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Restaurants open on Thanksgiving (updated Nov. 16)

3:32 PM Mon, Nov 09, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

Thanksgiving is fast approaching and if cooking isn't part of the plan, here are the restaurants that have reported being open. Call ahead to reserve or risk being sent on your way. Prices usually do not include taxes or gratuity.......

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 Tags  Restaurants   Thanksgiving  

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Shop five local farmers' markets on Saturday for Thanksgiving

11:52 AM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

Tomorrow is Saturday Nov. 21, and its not just the last Saturday before Thanksgiving and there will be five, count 'em FIVE local farmers' markets operating, three of them indoors. What a great way to shop for the holiday......

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 Tags  Aquidneck Growers' Saturday Farmers' Market   Pawtuxet Village Farmers' Market   The Farm Fresh RI Wintertime Farmers' Market   The South Kingstown Indoor Winter Farmers' Market   The Wintertime Coastal Growers Market   will be open at Hope Artiste Village  

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Deep Dish Sweet Potato-Pecan Pie

6:00 AM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

The James Beard Foundation shares recipes with members and I had to share it here. It's a combo dish but oh what a combo. A cook at Jacques-Imo's told the Beard folks that this two-in-one pie has been taken......

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 Tags  Jacques-Imo's   James Beard Foundation  

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About that recipe for the Perfect Pie Crust

12:11 PM Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

Wednesday's Lifebeat Food story on how to make the perfect pie crust included an incorrect measurement from J & W chef and instructor Gary Welling. Start with 12 ounces of flour sifted with 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt, eight ounces......

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 Tags  Gary Welling   Johnson & Wales University.  

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Gazillions of Thanksgiving recipes -- and a turkey-fryer review

thanksgiving_2009.jpg 11:58 AM Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Well, not quite gazillions, yet. But you'll find more than you'll ever have time to make on projo.com's Food section front, current story and recipes index, Thanksgiving recipe archive, and the survey of recipe links from around the nation 's......

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 Tags  recipes   Thanksgiving  

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'Grace Before Meals,' a Narragansett church and Charles Osgood

6:00 AM Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

Last month Fr. Leo E. Patalinghug was a guest of Narragansett's St. Thomas More Parish. He is the creator of an inspirational food program, Web site and cookbook "Grace Before Meals." He even took on chef Bobby Flay for......

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 Tags  CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood   Fr. Leo E. Patalinghug   Narragansett RI   St. Thomas More Parish  

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RISD's 100 mile meal a day away

6:00 AM Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gail Ciampa    Email

RISD is having its annual 100 Mile Meal Thursday, Nov. 19 from 5-8 p.m. at the Met, 55 Angell St., Providence. This is a Thanksgiving feast with all the food sourced from within 100 miles. It is open to the......

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 Tags  Farm Fresh Rhode Island   Providence RI   RISD  

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Video: Pie Crust 101 with Chef Welling of Johnson and Wales

crusts.jpg 11:00 AM Mon, Nov 16, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Donna McGarry    Email

Susan Bucci, of Cranston, learns the ins and outs of making a perfect pie crust with the help of Chef Gary Welling, Department Chair of the International Baking and Pastry Institute at the Johnson and Wales Providence campus. Along......

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 Tags  pie crust   thanksgiving pies   video  

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