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There are new innkeepers at my Vermont home The Waybury Inn in Middlebury VT. They're already good friends - one is Chef Antonio Petri. Then Amy Traverso, Yankee Magazine Senior Food Editor runs down The Best Of New England from the annual Summer Travel Guide.
Kicking off the 2024 Food Truck season in Rhode Island at Munroe Dairy at Sacred Cow Scoop Shop and Market for Food Truck Funday on Memorial Day Weekend 2024. With Championship Melt and Jay's Big Dog Eats, Maureen Maloney and James Martin from Sacred Cow Market and Scoop Shop.
It's Mother's Day weekend - the mother of all Dining Out days. We find ourselves at the Waybury Inn with an amazing buffet before us guided by Chef Antonio Petri. Then we set sail aboard The Spirit Of Ethan Allen on Lake Champlain, and wrapping up with a little celebration - Food Dude Radio's 28th Anniversary!
Food Dude Radio Weekend of April 27 2024. We're at our Vermont home The Waybury Inn with Chef Antonio Petri. Then from the Buyers Marketplace in Providence RI with our friends from famous Hope and Main food collaborative and co-workspace with RI Shellfish Company's Jeanine Caswell, Caribe & Co's Savannah Campbell, Shay and Guy from Navad Bakery and Baba Yaga Sauces Cesar Etribe.
The Kitchen Table Bistro in Richmond VT made so many friends with Sunday Brunch when it kicked off at the beginning of the year that a second day was added. Saturday Brunch at the Kitchen Table is the beginning of many new things for this bistro that is both a neighborhood spot and a destination. Chef-Owner Craig Anthony talked to us about it as broadcast on Food Dude Radio April 13 2024.
What if you had your own restaurant? Anyone who has been in the industry for more than ten minutes has had that thought at least for a moment. Julie Finestone and David Zeidler did. They are the owners of Barkeaters Restaurant in Shelburne, Vermont, a place that everyone in the area knows. David and Julie are listening to their guests as you will hear in our chat on Food Dude Radio.
It was a battle with spoons, bowls and steaming pots of the finest chili anyone could hope to taste. Eleven brave competitors went at it with a prize on the line - not to mention the title of honor - Chili Champion of Newport, Rhode Island. At the same time, the battle raged in the park in Rutland, Vermont. We have complete anchored coverage with our floor reporter Ben Newbury from the scene. As broadcast on Food Dude Radio February 24 2024.
This should get a Longest DIstance Traveled award. Hemenway’s Restaurant, located at 121 South Main Street in Providence, Rhode Island, will host a four-course wine dinner on Monday, March 4th, featuring the acclaimed wines of Hartford Court, part of the Hartford Family Winery in Sonoma County, California. The evening will be presented by Don Hartford, CEO and co-owner of Hartford Family Winery and a Massachusetts native. Your Food Dude Spanning The Globe to bring you an amazing night. As broadcast on Food Dude Radio Feb 24 2024,
We often "dine out in the past" talking about places and dishes we remember. This might be Dining Out In The Future as we talk with three up-and-coming food makers from Rhode Island: Paul Kubiski of Bootblack Brand Cocktail Syrups; Dr Kathryn Oh of Hopscotch Koji Breakfast Puddings; and Addison Caproni of Bow Bar. At INNOVATE Newport's Industry Spotlight, Feb 15 2024.
So we boldly say, Valentine's Day is the Super Bowl of Romance. When you hear this menu from Chef Antonio Petri at the Waybury Inn in Middlebury, Vermont, you'll know what we mean.
It's one of those "Is A Hot Dog A Sandwich" questions. It was asked by a well known maker of cream cheese. Challenge - Bagel bakers: Come up with a bagel without a hole to hold more cream cheese and stuff. The Montreal part is even more intriguing. Montreal bagels are a bit of a different breed and very popular outside of Montreal as well. St. Viateur Bakery is considered the leader in Montreal and the only bakery in Canada chosen for this social experiment. Owner Vince Morena and I talked about how it went.
I have said it before - Brunch is back in a big way! It is often the best part of the weekend. Everyone has their favorite brunch spot and new ones fill up quickly. The Kitchen Table in Richmond, Vermont has been making many friends since chef-proprietor Craig Anthony started it at the beginning of the year. And there is some breaking news to share. Enjoy!
This Lunar New Year is The Year of the Dragon. It is just one of the celebrations during the Popup Supper Club at Castle Hill Inn in Newport RI. Chef Andy Taur joins me to go through the menus. Just know you'll have a tough time deciding - you may have to go more than once!
The legendary Von Trapp Brewing Co. in Stowe, Vermont, is doing a "rebrand" of its craft beer packaging from 6-packs to tap handles. The amazing beers will stay just as amazing but the look will "POP". It's exciting. Here we have two people from von Trapp (or simply "Trapps" if you're extremely cool) - Emily Provost, Marketing Manager and Mike Whitty, our Director of Sales and Marketing, who were in on the project. And they both are extremely cool.
The number one answer seems to be, "It's always the Golden Age of Pizza!" We eat a lot of it. Will pizza consumption ramp up as the Super Party gets closer ? (note: here in New England we no longer care who's in the game cuz it ain't us) Pizza expert Bill Kitsilis has answers by the slice.
Molto bene. Actually some friends and I are going to speak Braciole and Escarole. Braciole is having a moment thanks to The Bear. There is a little disagreement on how to pronounce it but I know someone who knows his way around braciole. Carmine Balzano has been making it for decades. First, however is a stroll through the Italian Garden with Mary Minetti. Delicioso!
