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The Rhode to Recovery: RI Food and Drink, Part 2 of 4
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The Rhode to Recovery: RI Food and Drink, Part 2 of 4

by David Dadekian November 23, 2020
written by David Dadekian

From Yurview.com:

It’s been more than half a year since the Coronavirus put a fork into the concept of business as usual, but it’s been particularly tough on folks working in the food and beverage industry. After months of navigating a changing, uncertain landscape, industry professionals are taking a realistic look at what the future holds in a series of virtual panel discussions sponsored by YurView and hosted by Eat Drink RI President David Dadekian.

In this episode:

  • Alecia and Carlo Catucci, White Dog Distilling
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  • Morgan Snyder, Jr., Buttonwoods Brewery
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Please check out all The Rhode to Recovery episodes and subscribe to the entire Eat Drink RI You Tube channel.

Also available as an audio-only podcast below.

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2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
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Eat Drink RI Festival — April 24 – 27, 2019

by David Dadekian May 8, 2019
written by David Dadekian
2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography

The 8th Annual Eat Drink RI Festival is a celebration showcasing the best of the culinary world in Rhode Island. Presenting farmers, chefs, bartenders and food & drink artisans from across the region, this year’s Festival features the return of our popular wine professional competition, an all-new women-prepared dining event, the area’s largest food truck event, and culminates with an all-local tasting featuring even more culinary and beverage presentations than before. Tickets and more information can be found at eatdrinkri.com/festival.

The 2019 Festival kicks off on April 24th with Rhode Island’s second Sommelier Punchdown. Guests will watch and taste along as a handful of our state’s best Certified Sommeliers are pitted against each other in a wine theory quiz, a blind wine tasting, and a collaboration with a local chef. Returning for this year’s Punchdown is 2018 Champion Ali Innes of bin 312 wine cellar and Chefs Terence Feury of Forty 1° North, Ashley Vanasse of Easy Entertaining and Benjamin Sukle of birch and Oberlin. They will be joined by new competitors for a special night full of delicious wine & food.

On Thursday, April 25th there’s something all-new and exciting for this year’s Festival. The Rhody Women’s Feast is a dining experience prepared by some of Rhode Island’s most talented chefs—Jennifer Backman of The Mooring Seafood Kitchen & Bar, Shylicia “Shy” Heyward, Andrea LaFazia of The Locals, Rebecca Lentrichia of Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel, Maria Meza of El Rancho Grande, Gina Pezza of Vanda and Lizzie Fink of Bread Box Baking Company—for a multi-course dining event to be held at the new Revival Foodworks & Brewery in Cranston. Pairings will be offered by women-owned distilleries, Boston Harbor Distillery and Pomp & Whimsy Gin Liqueur, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island.

On Friday evening, April 26th, the always popular Truck Stop to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank returns to the Food Bank’s huge lot in Providence with over twenty trucks—the largest gathering of its kind in New England. This seventh annual Truck Stop showcases even more of the excellence and variety of Rhode Island’s mobile restaurants, offers drinks from Jonathan Edwards Winery, Revival Brewing Company & Yacht Club Soda, features local musicians, and also benefits an organization dedicated to ending hunger. In past years the Truck Stop event has raised over $150,000 for the RI Community Food Bank and the goal is to raise even more than that this year.

As always, the Festival closes with the biggest event. Our Grand Tasting features samplings and sales from local food artisans, locally produced beers, wines & spirits in the Rotunda & Ballroom of the RI Convention Center. Please see the Festival web site for a complete listing of vendors. During the Tasting there will be all-new local food & drink presentations and this year the Tasting is going for maximum interactivity with three presentation areas set in-the-round for attendees to enjoy.

The key to the Eat Drink RI Festival is that it is dedicated to showcasing Rhode Island food and drink. This Festival, unlike many others, is about local chefs, bartenders, farmers, brewers, distillers, producers and more—the people who have elevated Rhode Island to national renown for its culinary scene. Tickets and more information can be found at eatdrinkri.com/festival.

