Vegetables from A to Z By Hannah Marcotti When someone hears that I am gluten-dairy-soy-corn-and-mostly-grain-free, they usually ask, “So what do you eat?” Sometimes I forget how odd my personal food pyramid must look to others. To me, it is overflowing with choices. We live in a country whose dietary guidelines are built around most [...]
Reviewed by Katy Killilea When is a thousand-page cookbook more than an emergency booster seat? Most kitchens contain at least one trusty book a cook can turn to when faced with a mystery. Home cooks are very loyal to their preferred reference sources-I have purchased the same volume three times. And when I consider others, [...]
By Katy Killilea Thoughts of Bristol have been snowballing in my mind, giving me a harsh case of town envy. We don’t care much about its famous Fourth of July parade. Bristol hardly needs it—there’s enough great stuff going on there every day. 1. Rogers Free Library (525 Hope Street) website Bristol’s library is newly [...]
By Nancy King I generally like to believe that a woman can do a man’s job (unless it involves lifting something really heavy, in foul weather, or wearing a hideous uniform). But, when it comes to Sunday mornings in our house, there’s something I can’t do: make my husband’s special-recipe, freakishly yummy pancakes. And frankly, [...]
By Mary Smith When I think of exotic foods, I associate them with faraway places. However, my experience at the Garden Grille showed me that exotic foods can be grown and prepared fresh every day on the East Side of Providence. Preparing the finest vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free entrees in Rhode Island, Garden Grille is an [...]