A new year is a great opportunity to gain new knowledge. The idea of the clean slate can be very appealing. Just as appealing is an enjoyable glass of wine on a winter evening.The Coast Guard House is presenting its second annual Wine Boot Camp series at the seaside landmark restaurant in Narragansett RI. The series is directed by ElisaWybraniec, Wine Director at Coast Guard House, and a Certified Sommelier. This is one Boot Camp you will enjoy.
I hope you will enjoy my audio Christmas card. These are a couple of pieces that I play on the air every year. "Twas" is from a stage performance I did for several years. "The Story of the Birds" is an old story you may be familiar with.
They are sent with all the best wishes for a Merry Christmas!
All the best,
Bruce
For real! Real plum pudding and Christmas Cake made by The English Cousins, Patty and Sarah. They're real too. From England, they are really cousins and they use real 100 year-old recipes. What's the secret? Spoiler alert - get a designated driver after you've had dessert. They are all delightful including the Cousins. So clear away and enjoy. And Happy Christmas!
Follow me through this. Had to compare notes on my Egg Nog Latte with one of the best - M.K. Daley from Boxcar Bakery in Essex VT - and wait 'til you hear about the Christmas Cake! Then, its the Mother Of All Tailgates at the Army-Navy Game in New England for the first time ever. And a must-stop at The Kitchen Table in Richmond VT. Enjoy.
Food Dude becomes Music Nerd for a half-hour. A new Beatles record, a new Rolling Stones album and a new Cream album. Just how far did we turn the clocks back? On November 3, 2023, an acoustic tribute album to Cream as performed and recorded by a stellar cast of family members and close friends and those influenced by "the world's first supergroup". I had an amazing conversation with Malcolm Bruce, Jack Bruce's son on release day. Enjoy.
The Gilfeather Turnip is the Official Vegetable of the State of Vermont. It is the only turnip that has its own Festival just wrapped up in late October in Wardsboro, Vermont. Arts writer Anita Rafael calls the Gilfeather Turnip her favorite turnip. She is an authority on it and the Festival. As broadcast on the Bruce Newbury Show on WVMT AM/FM radio, October 21, 2023.
The art exhibit that took on a life of its own. Just about every portrait of Vermont that makes us long for a life in the Green Mountain State has been brought together in one exhibit from the collection of Lyman Orton, an authority on showing the Vermont we all love. Discussed by arts writer Anita Rafael who collaborated on the companion book. As broadcast on The Bruce Newbury Show on WVMT AM/FM radio October 21, 2023.
October is International Coffee Month. Nothing like a steaming cup on a fall morning amirite? This will make that cup taste even better. Vermont Coffee Company - the Food Dude's Official Coffee btw - VCC is in partnership with Food 4 Farmers. Specifically, 5% of revenue made on each bag of Vermont Coffee Company's Friend Blend is donated to Food 4 Farmers which supports food security for coffee farmers, families and communities in Latin America. Marcela Pino, Director/Co-founder of Food 4 Farmers hops on the show to talk about it.
Making a splash at the 2023 Newport International Boat Show were the new Dillons Small Batch Gin Cocktails and Kassey Fitrzyk from Dillons visited with a taste. As broadcast Sept 15 2023 WADK AM/FM Newport RI.
The Whoopie Pie Festival was held in Rutland Vermont on Sept 16. We talked to Chrispian White from the Rutland Region Chamber and Economic Development to get a preview.
Prost ! Or as we say in Vermont, "Here's to ya !" Oktoberfest at Trapp Family Lodge with Bob Schwartz from Trapp Family Lodge, Jack Van Paepeghem, Quality Manager and Kevin Wheeler, director of Von Trapp Brewing as broadcast on The Bruce Newbury Show Sept 9 2023.
It's all you need to know in Middlebury, Vermont. The food trucks gather, the music is cranked up and the sun shines. Here's a taste of Foodaroo 2023 from the Marble Works in Middlebury on Sunday August 13 with samples from Maudite Poutine, Dona Alejandra Tacos, The Crooked Ladle, SoFull Sisters and American Flatbread.
Hannah Albert, Vermont Coffee Company Coffee Specialist, talks Vermont Coffee with Bruce. Vermont Coffee Company is the Food Dude's Official Coffee. Have Vermont Coffee delivered direct from Middlebury, Vt. Visit stonewallkitchen.com and save 10% when you use promo code FOODDUDE at checkout.
You know his name and his face. Dan Dowling was in our living rooms twice a night for years. Now he is the voice and face of the Red Cross in Northern New England. Dan visited with us and talked about what's new and what he brought with him from his years as a TV meteorogist. As broadcast on Bruce Newbury Show All About Vermont WVMT July 01 2023
The Vermont Air National Guard - the 158th - The Green Mountain Boys - will be flying over Vermont and parts of New York in honor of the 4th of July ! Be sure to look to the sky and catch the Vermont Air National Guard regional flyover. Major Meghan Smith gives us the flight plan. As broadcast July 1 2023 Bruce Newbury Show All About Vermont WVMT.
A lot of great beers are going to be tapped at the Vermont Brewers Festival starting July 21. To preview, I talked with Emma Arian, director, Vermont Brewers Association and Hannah Goldman, marketing and promotion manager. We got as far as revealing the beers - but tune in next week for that. As broadcast Saturday July 1 on Bruce Newbury Show WVMT All About Vermont
Now Playing - sounds like a movie doesn't it? We have a couple of stars for you - Stacy Riley and Drew Herrmann. They do some amazing things with Wagyu beef on their Vermont food truck. Follow them this summer and check out their story.
