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By David Dadekian on March 25, 2013
Outstanding in the Field, the “roving culinary adventure” returns to Rhode Island for not one, but two exciting dinners on local farms this year. First, on Saturday, August 31, Gracie’s Chef Matthew Varga and Pastry Chef Melissa Denmark return for their second Outstanding dinner, this time in Smithfield at Blackbird Farm, producers of some of [...]
Posted in chefs & restaurants, farms, news | Tagged Benjamin Sukle, birch, Blackbird Farm, chef, dinner, farm, Gracie's, Matthew Varga, Melissa Denmark, Outstanding in the Field, Sweet Berry Farm, ticket |
By David Dadekian on March 1, 2013
EAT DRINK RI FESTIVAL RHODE ISLAND’S FIRST-EVER THREE-DAY LOCAL FOOD CELEBRATION COMES TO PROVIDENCE Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21 PROVIDENCE, RI (March 1, 2013) – Celebrating the best of the culinary world in Rhode Island, the Eat Drink RI Festival is set to take the stage as the state’s very first three-day local [...]
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By David Dadekian on February 10, 2013
Easy Entertaining Inc., one of the premier farm-to-fork catering companies in Rhode Island, opened an event space and café serving breakfast and dinner, in the Rising Sun Mills complex on Valley Street in Providence last fall. The café continues their tradition of serving very local products and great meals with ingredient sourced from Rhode Island farms [...]
Posted in chefs & restaurants, news | Tagged Baffoni Farms, Blackbird Farm, cafe, chef, Easy Entertaining, Foremost Bakery, giveaway, Kaitlyn Roberts, local, locavore, menu, Narragansett Creamery, prix fixe, Providence, restaurant, Rhode Island, Rhody Fresh, RI, Rising Sun Mills, Schartner Farms, Valentine's, Valley, Yacht Club |
By David Dadekian on September 22, 2012
On Wednesday, September 12, the Gracie’s team moved from Providence to Portsmouth for a spectacular evening with the Outstanding in the Field tour. This year’s dinner was held at Aquidneck Farms on what could only be described as a picture-perfect setting with the table for 150 guests extending down to the western bank of the [...]
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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 August 2, 2012
It’s time again for one of my favorite dinners of the entire year, and I have some pretty spectacular dinners—just recently I tasted most of the items on 2012 James Beard Foundation Award semifinalist Chef Benjamin Sukle’s new menu at The Dorrance and had incredible wines with dinner at the Troquet wine cellar clear out [...]
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By David Dadekian on June 5, 2012
On May 20, Jonathan Edwards Winery held their second annual Culinary Showdown between five restaurants from Rhode Island and five from Connecticut. Each of the ten dishes, as well as each state, was voted on by the over 300 people in attendance. Chef Mike McHugh of Julian’s in Providence, Rhode Island won favorite overall dish. [...]
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By David Dadekian on May 4, 2012
On Sunday, May 20, Jonathan Edwards Winery kicks off spring by bringing together ten top chefs in the region for an old fashioned rivalry as a fundraiser for Connecticut Farmland Trust and Chefs Collaborative. The Culinary Showdown consists of five top restaurants from Connecticut and five from Rhode Island battling it out for their states [...]
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By David Dadekian on December 1, 2011
So we come to the end (almost), the final Charcutepalooza challenge, curing a whole cut of meat. Arguably, as long as you have your curing formula right and a place to hang the cut to dry at the right temperature and humidity, this was one of the least challenging challenges. Or maybe that’s the end result [...]
Posted in cooking | Tagged beef, Blackbird Farm, bresaola, Cathy Barrow, charcutepalooza, charcuterie, cure, curing, dry, Kim Foster, meat, Mrs. Wheelbarrow, The Yummy Mummy, truss |
By David Dadekian on October 15, 2011
Another month has passed and we’re sadly that much closer to the end of The Year of Meat. There’s no way I’m going to stop making any of these Charcutepalooza treats, but I don’t think I’ll be documenting them in quite as much detail. Usually when I’m cooking there’s fourteen other things (or just two [...]
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