  • 2018 Sommelier Punchdown, photo by JWessel Photography
  • 2018 Sommelier Punchdown, photo by JWessel Photography
  • 2018 Sommelier Punchdown, photo by JWessel Photography
  • 2018 Sommelier Punchdown, photo by JWessel Photography
  • 2018 Sommelier Punchdown, photo by JWessel Photography
  • 2018 Sommelier Punchdown, photo by JWessel Photography
  • from left to right: Morgan Gray, Tiffany Ting, Maria Meza, Rebecca Brady and Gina Pezza (not pictured Yveline Bontemp and Lizzie Fink)
  • Eat Drink RI Festival 2018 Truck Stop, photo by David Dadekian
  • Eat Drink RI Festival 2018 Truck Stop
  • Eat Drink RI Festival 2018 Truck Stop
  • Eat Drink RI Festival 2018 Truck Stop
  • Eat Drink RI Festival 2018 Truck Stop
  • Eat Drink RI Festival 2018 Truck Stop
  • Eat Drink RI Festival 2018 Truck Stop
  • Eat Drink RI Festival 2018 Truck Stop
  • Eat Drink RI Festival 2018 Truck Stop
  • 2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
  • 2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
  • 2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
  • 2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
  • 2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
  • 2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
  • 2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
  • 2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
  • 2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
  • 2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
  • 2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
  • 2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography
Photos by JWessel, David Dadekian, Corey Martineau and Brad Smith–see ticketing page for more information.
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2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography

ExpiredEat Drink RI Festival 2019 Grand Tasting

by David Dadekian April 19, 2019
written by David Dadekian
  • April 27, 2019
    12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography

2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photo by Brad Smith Photography

The Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting features samplings of over fifty locally produced beer, wine & spirits, as well as an abundance of local food artisans in the Rotunda & Ballroom of the Rhode Island Convention Center.

During the Tasting there will be all-new local food & drink presentations and this year we’re going for maximum interactivity with our presentation areas set in-the-round for attendees to enjoy.

Rotunda Lobby Presentations:

  • 1 p.m. Nicks on Broadway’s Chef Derek Wagner on Seafood
  • 3 p.m. Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel’s Chef Rebecca Lentrichia and Blackbird Farm’s Ann Marie Bouthillette on Meatballs

Ballroom Presentations:

  • 12:30 p.m. Newport Vineyards’s Executive Chef Andy Teixeira on Ricotta
  • 1:30 p.m. Great Northern BBQ Co.’s Chef Jimmy James Caruso on BBQ
  • 2:30 p.m. Basta and Bettola’s Chef Antonio Franco on Prosciutto

For the full list of Grand Tasting tables and participants, please see the Exhibitors page (continually updated).

Grand Tasting tickets are $75 and includes all food and beverage samplings offered and Local Food & Drink Presentations

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2018 Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting, photos by Brad Smith Photography
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Eat Drink RI Festival 2017 Grand Tasting

ExpiredGrand Tasting

by David Dadekian April 27, 2018
written by David Dadekian
  • April 28, 2018
    12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Eat Drink RI Festival 2017 Grand Tasting

Eat Drink RI Festival 2017 Grand Tasting

The Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting features samplings of over sixty locally produced beer, wine & spirits, as well as an abundance of local food artisans in Hall D of the Rhode Island Convention Center. During the Tasting there will be all-new local food & drink presentations on the Frigidaire Professional Presentation Stage sponsored and provided by Wickford Appliance featuring Rhode Island’s top chefs paired with a local producer to wow attendees with some of the best food in the country, all included with admission to the Grand Tasting.

  • Easy Entertaining’s Chef Ashley Vanasse and Narragansett Creamery’s Pattie & Mark Federico
  • Nicks on Broadway’s Chef Derek Wagner and Blackbird Farm’s Ann Marie Bouthillette
  • Tallulah’s Taqueria’s Chef Jake Rojas and American Mussel Harvesters, Inc.

We’re adding a 2nd food & drink presentation area at this year’s Festival Grand Tasting. Get a floor-level, up-close look at the detail work & techniques of these chefs and artisans with this more interactive and intimate show area.

  • Basta’s Chef Antonio Franco on Pasta
  • Ellie’s Bakery’s Chefs Melissa Denmark and Caitlyn McGuire on Decorating Desserts
  • El Rancho Grande’s Co-Owner Joaquin Meza on Cocktails

For the full list of Grand Tasting tables and participants, please see the Exhibitors page (continually updated).

Grand Tasting tickets are $75 and includes all food and beverage samplings offered and Local Food & Drink Presentations

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