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The blues are ready for picking at Macomber's Blueberry Farm in Coventry

4:53 AM Wed, Jul 06, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

I just talked to one of my favorite blueberry farmers John Macomber in Coventry. His Earliblue highbush variety is ripe and the berries are just waiting for you in the patch. Maybe. Macomber is on baby watch. His daughter is......

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 Tags  Macomber's Blueberry Farm   RI  

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Providence Dining Guide

12:20 PM Fri, Jul 01, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

Providence is a food city that offers you everything from foie gras to vegan casseroles; steak tartare to steak on a stick. There are great brew pubs, just plain pubs, stellar Italian restaurants, pizzerias, steak houses, seafood establishments, bistros and......

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A wine tasting with Skype tonight

12:28 PM Thu, Jun 30, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

When Bottles hosts its weekly wine tasting in the store this afternoon and evening, there will be a live web chat with a third generation winemaker of one of the wines they are pouring. The free tasting runs from 3:30......

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 Tags  Bottles   Montinore   Oregon   Providence Ri  

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"Kitchen Nightmares" and Gordon Ramsay return to Providence & Downcity on July 5

12:06 PM Thu, Jun 23, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

The "Kitchen Nightmares" production company and chef Gordon Ramsay return to Providence and Downcity restaurant to film a follow-up to the TV show that aired in March. Co-owner (and TV star playing a restaurant villain) Abby Cabral said the......

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 Tags  Downcity restaurant   Kitchen Nightmares   Providence RI  

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New in Newport: a few spots to whet your seaside appetite

4:36 PM Wed, Jun 22, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

There's a lot new and fun in Newport. Here are four spots to consider. TSK, Thames Street Kitchen, has opened at 677 Thames St., Newport It is owned by chefs Chad Hoffer and Tyler Burnley. The two met working at......

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 Tags  Newport RI dining  

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The Speedway, Sura and Sylvia, plus 'Ciao' make for a fab food week

4:05 PM Fri, Jun 17, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

This has been a whirlwind food week here in Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts. You'll read the full stories and see all the photos in July but here's just a little snack to whet your appetite. It began with......

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Local strawberries are here & ready to be picked; just not at Schartner Farms in Exeter

12:42 PM Mon, Jun 13, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

The sweetest season is here and that means strawberries: big, red and juicy and ready to be enjoyed. There are plenty of local ones and a handful of places to pick your own. But Schartner Farms in Exeter won't be......

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