Mike’s Ice Hits the Cold Stone Pavement
A new Providence-based food truck has hit the scene, bringing ice cream loving Rhode Islanders something different: Mike’s Ice is now serving up Thai-style ice cream to Little Rhody. Thai-style ice […]
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The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Locale Profile: Dine at Massimo for Maximum Yum Yums
“Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and […]
Take Shelter at Providence’s First Barcade: Shelter Arcade Bar
Rhode Island, 1999. The Providence Place Mall is almost complete, serving as a new beacon of light and hope for the state. Citizens are looking to the future with excitement […]
Open and Closed
[OPEN] A new chicken and fish place, Bucktown, recently opened on the west side of Providence. They also have beer on tap from Long Live Beerworks, which is right up […]
Icy, Creamy, Healthy Sweet: A Cookbook, Not an Oxymoron.
As a child of the ‘70s, my memory of frozen summer treats includes Popsicles loaded with red dye number 40, Fudgsicles, and – my personal favorite – the push […]
GMOs: Guide for the Perplexed
[See main article: motifri.com/gmofood] Surprisingly, the first and hardest problem of talking about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is defining them. Advanced biotechnology since the 1990s makes possible direct modification of […]
GMO Food: Complicated Questions but No Simple Answers
[See sidebar: motifri.com/gmoguide] Food containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) made by genetic engineering (GE) has been in the news recently following the May release of results from a major study […]
Make a Fancy Dinner Party Happen
Summer is party time in my book. Throwing the backyard BBQ, beach blanket gathering or casual bocce bash is easy queasy, but what about the fancy dinner party? That can seem […]
Is Sugar the New Tobacco?
“Sugar is the new heroin.” – Tom Jacobs In life, we all make choices. Some of them are good and some of them are pretty stupid; but they should be […]
How to Plan a Dinner Party
A colleague recently asked me what my favorite wine and dessert are. As if I could pick only one of either. But when pressed, I realized something: most food and […]