Food


‘Trick or treating’: With some homemade spiked pumpkin cider!

So you may have seen over the years  different videos circulating through Tik Tok, Instagram and other similar platforms revolving around taking a fresh pumpkin, pouring sugar and yeast into it and leaving it to turn into rich pumpkin wine. Like many trends, that method of fermenting seldom works and can prove dangerous. Despite this, […]

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Fall Happenings Map

1. Adams Farm (pumpkins, hay rides, corn mazes) Plus: Variety fall farm stand 158 Burnt Swamp Road, Cumberland 401-714-4425 2. Appleland Orchard (apples) Plus: Cider, wine, and donuts 135 Smith Avenue, Greenville 401-949-3690 3.  Barden Family Orchard (apples, pumpkins) Plus: Farmers market selling sweet corn, apple cider, and jams 56 Elmdale Road, North Scituate 401-934-1413 […]

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Opened & Closed: September 2026

Open CoLab Theatre: A new local theatre has officially opened its doors. CoLab Studio Theatre is a brand new nonprofit theatre founded by RI residents David Sackal and Aubrey Dion. Their mission promotes productions that are “uncommon, unconventional, underrepresented, and new.” A hallmark of their theatrical season is the “New Works Slot” which is reserved […]

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Harvesting Hope: Seeds of knowledge, locally planted

There are several workforce training programs related to the food industry here in Rhode Island. Beautiful Day RI is a nonprofit granola company on a mission to help refugees through business initiatives, job training, and public education. The Culinary Hub of Providence — also known as CHOP — is another one. That is a 2,000-hour, […]

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Obituary: Julian Forgue

The founder of the long-standing hipster-ish West Side restaurant Julians hadn’t been involved directly with the restaurant in quite some time. But his legacy persisted. A larger-than-life personality, you never knew at what event Julian might show up, his square jaw ready-to-fire sarcasm preceding him by a few paces. He pioneered the “this wait staff […]

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Mindfully Thermia: How a new local restaurant inspires its patrons to take it slow 

This is the story of visiting Providence’s newest Rotisserie and Bistro, Thermia, and being so intrigued by its menu and feeling so welcomed by the staff, that I went twice in one week! To give you a taste (no pun intended) of the experience, I’ll start by saying that once you arrive in the historic […]

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