copyright 2009 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.23-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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... http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/07/fourth-of-july-in-providence.html http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/07/fourth-of-july-in-providence.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:00:00 -0500 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... http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/07/things-to-do-with-the-sun-out.html http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/07/things-to-do-with-the-sun-out.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:04:26 -0500 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... http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/07/something-to-do-tonight.html http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/07/something-to-do-tonight.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:00:00 -0500 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... http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/07/east-greenwich-wine-boutique-makes.html http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/07/east-greenwich-wine-boutique-makes.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 -0500 Food companies are all geared up for back to school. They have been for months. I got my first press release about containers for school lunches weeks before the kids were even out of school. The world is indeed mad.... http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/06/back-to-school-and-smores.html http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/06/back-to-school-and-smores.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0500 The Big Blue Bug will be enjoying an eight-foot-tall Awful Awful for the next four weeks. The drink was to be in place today. Newport Creamery teamed up with New England Pest Control for the summer promotion. It includes... http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/06/big-blue-bug-drinks-an-awful-awful.html http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/06/big-blue-bug-drinks-an-awful-awful.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0500 Get out your spatula and put on some attitude if you want to be a TV chef! Food Network soon casts a sixth season of The Next Food Network Star. The network is looking for outstanding chefs and home... http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/06/casting-begins-for-new-season-of-th.html http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/06/casting-begins-for-new-season-of-th.html Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0500 Nick Rabar of Chow Fun Food Group will represent Rhode Island at the sixth annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans on Saturday, July 18. Rabar is among more than 20 chefs from across the nation who will vie... http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/06/nick-rabar-of-chow-fun.html http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/06/nick-rabar-of-chow-fun.html Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0500 They'll be raising glasses of Rhode Island wine at the U.S. Embassies in the Ukraine and on Barbados for their July 4th festivities. Every year, U.S. embassies around the world celebrate the Fourth with All-American cookouts and parties with local... http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/06/newport-vineyards-wines-july-4th-fa.html http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/06/newport-vineyards-wines-july-4th-fa.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:00:03 -0500 Buzzards Bay Brewing, 98 Horseneck Rd., Westport, Mass., (508) 636-2288, holds what it calls "Lager Education Night" from 5 to 8 p.m. each Thursday through Labor Day. The cost is $5 for a pint glass which comes with two fillings... http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/06/beer-night-in-westport-every-thursd.html http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/06/beer-night-in-westport-every-thursd.html Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:06:20 -0500 Food writer Alan Richman named his 25 best pizzas in GQ magazine for June and Bob & Timmy's in Providence checked in at No. 5 with the Spinach and Mushroom Pizza. Made with freshly sauteed Mushrooms, spinach, garlic, olive oil... http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/05/providence-pizza-rules-1.html http://foodblog.projo.com/2009/05/providence-pizza-rules-1.html Tue, 26 May 2009 14:06:00 -0500