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GOT ­SOMETHING COOKING: 
Lisa Raiola, founder and president of Hope & Main, stands among some of the kitchen equipment that will be put to use at the yet-to-be-completed new food business incubator, West End Kitchens, in Providence. It is set to open around June. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Demand only heating up for kitchen facilities

Often noted as “the smallest town in the smallest county in the smallest state,” Warren boasts the highest number of food processing licenses in...
DISHING IT OUT: Brian O’Donnell, standing right, partner and chef at Giusto PVD at Track 15 in Providence, leads a pop-up cooking class at Track 15 earlier this year. Jan Dane, standing left, owner of Stock Culinary Goods, acts as moderator. Another series of pop-up cooking classes at Track 15 has been scheduled for February and March. The series, called Station Tastings, is a partnership of Track 15, Stock Culinary Goods and PopUp Rhody, a service for listing, sharing and discovering pop-up events and temporary retail spaces for independent businesses. / 
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Providence proves to be suited for pop-ups

Providence, with its compact commercial corridors and small retail bays, has proved to be a prime area for pop-up stores, giving local entrepreneurs a...
FAMILY TRADITION: Rudi Hauser Jr., owner and president of Hauser Chocolatier in Westerly, in the company’s retail shop. Hauser bought the company in 2008 from his mother and his father, Ruedi Hauser Sr., who started the company in 1985 in Connecticut after emigrating from Switzerland.
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Meet the Makers: Hausers keep family tradition of Swiss chocolate making...

At Hauser Chocolatier, Rudi Hauser has a sweet job. The 18,000-square-foot Westerly-based operation makes chocolates and truffles. Delicious aromas of cocoa fill the air...
TESTING: Brewer Matt Von ­Holten, foreground, and cellarman Eric Gonzalez, who oversees the day-to-day post-brewing processes, test the wort – the liquid ­extracted from the mashing process when brewing beer – at The Guild Brewery in Pawtucket.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

SOBER REFLECTION: With the craft beer boom over, breweries look...

Matthew Gray has cleared many hurdles to keep Ragged Island Brewing Co. running. And the obstacles are still coming. Gray opened Ragged Island Brewing with...
NEW BLOOD: Richard Wiscott, provost at Johnson & Wales University, says the university is always looking for new adjunct professors because “they bring current, real-world experience into the classroom and help keep our academic programs relevant.”
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IN DEMAND: Adjuncts fill growing need in college classrooms

Think back on your college days and some of your favorite professors were likely adjuncts. Adjunct faculty have long played an essential role in...

Brown remains No. 13 in U.S. News’ best colleges, PC moves...

PROVIDENCE – Brown University tied Dartmouth College as the 13th-best national university, while Providence College moved up among the best regional universities, in U.S....
SWEET TREATS: Haidy Zuniga is the owner of Fiesta Scoop, an ice cream shop featuring Latin American flavors that opened locations in North Providence and Providence this year.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Fiesta Scoop serving unique flavors

When Haidy Zuniga and her family saw an ice cream business was for sale in North Providence, they had to scoop up the opportunity. Zuniga’s...
ZILMET USA has left its location in the Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown and relocated to South Carolina, despite R.I. Commerce Corp. saying it and the Quonset Development Corp. made efforts to offer assistance to the manufacturer. / COURTESY QUONSET DEVELOPMENT CORP.

Zilmet departure highlights R.I. Commerce’s tricky balancing act

While Rhode Island may not have lost a massive chunk of its workforce with Zilmet USA’s move to South Carolina, observers say the shift...
GOOD TIMES: Corey Barreira, the director of operations at the Newport Restaurant Group, in the dining room at the Waterman Grille in Providence. Despite challenges, Barreira says, the summer has been profitable for the employee-owned restaurant company. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

AFTER ‘ALL THAT’: R.I. tourism holding its own this summer, but...

For Corey Barreira, this summer has been a test of resilience. The director of operations at the Newport Restaurant Group has seen a number...
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Newport Food and Wine Festival brings top chefs to City by...

Culinary royalty is headed to Newport this fall. From Sept. 18-21, the spotlight will be on wine and food at the 20th anniversary edition of...
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