We had so much fun with Vermont Town Trivia we went to the authority - The 251 Club - named for the number of towns. Or "a number of towns." The number seems to move. Brenda Greika former director and board member has the number...or numbers...and another answer to the question about unique town names. As broadcast on The Bruce Newbury Show WVMT June 24 2023.
It's the kickoff of the Schoolyard Market at Hope and Main - Rhode Island's Graduate School of FoodiEconomy ! Foudner and President Lisa Raiola, Marketing Director Alison Mountford and Market Manager Jebeth Rubio. As broadcast on Food Dude Radio June 8-10, 2023.
The Bruce Newbury Show All About Vermont as broadcast LIVE from the A & W Restaurant, Middlebury, VT. With Ted Tomlinson, Anthony Neri, Vt Secretary of Ag, Food and Markets Anson Tebbetts, Raina, Logan, Martha and many more. From The Chrome Cube as broadcast on WVMT Burlington/Plattsburgh June 3, 2023.
From The Bruce Newbury Show - the inspiring story of Chip Piper who ran a marathon a day. What drives someone to such an undertaking? When you hear his story you will understand.
Show Season continues - we're at the Performance Food Group show in Burlington VT. It's called the Burlington Food-Centric Experience and it was all that and more. We talked and tasted with Jeff Turcotte from Boston Chowda and his amazing Stuffed Scallop; Azur Moulaert, Chief Tortilla Officer, Vermont Tortilla Company; and Sean Taberman of Klinger's Bread. Yummm! And you'll find out about Nixtamalization too.
Tracy Rose is a success story with her Town Line Grill food truck, found in Brandon, Vermont during the week and at many events every weekend.
Tracy had a great test kitchen - her own - cooking for her kids. We caught up with Tracy as she was setting up for a busy evening making lots of Vermonters happy.
Bruce Newbury Show Episode 2 - Executive Director of Vermont Symphony Orchestra on next week's Farewell Concert for Music Director Jaime Laredo and a peek at plans for this summer's tour. As broadcast live on WVMT AM/FM Bruce Newbury Show Saturday April 29 2023.
Bruce Newbury Show Episode 2 - Emily von Trapp did so much good with her tulips from von Trapp Flowers we had to have her on to tell the story. As broadcast live on WVMT AM/FM Saturday April 29 2023.
BN Show Episode 2 - Ted and Bruce talking yachting - would you have any Grey Poupon? With Ted Tomlinson of the Spanked Puppy.
A good Vermont story of winemaking and cidermaking getting together. Eleanor Leger, CEO of the combined Eden Specialty Cider and Shelburne Vineyards and Iapetus Wines talks about how much winemaking and cidermaking have in common and what the new company will bring to the enjoyment of both.
From my new Bruce Newbury Show - All About Vermont on WVMT AM/FM Burlington/Plattsburgh. On my first show, musician and arts administrator Josh Glassman and I talked about his new project - no less than a brand new music festival in Vermont. The Otter Creek Music Festival kicks off this July. There will be much more music on beautiful Lake Dunmore - my childhood summer home - this summer as well. Gotta love it.
Sauce is the Big Dog these days in the food world. Secret Sauce. Hot Sauce. Sauce On The Side. In New Hampshire, the big sauce is from the Big Dog - Dan Lloyd. Dan's Big Dog Sauce Company has been making friends from Colorado to the Granite State for years. He's got a Maple bbq sauce that makes even NH folks weep. And he will make you hungry just listening to how he describes the rest of his Big Dog Sauce creations. As broadcast on Food Dude Radio April 22 2023.
This has to be just about my favorite table. Back at the Waybury Inn with Chef Tony Petri and a taste of the Instant Summer that broke out in Vermont in April. Perfect timing to open the Terrace at the Inn and Tony is ready for a great season.
This is how we roll - the Private Dining Room at Castle Hill Inn just steps from Grace Kelly Beach in Newport, Rhode Island. Brenda Newbury graces our table - see what I did there - and we are treated to the Best Of the Castle Hill Inn Supper Club which has been so popular this spring 2023. With Executive Chef Andy Taur, Chef de Cuisine Jeremy Esterly and Food and Beverage Director Lou Rossi.
We spent a great week at the New England Food Show in Boston with Island Homemade Vermont Ice Cream. We made lots of friends and spread - scooped - the good word to over a thousand industry professionals and ice cream fans who came by. Here is a chat with Chef Paul from Chef Rubber who explained just why our ice cream is so good! Then, in fewer words, we put together two great Vermont tastes - Island Homemade Maple Bacon Ice Cream and Waffle Cabin's real Liege (Belgian) waffles. Yum!
Spring and Easter at Waybury Inn with Chef Tony Petri with a special invitation to come join the Waybury family. Also promotional announcement and radio spot as broadcast March 2023 on Food Dude Radio.
Direct from NEON Marketplace in Providence RI, we sit down with Lisa Ritacco, Category Manager; Ralph Izzi of Procaccianti Companies - NEON's parent; and Arik Keller, Founder and CEO and Lauren from Mable, a new and unique distributor. We taste some bright new snacks and talk about how amazing tastes keep finding their way to NEON Marketplace.
It was Sunkist Citrus Day and we had Brandi Milloy on to talk about some tastes of spring with her recipes. An amazing chat - listen to how your Food Dude makes the recipe creator hungry for her own recipe!
