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News Bites: Easy Entertaining, Sin, Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market, Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking

by David Dadekian October 25, 2013
written by David Dadekian
Easy Entertaining's Devorah Weinstein

Easy Entertaining’s Devorah Weinstein

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Easy Entertaining Inc.

International Flair Comes to Local Café: Easy Entertaining Inc. Appoints New Event Coordinator

Easy Entertaining Inc. announced today that Devorah Weinstein has joined the Farm to Table Catering and Events service to further develop and grow the events side of the full-service hospitality business.

Weinstein comes to Easy Entertaining with a wealth of both local and international hospitality experience. With culinary arts degrees from the acclaimed Apicius International School of Hospitality in Florence Italy, and Johnson & Wales University, complemented by an additional degree in Hospitality Management from Syracuse University, Devorah is well-versed in all aspects of the hospitality industry.

Joining Easy Entertaining Inc. in advance of the busy holiday season, Weinstein has transitioned immediately into working with clients. She will be the main point of contact and the coordinator for large-scale event and wedding planning.

Devorah commented: “I am excited to start working at Easy Entertaining and look forward to working with a team of hospitality professionals. I am fortunate to have the opportunity to join a female owned-and-operated company that prides itself on delivering excellent service and top-quality farm to table products to its clients.”

Kaitlyn Roberts, owner and executive chef of Easy Entertaining Inc. said Weinstein’s passion for event coordination and for the clients make her the perfect person for the job. ” With the recent departure of our events person, it was a logical choice to have Devorah fill this necessary roll in our growing company. She is wonderful and personable with our clients and fits in perfectly with our team as well. I am confident that Devorah will play a key role in providing our clients with top notch event planning services.”

For more information please contact 401.437.6090 or email Katie@EasyEntertainingri.com.


Sin's New England Fruitcake

Sin’s New England Fruitcake

Sin

Sin’s holiday menu is out! Every year Sin offers a twist on a classic, this year it’s the Gingerbread House! This year they’re offering a decorated gingerbread house that contains a real gingerbread cake! Enjoy a moist, fragrant gingery cake as well as the ginger house pieces. This special cake is $80. You could also purchase a kit that you can put together with your family. The kit contains house pieces, royal icing, bags, tips, recipe, fondant and a board for $24. Or, you can let Sin do the decorating for you. A decorated gingerbread house is $48. Please provide 48 hours notice for the kit and the decorated house, 72 hours for the cake version. Contact Sin at info@eatwicked.com, or call 401-369-8427. Sin will also be offering last year’s classic, the New England Fruitcake for $35. Check out their full menu on-line at www.eatwicked.com.


Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market

Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market Opens for 2013-2014 Season
Saturday Market expands to fill two hallways of historic Hope Artiste Village.

The Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market, located in Hope Artiste Village at 999 and 1005 Main Street, opens on Saturday, November 2nd for the 2013-2014 season. The Saturday Market will be open from 9am to 1pm, and will run from November 2nd through May 10th. The Wednesday Market, open from 4 to 7pm, will be held from November 6th through January 29th. At both markets customers will find fresh produce from local farmers, prepared food vendors, food trucks and food-related activities.

Saturday Wintertime Farmers Market:
The Saturday Market hosts over 65 local farms and food producers that will fill both the 999 and 1005 Main Street hallways of Hope Artiste Village this year! Stroll through the historic mill building amidst a diverse medley of local farmers and vendors, listen to live music, sample fresh products, and enjoy lunch on the spot from the area’s favorite food trucks – this year located in the center courtyard. In addition, several of Hope Artiste Village’s stores will remain open for shoppers during the market, including New Harvest Coffee in the 999 Main Street hallway and The French Tarte in the 1005 Main Street hallway.

