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By David Dadekian on February 17, 2013
The American Lamb Board held their fourth annual Lamb Jam at The Charles Hotel in Boston tonight. Chef Michael Scelfo of Russell House Tavern in Cambridge, Massachusetts took home three trophies, one for Best Overall dish, as well as winning Best Belly & Breast dish, and the People’s Choice Award, all for his Smoked and Braised Lamb [...]
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By David Dadekian on February 12, 2013
This Sunday, February 17, all Rhode Island lamb lovers should head to Boston to root for—and more importantly eat the lamb dishes—of Rhode Island chefs Beau Vestal of New Rivers, Champe Speidel of Persimmon and Matt Gennuso of Chez Pascal at the Boston American Lamb Jam. Last year Chef Matt Jennings of Farmstead competed for Rhode [...]
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By David Dadekian on January 15, 2013
Last fall, Matt Jennings, Chef and Co-Owner of Farmstead, Inc., and Beau Vestal, Chef and Co-Owner of New Rivers, teamed up to prepare a Happy 100th Birthday to Julia Child dinner at the James Beard Foundation House in New York. I was invited to document their time in the storied kitchen. In addition to the [...]
Posted in chefs & restaurants, news | Tagged Beau Vestal, birthday, chef, Farmstead, French, James Beard, Julia Child, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Matt Jennings, New Rivers, New York, Providence |
By David Dadekian on September 25, 2012
Watch video in full screen HD on Vimeo site. On Tuesday, September 18, 2012, Chef Matt Jennings of Farmstead Inc. and Chef Beau Vestal of New Rivers prepared dinner at the James Beard House in New York. Their menu was a tribute to and celebration of Julia Child who would have had her 100th birthday [...]
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By David Dadekian on September 10, 2012
On Sunday, October 14, from 4 – 7 p.m., Chefs Collaborative, a non-profit organization that works with chefs and the greater food community to celebrate local foods and foster a more sustainable food supply, is collaborating with some of Rhode Island’s best “farm-to-fork” chefs to promote awareness of local and sustainable ingredients available in the [...]
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By David Dadekian on June 30, 2012
This has been a momentous year for Chefs Beau Vestal and Elizabeth LaMantia. First, in mid-May, they took over ownership of one of Providence’s best restaurants, New Rivers, from Vestal’s mentor Bruce Tillinghast. Tillinghast opened New Rivers in 1990 with his late wife Pat, bringing Vestal on as chef in 2000. Vestal rose to be New [...]
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By David Dadekian on April 9, 2012
If you love food and you’re an active Twitter or Instagram user you are probably well aware of #chefsincanada. For the third year in a row a group of Rhode Island chefs—Matthew Gennuso of Chez Pascal, Matt Jennings of Farmstead & La Laiterie, Ed Reposa of Thee Red Fez, Jake Rojas of Tallulah on Thames, [...]
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By David Dadekian on October 1, 2011
On Sunday, October 16, from 4 – 7 p.m., Chefs Collaborative, a non-profit organization that works with chefs and the greater food community to celebrate local foods and foster a more sustainable food supply, is collaborating with some of Rhode Island’s best “farm-to-fork” chefs to promote awareness of local and sustainable ingredients available in the [...]
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By David Dadekian on August 24, 2011
Last Thursday evening, on a gorgeous summer night in Westport, Massachusetts, I had the joy of photographing New Rivers‘ Executive Chef Beau Vestal and his team as they prepared a dinner outdoors in a vineyard for 160 guests. This was the second year Vestal was invited to be part of the Outstanding in the Field [...]
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By David Dadekian on August 10, 2011
Noted cookbook author and Providence native Joan Nathan writes an excellent story for this week’s The New York Times Dining & Wine section on Rhode Island based Trace and Trust and Wild Rhody, a “boat-to-table initiative” as Nathan describes it. The article also features comments from Nick’s on Broadway Chef Derek Wagner and New Rivers‘ [...]
Posted in chefs & restaurants, farms, news | Tagged Beau Vestal, Ben Sukle, boat-to-table, chef, demo, Derek Wagner, Edible Rhody, Joan Nathan, New Rivers, New York Times, Nick's on Broadway, Providence Food & Wine Festival, Rhode Island, RI, Trace and Trust, Wild Rhody |
