By David Dadekian on September 28, 2012
In what has become the best annual culinary event in Rhode Island, on Thursday, September 20th, twenty-two of Rhode Island’s best chefs assembled at Belle Mer in Newport for the 11th Annual March of Dimes Rhode Island Signature Chefs Auction. This year’s honoree was Jonathan Cambra of the Boat House in Tiverton. A proud husband and father [...]
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By David Dadekian on April 18, 2012
This week a number of Rhode Island area restaurants are participating in Earth Dinner events. The Dinners are a series of events sponsored by Chefs Collaborative and Organic Valley to promote local, sustainable and organic foods. Over 100 restaurants around the country are participating in this event and donating a portion of their proceeds to [...]
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By David Dadekian on November 9, 2011
Whether you cook a big Thanksgiving dinner yourself or purchase a complete meal, there are several options for locally raised and produced dinners. This isn’t a comprehensive list of everyone in the area doing turkeys and Thanksgiving meals, but a select group for truly local eats. Here’s to a southern New England Thanksgiving! Raise a [...]
Posted in chefs & restaurants, cooking, farms, news | Tagged Baffoni, Barden, Ben Lacy, Blackbird, cater, chef, Easy Entertaining, Ekonk Hill, farm, Jake Rojas, Joshua Riazi, Katie Roberts, local, Newport, organic, pasture, Persimmon Provisions, Providence, Rhode Island, RI, Ripe Hospitality, Schartner, sides, Tallulah on Thames, Tastings Wine Bar & Bistro, Thanksgiving, turkey |
By David Dadekian on September 24, 2011
In a show of support for Rhode Island’s tiniest citizens, more than 260 guests turned out for the March of Dimes Rhode Island 10th Annual Signature Chefs Auction event held recently at Belle Mer on Goat Island in Newport. The event—which featured the culinary talents of 24 of the state’s leading chefs, and restaurant, theater, accommodation [...]
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