Wintertime market-goers can expect a variety of locally grown fruits and vegetables – apples, beets, cabbage, carrots, cranberries, greens, potatoes, radishes, winter squash, and more. Vendors will also be offering: locally-raised eggs, pork, chicken, beef, fish, charcuterie and shellfish; locally-produced applesauce and apple butter, jams, jellies, pickles and cheese; granola, bread, cupcakes, crepes, pies & other baked treats including dog biscuits.

New vendors and products this year include:

  • Mystic Cheese Co, partnering with Connecticut dairies to produce farmstead cheeses.
  • Humble Pies, baking pies in Providence with local ingredients from the market.
  • Wild and Scenic, providing customers with seasonal wreaths and centerpieces for the holiday season.
  • Daniele, Inc., offering locally made, nitrate/nitrite-free dry cured charcuterie, sourced from RI, MA and CT hogs.

Wednesday Wintertime Farmers Market and Workshop Series:
The Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market returns on Wednesdays for the months of November, December and January, and will be packed with fresh veggies and fruits, plus locally inspired dinner options. Bring the whole family for cooking demos from many of our community partners and a workshop series that builds community through food, farming, and fun! Workshop topics include: composting, urban chicken keeping, canning, plus a wine & beer tasting event. For the schedule of workshop topics and dates, please visit our website: www.farmfresh.org/winter.

To celebrate the opening of the Wednesday Wintertime Market on November 6th, Whole Foods Market and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution will host a free screening of the documentary Orchards in the Ocean State at 7:30pm, followed by a Q&A.

Vendors and products at the Wednesday market this year include:

  • Sharon, MA based Ward’s Berry Farm, offering a full range of local produce including rhubarb, broccoli, and winter squash.
  • Rocket Fine Street Food and Mijos Tacos, two local food trucks, rotating every other week with delicious local dinner options.
  • No stranger to our summertime markets, The Coffee Guy will be serving up hot and iced coffee and tea beverages for thirsty customers.

At both the Wednesday and Saturday markets, customers may use cash, checks, credit, debit cards and EBT/SNAP at the market. Those wanting to use a credit card or EBT card can purchase Fresh Bucks – farmers’ market tokens – at the Farm Fresh RI table. Fresh Bucks also make a great gift for friends and family.

And, bring your food scraps to the farmers markets! Farm Fresh Rhode Island will collect your scraps and distribute to local farmers for compost.


Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking

The sixth episode of the first season of Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking features Chef Matt Jennings of Farmstead, Inc. in Providence. It begins airing on Sunday, October 27 at 4:30 p.m. on RI PBS WSBE channel 36. It will air again on Saturday, November 2 at 1 p.m. on Boston’s WGBH channel 2, Sunday, November 3 at 1:30 p.m. on Boston WGBX channel 44 and Wednesday, November 6 at 5 a.m. on Boston’s WGBH channel 2.  Check your television provider for more channel information.

In this episode of Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking, host Pete Evans joins forces with two of the East Coast’s best chefs—Matt Jennings, of Providence, Rhode Island, and Ken Oringer, who now has restaurants in Boston and New York. The chefs and their good friends take Pete on a voyage of discovery around the city of Providence, where they gather ingredients for the evening’s pop-up feast. With pork belly from Patrick McNiff, of Pat’s Pastured meats, and herbs and veggies from Eva Sommaripa’s Eva’s Garden, the trio spins a menu of beet salad, grilled pork belly with razor clams, and panna cotta with locally foraged sassafras. Delighted diners gather on a roof deck with a stunning view over downtown Providence to dig into a feast that’s ripe with local flavor.

You can view a preview clip here.

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News Bites: Saveur magazine honors Providence, Easy Entertaining for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, plenty from Tallulah on Thames

by David Dadekian October 16, 2013
written by David Dadekian

Saveur Culinary Travel Awards 2013

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Providence Restaurants Named Among the Best in the World In Saveur Culinary Travel Awards

Saveur magazine has included Providence among the best small cities for restaurants and dining in the world, as part of its 2013 Culinary Travel Awards. Providence was one of a handful of American cities to make the list.

