Growing up in an Italian family with a busy schedule, Chef Ashley Vanasse had a lot of opportunities to cook dinner for herself. “I spent a lot of time with my great aunts after school and they taught me skills like how to clean chicken.” Vanasse pegs cooking as always being something that she truly […]
Davy is the youngest Andrade to join the business, which was founded in 1987 by his parents, David and Gigi. But after buying his own boat and rebuilding it from the floor up, he is officially his own boss. He does, however, still work at the family store a couple of days a week, selling […]
You’ve likely heard of wood-fired ovens, but what about a wood-fired grill? Chef Jimmy Caruso of Great Northern BBQ Co is re-inventing BBQ and changing the way restaurants grill their meat. Channeling the great outdoors, he found a way to bring the fire pit inside by creating a wood-fired grill with height-adjustable grates to ensure grilling perfection every time. […]
If you’re anything like me, you are tired of hearing about pumpkin spice. Pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin spice cream cheese, pumpkin spice doughnuts, pumpkin spice life … WE GET IT! We get so oversaturated with pumpkin spice in the fall that we sometimes forget there are other seasonal flavors to enjoy in autumn. In search […]
Warm humid days are upon us and we are tired – if that’s even possible – of our usual summer brews. Take a break from your hazy IPAs and summer shandys. Pause the margarita for a refreshing ever-so-slightly-sessionable and easy-to-make drink: The Spritz. Some say the Aperol Spritz, others recall their grandma’s circa 1991 white […]
There has been a bright spot for the union nurses and technologists who were part of the strike at Rhode Island and Hasbro Children’s Hospitals. It sits right behind Women and Infants Hospital; that bright spot is Amore Espresso Gelato Bar. I received a message from unionized CT Technologist Keith, and he urged me to cover […]
Gabrielle Halliday (Motif): What menu item would you recommend to someone who’s never been to Ellie’s? Caitlyn McGuire: One of the items that is very much quintessentially Ellie’s are our French Macarons. It’s the product that Ellie’s was founded on. Ellen [Slattery], who is the proprietor/owner of Gracie’s, kept getting guests who were telling her that […]
I’ll start with an admission: When it comes to food, I like it spicy. Since my collegiate youth spent in Western New York in the late ’80s when the rest of the country thought the wings were the part of the chicken you threw away — had I only had the foresight to imagine a day […]
What do a regional Crossfit athlete, a successful entrepreneur and a self-proclaimed doughnut connoisseur have in common? Doughnut making! Partners Jake Marconi, Paul Kettelle and Cooper Marsh have put their heads together to create the newest addition to Providence’s raging food truck community, The Dough Cart. So how did this idea come about? In […]
I once read a story in which the author noted that “firsts” are always known, marked, and photographed, like our first steps. Our lasts, however, often are given no ceremony or recognition until they have passed and exist only a memory. Ever since I read that, I’ve been acutely aware of noticing lasts, and […]