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Restaurateur-turned-produce-broker Andy Ayers is one to rhapsodize about his experiences with locally grown food. But his first fresh-from-the-farm cantaloupe was, well… a religious experience.
Summer favorites get a light touch
Samplers to pick their favorite new brew
Newport Wine Fest features celebrity chefs
Stale bread gives rise to a Tuscan salad
Berries can be frozen and stored 10 to 12 months
Your Turn: Share your review of area restaurants
Your Turn: What's your favorite breakfast/lunch place?
Contacts
Locally Grown
How to use Fresh Bucks at farmers' markets
URI's Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Recipes for healthy eating for your family
Penny-pinching Ideas
Rising food costs require more from us as consumers and cooks. Pinching Pennies was a series of stories by Providence Journal food editor Gail Ciampa which asked the question, "How are you coping with higher food costs?"
Your Turn: How are you coping with the rising cost of food?
05.19.10: Cookbook author Amy McCoy describes how to eat well for less
03.25.09: Vegetarians get very good value
03.12.08: Eateries squeezed by food costs
03.05.08: How to shop organic and keep your budget whole
02.27.08: Dining out challenge
02.20.08: Meals to treasure for less (with recipes)
02.13.08: Thrifty cooks make do with what they have (with recipes)
02.06.08: Cooking on a budget (with recipes)
01.30.08: Use common sense when coping with food costs (with recipes)
Taste of the Neighborhood
Consumer Services
Check on the latest food safety recalls
Search for R.I. food protection inspection reports
Find out about R.I.'s food stamp program for single adults
Find out about R.I.'s food stamp program for those over 60
About SNAP: The new name for the federal food stamp program
How to eat better today: SNAP information center
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