“Being recognized in Saveur is particularly gratifying, as it is a publication that looks at the intersection of food and travel,” said Martha Sheridan, president and CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. “In marketing Providence to visitors, we emphasize the quality of our restaurants and are pleased to see them recognized on an international level.”

The magazine defined small cities as those with a population under 800,000. Its panel of experts deemed San Sebastian, Spain as the top small city for restaurants and dining, while readers tapped New Orleans for that accolade. Saveur then chose three cities as “Outstanding”: Lyon, France; Charleston, S.C.; and Bologna, Italy. It then recommended an additional 10 cities as “Notable,” which included Providence. The others were: Portland, Ore.; Austin, Texas; Florence, Italy; Las Vegas, Nev.; Vancouver, BC, Canada; Tel Aviv, Israel; Miami, Fla.; Edinburgh, Scotland; and Porto, Portugal.

A full listing of award winners and the methodology used to discern them may be found here: http://www.saveur.com/culinary-awards.

The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau is an accredited, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization whose mission is to create vibrant growth for the local hospitality economy by promoting, developing, and expanding a united visitor industry. For more information, contact 401-456-0200 or visit www.GoProvidence.com.


Local Café Dazzles in Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

The Café at Easy Entertaining Inc. located at 166 Valley St. Providence, RI, will be transforming into “Café for the Cure” to raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. From Friday, October 4th until Thursday, October 31st, Easy Entertaining Inc. will donate five percent of all café proceeds to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

“We are donating a portion of our proceeds this month to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation to honor my mother-in-law. She has survived breast cancer four times and is currently battling it for the fifth time. She is an inspiration to me every day because of her optimistic outlook, zest for life, and utter strength. All of these are qualities we all wish we could have a little more of. Also, being privileged to own a female-run organization, we feel that women’s health is an important topic for us to address head-on” says owner and executive chef Katie Roberts.

Roberts, along with her team, bedecked for the month in hot pink t-shirts, have turned the café into a pink paradise-replete with pink twilight lighting, pink Yacht Club Soda, and pink cup cakes.

The “Cafe for the Cure” campaign we are running this year is something that we hope will be the first of many years to come” says Roberts.

Enjoy breakfast or lunch for a good cause! “Café for a Cure” is located at 116 Valley Street, Providence, RI 02909. For more information please contact 401-437-6090 or email Ashley@EasyEntertainingri.com.


Tallulah on Thames on WGBH’s “Neighborhood Kitchens” and Winter Special Nights

Tallulah on Thames is proud to announce Chef Jake Rojas on WGBH
Chef Jake Rojas is featured on Neighborhood Kitchens, a weekly WGBH show! View the entire episode online!

Winter Special Nights

Reservations Suggested: November, December, February, March, April
Call 401-849-2433

Wednesday Burger Night

Starting November 13th, 2013, our Wednesday Burger Nights are back with the offering of The Tallulah Burger & The Classic Burger.

Sunday Suppers

We are excited to bring back our Sunday Suppers starting November 17th, 2013. It’s a Pre-Fixe Set Three-Course Menu based on Family Sunday Supper Classics taken from families in America and around the world! Includes a glass of wine. $35.00/person. Our regular menu is offered on Sunday too!

2013 Holiday:

  • OPEN
  • December 23rd & Christmas Eve (12/24)
  • December 30th & New Years Eve (12/31)
  • New Year’s Eve Five-Course Chef Tasting Menu w/Wine Pairing
  • Join us to ring in the New Year for our annual celebration with the chefs & team at Tallulah!

Tallulah’s Tacos

No Reservations

We are excited to offer Tallulah’s Tacos for Lunch this winter at Tallulah on Thames upstairs dining room. The Tacos + Burritos will be offered in a counter service environment starting November 1st. Hours are 11:30 to 3:30, Thursday thru Saturday.No reservations. No To Go. No Waiters. Tacos & Burritos served as they are at the cart so it’s Tallulah on paper plates!

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