Chef David Burke recently cut the ribbon on his brand new Double Barrel Steak By David Burke in the exclusive Preserve Club in Richmond RI. At Opening Night festivities, your Food Dude had the chance to chat with Chef. After enjoying David Burke Prime at nearby Foxwoods, it was good to compare notes and Chef appreciated it too. But what is an Ocean Steak? As broadcast on Food Dude Radio March 4, 2023.
The 2023 Big Cheese Challenge Mac and Cheese Cookoff at The Spanked Puppy Family Restaurant in Colchester, Vermont. Play-by-play as thirteen home cooks vie for the Championship as decided by a panel of distinguished judges -and- the hard-fought People's Choice. Can one mac-and-cheese win both? Find out during the battle for prizes including $75 in certificates from Cabot Creamery plus medals, awards, bragging rights and a spot on the Spanked Puppy menu!! Thanks to Iron Wolf Wines, New Horizons and WVMT 620 / 96.3.
We could call this episode Taco Radio but we talk about getting in shape too so maybe we can call this one Top Taco Top Shape Radio. Chef Andy Pyle from OZ Tacos Tequila and Xaco Taco in Providence, RI talks tacos with Bruce. He's doing a Two Dollar Taco Frenzy on Jan 31. Then, get some getting in shape secrets from Dr. Donald Hensrud and Ms. Donna Boerger from the Mayo Clinic Weight Loss Program. As broadcast on Food Dude Radio Saturday Jan 21 2023.
No reservations required and put your Benjamins away. You're Dining Out with Bruce Newbury. Join me at the table at the amazing Waybury Inn in Middlebury, Vermont with new chef Tony Petri. We're tasting a couple of new menu additions - Pomegranate glazed salmon atop celeriac mash alongside confit fennel and celery and grape salad w pine nuts and Chicken harissa – airline breast over red harissa aioli sauce w fresco peppers and Middle Eastern spices and a crust of Mediterranean spices w sesame and sumac cumin coriander and thyme over pearled couscous pineapple chutney topped w grilled carrots. As Chef Tony says a few minutes in, "That's gonna be a good bite!" You'll agree starting in early February when these items and others appear on the Inn's dinner menu. (But don't wait to make your rezzies for Valentine's Day!)
You know how I feel about coffee. When I find exceptional coffee, I have to share. And a great story to go along with it. Meet Bob Kenerson, roast master and proprietor of Lighthouse Coffee Roasters and Cafe in North Kingstown RI. Better yet, stop in for a cup. I like the Castle Hill. That's only one of many varieties including real espresso and coffee drinks and good food too.
One of the hottest food stories of 2022 has to be about NEON Marketplace in New England. NEON took the idea of elevating convenience dining and is riding that elevator to the top. Bruce has been following the story from the start and welcomed Brand Manager Bahjat Shariff and Food Development Manager Elise Babey to his studio just before the holidays and they showed up with eats and treats and an exciting plan!
Sounds like daytime TV (or an SNL skit goofing on daytime TV). It is two fave celeb chefs and food personalities. Jamie Gwen from LA who is a regular on Food Dude Radio and always has amazing recipes and ideas. And Melissa Clark from NY Times Cooking who brought it for the holidays with porchetta and potato latkes. As broadcast on Food Dude Radio in December of 2022.
Our annual Stuff The Sprinter holiday drive with VITI of Tiverton for Santa's workshop at the MLK Center in Newport (RI). As broadcast on Dec 10 2022 with Heather Strout of the MLK Center, Dr Jonathan Sabourin of Coastal Foot and Ankle, James Gray and Jeff Gray of VITI of Tiverton.
We all know that the most amazing food experiences are unexpected. Us foodies expect the unexpected. Here we go. First, Amazing fried chicken sandwich and much more at Pioneer Lakeside Cafe in Malletts Bay, Vermont on Lake Champlain run by a lovely couple, Lindsay and Jean-Luc Metecat who are the real deal complete with a chef story to tell. Then, Amazing fried chicken sandwich #2 at Neon Marketplace - complete with gas pumps and trendy electric vehicle charging stations out front. Fave line by Food Development Queen Elise Babey: "The sauce is scorching hot but at the same time you can't stop eating it!" Oh yes - and they have Pat LaFreida burgers. That's right. Enjoy.
Or.."Even The Bumble Wouldn't Pass Up Deer Meat!" So what if we held a Chili Cook-off on the first day of deer season? Well, we did. Kinda forgot, kinda thought it might actually bring in everyone who stayed home from deer camp. We got both! Hunter pulls in with his bagged 193-pound full rack buck in the back of the pickup, and the winner was Hunter's Chili with a secret ingredient. Cabot Creamery and Island Homemade Vermont Ice Cream made it all possible with celebrity judges from WVMT NewsTalk Radio and our host the incredible Spanked Puppy in Colchester VT headed up by Ted and Kristine Tomlinsen. As broadcast Nov 12 2022.
Wherever you go in Vermont, you can find AMAZING beer. The Vermont Brewers Association has made it easy and organized to discover and enjoy craft beers and great food. After all, everything tastes better in Vermont, right? Emma Arian of Vermont Brewers Association is our guide on the Burlington Beer Trail and wait 'til you hear what you can win! As broadcast on Food Dude Radio WVMT Nov 19 and Dec 3 2022.
It is pie season to be sure. So...which pie is the top crust (is that even a thing?). We took a different route with the help of our friends at NEON Marketplace who took the best parts of the pie and spun them into milkshakes! Which would you choose? Food scientist Elise Babey and Food Dude Bruce discussed at a menu rollout this fall at the all new NEON Marketplace in Seekonk, Mass.
