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Jenny Currier

Jennifer Currier is a former English teacher and dolphin trainer, raised in the desert of Roswell, New Mexico. She often suffers from wanderlust and a constant hunger for gelato. Jennifer earned her graduate degree from Dartmouth College, where she studied creative writing and met her first Rhode Islander. It only took one coffee milk and a clam cake to convince her to return to The Ocean State. She maintains several odd jobs and blogs under the alias Queen Jenevere. She plans to keep traveling, writing, and promoting herself as "sometimes funny." You can follow her on Twitter at @jennycurrier and Instagram @travelingfoodwriter

Posted on September 19, 2023September 24, 2023
Jenny Currier
Food
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Feast Under the Stars: Hope & Main’s Schoolyard Twilight Party

Photo: Marianne Lee Photography If drinking and dining on delicious local fares underneath the stars sounds enticing to you, then you won’t want to miss Hope & Main’s Schoolyard Twilight Party on September 23 from 5-9pm. The Schoolyard Twilight Party is Hope & Main’s largest annual fundraiser. It’s the perfect time of year to be […]

Say Cheese!: Artisanal cheese store returns to Wayland Square, and it’s so much more than just cheese

Every cheese has a story. That’s what I learned after speaking with Angie and Jeff DiMeo, owners of the new artisanal cheese shop opening in Wayland Square this summer. Although the couple shares a love for this wondrous dairy product, the reason they want to open East Side Cheese & Provisions is that their vision […]

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Posted on January 11, 2023January 12, 2023
Jenny Currier
Locale Profile, spirits, Spirits
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My Darling, Clementine: A night out at Providence’s new cocktail bar

Only days before bidding adieu to 2022, this former Motif writer sought out a new cocktail bar in the heart of Providence, secretly joining with friends in her beloved city for one more night on the town. One could say it was a clandestine affair at Clementine Cocktail Bar: elegant, intimate, memorable – just like […]

Posted on December 1, 2021January 17, 2022
Jenny Currier
Food
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No More Waffling: Forever a Burgundian

Someone who loves food and drink, in both quality and quantity, shared among good company: this not only describes who I am as a person, but it also defines a “Burgundian.” The word evokes a sense of adventure without hurry, of travel without leaving your hometown; although for Shane Matlock, the owner of Burgundian, this […]

Posted on November 10, 2021December 6, 2021
Jenny Currier
Food
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Ice Cream, with a Twist: Cool Treats for Cool Weather

When the rest of the world goes for hot chocolate, New England’s thoughts turn to ice cream. Granted, for some people (ahem), ice cream is a year-round staple, like iced coffee, but for most of New England, a cone in the cold is just the thing to remind us that we’re alive! For this round-up, […]

Posted on November 3, 2021January 17, 2022
Jenny Currier
Food
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Taste and Feel of the Azores: Aguardente Restaurant

There’s a joke that Aguardente—which translates to “fire water” in Portuguese—is so strong it will blind you. This is the kind of myth that Victor Pereira, the visionary and owner of the newly opened Aguardente on the East Side of Providence, likes to dispel. “If someone says that, I’ll bring over a shot for them […]

Posted on October 6, 2021January 17, 2022
Jenny Currier
Food
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Got Buttermilk?: Kinda Amazin’ at Kin Southern Table + Bar

When our server, Tyce, dropped off “Black Girl Magic”—a cocktail described simply as peach vodka with lemonade—she suggested we “give it a stir” before drinking. Confused, we followed her instructions, and then we saw it: swirls of glitter sparkling through a deep purple liquid, like stars in an evening sky. “Is that glitter?” we exclaimed, […]

Posted on September 1, 2021January 17, 2022
Jenny Currier
Food, More
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Elbow-Licking Good!: An early evening chimi crawl gets messy

When I told my boyfriend I was doing a Chimi Crawl, he responded as would most Americans raised on Taco Bell: “I love chimichangas!” And while there’s much to love about a deep fried burrito, that’s not what I was talking about. I meant a chimichurri crawl, not to be confused with the South American […]

Posted on August 4, 2021January 17, 2022
Jenny Currier
Food, Locale Profile
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Twelve Plants, Five Courses, One Summer Series: Plant-based meals even a carnivore could love

“If this were my situation every night, I’d never eat meat again,” my friend Melissa said of our Twelve (Plants) dinner in Newport. For her birthday, we traveled to Root on Broadway, where Twelve (Plants) was popping up with a 5-course, plant-based, prix fixe dinner. While several restaurants offer vegan cuisine, and several offer a […]

Tour de Ives: Try a DIY food tour on the East Side

On my recent visit to Ives Street on the East Side of Providence, I was struck by the number of restaurants spanning only a few blocks — Asian cuisine, Syrian cuisine, Mexican food, American food, ice cream shops, dive bars, coffee shops and donuts. And as an experienced food tour guide (ahem), I wanted to […]