Tag: Julia Child
Looking back at 40 years of Providence dining
Providence Business News is marking its 40th anniversary, so I thought I’d look back at the dining scene in the capital city over the...
Through thick and thin, she keeps urban B&B running
When Monica Hopton was a teenager, her father and stepmom bought a bed-and-breakfast on Nantucket. The island surroundings were lovely, and the B&B was...
Late bloomers produce amazing fruits
In 1860, a 38-year-old man was working as a handyman for his father, a leather merchant. He kept books, drove wagons and handled hides....
Getting the first taste of success
It was 25 years ago in the spring of 2000 at the International Association of Culinary Professionals conference in Providence when royalty of the...
You have to want it
Once a young man asked a great sage about the secret to success, so the sage invited the young man to meet him at...
Providence restaurants incorporate echoes of the past in modern dining
In this throwaway culture, something is new for about two weeks, after which it becomes disposable. Time to throw it out – OK, recycle....
This dining style is a gas
We have just about every style of dining out available here in our “snack-sized state,” as Food & Wine recently referred to Rhode Island.
Food...
Never give up on your dreams
J.C. Penney, founder of the retail giant that bears his name, once evaluated one of his young clerks, stating he “wasn’t thorough and wouldn’t...
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