It's Demo Day on steroids! Dave's Marketplace places food makers from Rhode Island and New England in a couple select stores to sample their specialties. The doors open and the magic happens. Listen to a dozen choice local food creators from BBQ to popcorn to donut cakes as Bruce and Ben - Food Dude and Son - eat their way through Dave's Marketplace in East Greenwich RI on October 16, 2022. Interviews with Troino's Italian Stuffed Peppers, The Food Shack, Granny Squibb's, Rhed's Sauces and Salsa, Inpopnito Popcorn, Smoke & Squeal BBQ, RI Guys Donut Cakes, Laluna Kombucha, Bee Well Honey, Newport Chowder Company and Ocean's Balance.
In 2014, Chef Sean Sherman opened The Sioux Chef in Minneapolis/Saint Paul. winner of several James Beard awards for his cookbook and his Indigenous restaurant Owamni in Minneapolis, spoke in October at the URI Honors Colloquium and chatted with Bruce about his and our heritage.
Sponsored by Cabot. We finally made it back to The Big E. And like thousands of visitors, we ate our way through the Fair. With the help of some friends. Listen for Mo Frenier from The Big E; Nicole Fletcher from the Fletcher Farm in Massachusetts-a Cabot farmer; Ron from Mother Myrick's Confectionery in Manchester, Vermont; Sean Maloney from 13 Stars Hot Sauce of Rhode Island; Bob's BBQ; and Food Dude and Son with Ben Newbury out on the Food Court where we took on Chompers, Hot Wings and the Giant Cream Puff. All sponsored by Cabot.
Steve DeLuca of Foodlove with Food Dude Bruce Newbury as broadcast from the Newport (RI) International Boat Show Sept 16 2022
Rich Palizzolo interview as broadcast with Food Dude Bruce Newbury at Newport International Boat Show Sept 16 2022
Mitch Belanger, Special Projects Manager interview with Food Dude Bruce Newbury as broadcast WADK AM/FM at the Newport International Boat Show
Labor Day, the official unofficial end of summer and all that. What a way to wrap it up with Food Trucks and Sundaes on Sunday of Labor Day Weekend at The Sacred Cow Scoop Shop and Market at Munroe Dairy in East Providence, RI with seven food trucks and a few hundred friends.
Business of Greater Newport Sept 8 2022 from Innovate Newport
This week’s host is Business Outreach Specialist, Isabel Marsh.
Guests:
Susan Breen, Member Relations and Allison Ebner, Director of Member Services
from the Employers Association of the NorthEast, discussing employee retention strategies for small business owners
Business of the Week sponsored by Humphreys Bldg Supply:
Kurt Edenbach, Vice President, Memorial Funeral Home.
So it turns out that chef-owner Christopher Bender is known as ... Bender. I may be late to this party in fact, but anyway, here is the sound of a great Newport opening party for Christopher - i mean Bender's and Dave Crowell's new Chart House Inn with fabulous leading lady, Nicole Canning!
It's always fun to sit down with my friend Lou Perella. Sometimes we have specific topics and other times like this one we just let the tape roll - it's really an mp3 - and see where it takes us. There's a Chef's Secret embedded here about Lou's meatballs. That led to a reveal about our friend Robert Irvine and Restaurant Impossible and ... well, just give a listen. You'll enjoy it.
Your Food Dude is most often asked, "What is your most memorable meal?" That is, next to, "why don't you weigh 400 lbs?" The memorable meal answer has an easy first part. It is always, "That time my wife Brenda and I..." After that there are many choices. Chef's tables, special places, occasions, on and on. So I asked Ted Tomlinsen, proprietor of the one and only Spanked Puppy in Colchester, Vermont. He started the conversation with two memorable meals and the convo is still going on! With special guest appearance by Griff!!
So your Food Dude has been bringing you the "scoop" for over twenty-five years. This summer, we're literally bringing you the scoop on our Island Homemade Ice Cream Summer Scoop Tour. Here is the sound of us making lots of friends on a perfect July afternoon in the heart of the Green Mountains in Rochester, Vermont.
Bramble, in Essex, Vt is a new restaurant built on the vision of its two chef-owner partners, Shawn Hyer and Colleen Hunt, who literally cooked their way from Vermont across the country and back again. They are all about sharing plates, stories, and their vision on a recent jam-packed Monday night.
East Middlebury, in Addison County, has long been known as the “land of milk and honey.” Everything grows here. So it is not surprising that chefs grow here too. The Waybury Inn has had one head chef for the last four or five decades - Donna Siebert - and she grew up across the street. What is remarkable is that Incoming Head Chef Tony Petri literally grew up next door, learned to cook and made his way to the Waybury. Here they are talking about food, culinary and the Waybury Inn.
So the Island Homemade Ice Cream team and I are out to get everybody to taste our Made In Vermont amazing Homemade Ice Cream, Sorbet and Ice Cream Pies - one scoop at a time. The Summer Scoop Tour made our first stop of the season at Sam Mazza's Farm Market in Colchester (VT) on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Maura scooped, the Head Scoop Bob was on hand and I had a chance to talk to some ice cream friends - some new, some tried and true. And for my WVMT fam - listen all the way to the end for a nugget just for you!
Burlington (VT) Wine & Food came back with a roar the weekend of June 25, 2022. With celebrity chefs and thousands of wine and food fans and a spectacular summer day on Lake Champlain, it was a smashing success. Come along with Food Dude Bruce Newbury as he asks almost obsessively "What's In Your Glass?" with celeb chefs Brian Duffy, Nick Liberato and Kev D .
BTV Wine and Food is almost here. Here is another of the great restos who will be there pairing amazing food with the greatest wines in the world. Meet Shawn Hyer who with his wife Colleen have put BRAMBLE on the map in Essex Vt. Can't wait to try Colleen's specialty at the Festival Saturday the 25th at HULA Lakeside. When you hear it, you'll be in line..behind me...but if you ask I will let you cut...
Someone just said Bruce could charge $3.99 a minute to talk about food. Pretty good but our first guest has it going on too - listen to Elise talk about the new pizza at NEON in Rhode Island - but beware - it's dangerous if you're hungry! Then it's Shawn Hyer from Bramble in Essex VT to talk Burlington Wine & Food, the famous V Smiley from Minifactory in Bristol VT and Bruce, Ted Tomlinsen and Anthony Neri and Karen hanging out on a Sunday afternoon Outback at the Spanked Puppy in Colchester VT.
The Sold Out Burlington Wine & Food is coming soon. [Wine and] Food Dude Bruce talks to Tony O'Rourke of Iron Wolf Wines and Celebrity Chef Kevin des Chenes about the big return of the Festival!
Meet two of the leading Bakemasters - as in Clambake - in Rhode Island and maybe the world. Captain Vinny of the Warren (RI) Fire Brigades has been putting on clambakes at the local firehouses for decades. Similar to the super-secret chili recipes firehouses are famous for all over the nation, in our part of New England its the clambake secrets - what kind of sausage goes with that seafood, how long are the fires burning, which gets put first on the hot rocks that do the cooking, and how many games of horseshoes and how much beer will we need before the whole thing is ready! Capt Vinny says if you ask ten bakemasters you will get ten answers and they will all be absolutely right! So we asked legendary Newport (RI) bakemaster T.R. McGrath who goes back generations for some of his secrets. Listen and try to find out who puts on the ultimate clambake.
Back at it for 2022 - Burlington (VT) Wine and Food at HULA Lakeside - what is it and how can I go? Tracy and Mike Stolese have the details. Then we are off to Pauline's Cafe in South Burlington with David Hoene and Backyard Bistro with Adam Spell.
What happens when you have a Chili Cook-Off and Summer breaks out! It happened in May in Vermont. Thanks to some intrepid Chili chefs, amazing Cabot Creamery Cheese and Sour Cream and Island Homemade Ice Cream to cool us down, it was fantastic. With Ted Tomlinsen, Anthony Neri, Maura Fitzgerald and the crew from the Spanked Puppy in Colchester, Vermont.
A Food Dude interview collection from this Spring in Vermont including Chef Robert Smith III at Starry Night Cafe, Ferrisburgh (a native); Lynn and Jim Williams at Back Door Bread in Charlotte; Peter Creyf of Waffle Cabin who visited us at Waybury Inn, Middlebury; and Matt Bonoma at Vermont Cookie Love in North Ferrisburgh.
Back to The Show - the Food Shows that is. From the New England Food Show in Boston and the Hope & Main/Farm Fresh RI Food Hub Marketplace Show in Providence, it's food talk in person! In order of appearance, we talk with Maureen Maloney of Sacred Cow Granola, Sanjiv Dhar of Flavorfied, Sean Kontos and Ainsley McStay of Harvest Kitchen, Peter Kelly of Anchor Toffee, Mark Snyder of Ital-Crust, Kari Udderly of Beef Advisory Council and Steve Persson of The Nordic, all recorded on site April 3 and April 5, 2022.
Chef and restaurateur Christopher Bender raising the bar on the Newport RI dining scene with a Game Dinner, a Wagyu Dinner and an entry into the Newport Burger Bender. Listen to how Stoneacre is back in a big way.
So a snowstorm, a penguin and a leprechaun walk into a bar....This was our day on Saturday March 12. The Lake Champlain Penguin Plunge was going on in the midst of a blizzard. Meanwhile, the Newport St Patricks Day Parade was stepping off through the puddles of Newport RI. Food Dude Radio kept on with timeshifted radio broadcast time and the vagaries of weather, computers and stuff. Luckily for you, there's On Demand so here you go. Thanks and "what do we say and believe? Don't Forget To Try The House Dressing!"
The celebration of the Lunar New Year is here. This is the Year of the Tiger. The New Year begins always with meaningful foods symbolizing prosperity, good health and good luck. We interview chefs from Castle Hill Inn - Andy Taur and Stoneacre Garden - Christopher Bender about their Chinese New Year menus.
When Taylor Swift is your neighbor, you have to keep up appearances. You never know who might be dropping in to visit. When you're a luxury resort oceanfront hotel resort and spa, the sky's the limit. So it is at the Ocean House in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. In the winter, life is not so much a beach as it is Apres-Ski. How do you turn a beach resort in Rhode Island into a ski resort in the French Alps? Bring in a few ski gondolas, uncork some Champagne and arrange for a blizzard, of course. Not sure how they fixed up the blizzard, but we had a great time in our gondola with some good food. Give a listen.
Some sizzle, some crunch, very classy and some great food and cocktails. Pretty good way to start off the New Year, wouldn't you say? We were at 10 Prime Steak and Sushi in Providence RI for some holiday festivities with the new President of Chow Fun Food Group, Harrison Elkhay, Chef Brittany Muggle, and Resident Mixologist Wilkie. You'll hear it all from the mixing to the sizzle. Enjoy!
Cookies are to Christmas as pie is to Thanksgiving, don't you think? We have a kind of virtual cookie exchange going on here. First up, we will speak with Matt Bonoma at Vermont Cookie Love about some of his amazing cookies including some he hasn't made yet! Next its off to Newport RI by way of France with baker Xavier Mauprivez of The French Confection for macarons and a Buche de Noel!
It's David Crowell proprietor of Stoneacre with a preview of the exciting Truffle Dinner on Dec. 4 to accompany the showing of the film The Truffle Hunters at the Jane Pickens Theater in Newport with dinner to follow at the Stoneacre!
Sums up the food part of Thanksgiving, don't you think? Except for the turkey. That's where Celebrity Chef Jamie Gwen comes in. Jamie talks about her favorite way to roast the bird, and sides and what to feed everyone when they first come in the door hungry and dinner is two hours away! Then we will visit with Gail at Greg's Market in Middlebury VT to unpack the Thanksgiving feed you can still pick up - and Gail unveils the December Pack - it's a "pantry filler" or a great gift.
And radio nerds - there's a little something something for you at about 20:20!
Today we are talking with Chef/Author Michael Ruhlman. His book, “From Scratch” could be the title of his biography. He came by his position from the ground up.Ruhlman is best known for writing about food, chefs and the work of professional cooking. He is also the author of nine non-fiction books and a collection of novellas, and is the co-author with various chefs including Thomas Keller of ten other cookbooks. Ruhlman visited JWU’s Providence Campus in early October to talk with culinary students about his latest book, the full title of which is, “From Scratch: 10 Meals, 175 Recipes, and Dozens of Techniques You Will Use Over and Over.” We agree, it's always great to be on campus with the culinary kids!
See what I did...make that Xee what I did there! We're at Xaco Taco in Providence RI. It's El Dia de la Muerta - Day of the Dead - sometimes known as Halloween. Let's dress up and hang with Seth the bar manager who is mixing up a Mezcal-based cocktail for the occasion known as The Black and Orange. (Hey those were my high school colors!) A little Citron mezcal, some pineapple, a rim of black salt around the glass and Trick or Treat! Perfect with a couple Birria Tacos and Tres Leches cake from Chef Andy!
Food Dude Visits OZ. OZ Tacos Tequila in Lincoln RI is another unique concept from Maestro John Elkhay who envisioned "an ideal or fantastical place" with "an amicable blend of foolishness, innocence and freshness, where Tacos Without Borders are served." So what are Tacos without Borders? The best way to tell is to read the handwriting on the wall in the OZ dining room: "Toto, we're not in Mexico anymore!"
The Food Dude Visits The Farm and makes some great friends. How Now Brown Cow was 3 days old here - a week ago - and her sister is about a month old. Cabot Creamery Co-operative has a great partner here at Liberty Hill Farm in Rochester VT. Makes it extra good when you pick up Cabot Cheddar at Dave's Marketplace. WADK 1540AM now on 101.1 FM and Newstalk WVMT
By the bubbling brook With Ted Tomlinsen at The Spanked Puppy in Colchester Vermont - when you can snatch the Lobster Roll from my hand, grasshopper. ..just checking to see if anybody reads this.
Every taste is a memory but sometimes you have to go back to where it all began. For me it was the A & W Drive-In on Route 7 in Middlebury, Vermont. It was great to sit at the same picnic table looking out onto the Green Mountains and talk to Anthony Neri about how retro is cool. Then its off to the Outback at the Spanked Puppy in Colchester with Ted, Chef Tim and Bernie The Spice Guy for some spicy secrets!
Which we could call every episode. This one has it all. People you would like to meet and talk to, food you would love to eat and to find and - well, fun just follows the Food Dude around! So, in order, here are: Stephanie from Rochester Cafe and Country Store on Route 100 in Rochester, VT; Ted Tomlinsen from The Spanked Puppy in Colchester VT; and Ben Newbury and me at The Meltdown in Barre VT.
Poutine. It's not just comfort food. It's a way of life. And it has taken its place on many menus in Rhode Island. How did this Quebecois invasion take place? Deliciously. It's so mainstream, it has its own food competition - The Poutine Indulgence to benefit the Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Ecouter, mes amis. Allons!
Back in the Jurassic era of podcasts - 10 years ago - Bruce had a podcast. Back then, there were actual food events too. One was known as "The Woodstock Festival Of Meat." It was called Meatopia. What a time it was. Let's go back to a 105-degree summer weekend and partake of "Meat In The Heat". Its a podcast of a podcast and it sounds like a good time.
So we are sending this one out to Food Dude Pod Fan Maggie at the Scoop Shop in East Providence. Which works because that's where we begin with Maureen Maloney from Sacred Cow Granola. Then its off to KNEAD Doughnuts in Rhode Island for another Walk - Talk - Taste with Brit Decosta. Radio nerd friends - listen all the way to the end! Brought to you by Gaspar's - the Portuguese sausage the whole world can enjoy!
Everyone else is saying Bob Burke's Pot au Feu restaurant came in second in the Small Business Big Wins sweepstakes. But that wins a Silver Medal, right? So let's hang that medal where it belongs and take a Victory Lap. After the year we have put in, we deserve it and no one more than Bob and his crew. Here's the setup and the votegetting followed by the victory lap and an impassioned wish for all restaurants and all of us too. Enjoy and best wishes Bob and all of us.
OK, I clickbaited you. The premise is that I, your old dj, will talk over anything like they used to on AM radio - EXCEPT for the piece of music that leads off this episode. You will LOVE the interview with Amy Goodson from the Beef Association ( It's What's For Dinner - Dun Dun Dun!) and the most beautiful Prime Rib Roast your mind can picture. Then Ted Tomlinson from the Spanked Puppy in Colchester VT and I drop every celebrity chef's name as we talk tiramisu, eggnog and biscotti, interrupted by my Walk N Taste with Maureen Maloney at her Sacred Cow Granola/Munroe Dairy Pop-Up Market and Ice Cream Scoop Shop. There is a lot packed inside this episode. Enjoy. And leave listener comments at this link:
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C'est what? It's the annual wine funfest from France known as the New Beaujolais Arrival - Le Beaujolais Nouveau c'est arrivee! It is a food journey, a wine journey and a literal journey and it takes place every Third Thursday of November by French law. One of the authorities on how to enjoy it is Bob Burke, our friend and restaurateur at Providence's Pot au Feu Bistro. He knows the history and how best to celebrate this fun food tradition. We will stop first at KNEAD Doughnuts to taste some amazing pastry creations and give you a gift idea from Gaspar's Linguica. Allons!
Your Food Dude got invited to the beautiful Waybury Inn in East Middlebury, Vermont to a pancake breakfast. The guests were friends of the Inn. The breakfast turned into a lovefest. Everyone wanted to say how much the Waybury meant to them this spring and summer like no other. And innkeeper Joe Sutton and his staff - Adam, Amy, Brie, Chrissy, Donna, and Robert - wanted to give the guests an amazing experience as they always do. And I got to listen to some special friends of the Inn say how much they loved it. Enjoy. For best results, check out the slideshow from the breakfast on the Waybury Inn Facebook page.
Right? Didn't you think about it? There are some nice people in Barre VT who are living the dream and they opened in the midst of the pandemic. Follow your dreams. Donna and Diane from The Meltdown are up first. Then, Chef Ed Bolus and General Manager Kate Turner light it up from downtown at Providence's famed Mill's Tavern.
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That really ties it all together - and Lou Perella says it best. (I used to talk like that too.) The restaurant community is getting anxious - you and I have to let them know we want them to stay open any way we can have them. If it means eating outside with a blanket next to a heater, bring it on. Sol Bayer-Pacht from Farmers & Foragers talks about scallops, his famous Vermont Philly Cheese Steak and where we can find it this fall (still at the Marina through Oct). Rick Simone from Federal Hill has good news about Al Fresco On The Hill - and Lou Perella is at his pasta machine with delicious fall creations. Enjoy. And don't stay away!!
Ted Karousos asking the musical question. Ted's Blue Plate Diner is getting it done these days but that 's not what he wants to talk about. He gets it said for the restaurant biz these days. Then, Master Sommelier Michael Meagher shows his expertise at the Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival. Then two Ice Cream Scientists create some boozy milkshakes that yes we do really need. And listen all the way to the end for a radio geekgasm.
Prepare to eat like a local. The creator of the famous Cream of Garlic Soup, chef/restaurateur Doug Mack at Mary's at Baldwin Creek in Bristol VT. Then on our way to Canteen Creemee Company in Waitsfield to chat with Charlie Menard, there's a little something for my fellow radio nerds at the 19:28 mark. Call it a little mashup. Enjoy it all.
It's a thing as we will find out from Rooted In Vermont's Shane Rogers talking about Open Farm Week. Also Matthew MacCartney at the Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival which is happening! And there's a new Dave's Marketplace store in the midst of all this pandemic stuff which I have a thought or two on. So leave me a message, let me hear from you - just click the link below.
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Ted Karousos is back at the Blue Plate Diner with important things to say about the current state of the restaurant business, the coronavirus and how we feel about both those things. Then as a special treat, my chat with Peter Noone, "Herman" of Herman's Hermits before his recent concert at Misquamicut, Rhode Island (wait til you hear the pride of Manchester, England try that one!)
I'm right there with the bedsheets, the razors and the "supplements." I actually do have a legit promo code to save you $10 with our new friends at New England Country Mart on some amazing foods. You will meet Elyssa and Jeff from NECM who have a success story to tell. Also today our friend Lou Perella in the kitchen at Perella's Ristorante in Rhode Island and you know we won't be far from the farm. Then we're off to SoCal with celeb chef and food personality Jamie Gwen to check in on the restaurant struggles out there. And we have to have a word about a not-so-nice side of some people at some restaurants back East.
Ok, spoiler alert - the answer is GAZPACHO. Travel to the amazing new Black Flannel Brewing Company in Essex VT by way of the Bennington Farmers Market where hops are an important ingredient but not in the way you may think. Then it's off to Block Island RI to catch a restaurateur doing good at Ballard's. And we wind up on Federal Hill in Providence with the unofficial Mayor of the Hill and a summer dining success story in this summer like no other.
It's a double Ted Talk! Ted Karousos from the Blue Plate Diner in Newport Rhode Island talks about an aspect of restaurant dining we never thought about before it was taken away from us. Then Ted Tomlinsen at the Spanked Puppy in Colchester VT talks Lobster Rolls in this summer like no other. And a word about Gaspar's Linguica on the grill too.
Sounds like some kind of mindfulness exercise doesn't it? Nope, it's all food. Shane Rogers of Rooted In Vermont and Vermont Farm to Plate joins me to talk about amazing local food and where to find it all around the state. Then our fave Granola girl Maureen Maloney with some breaking granola news about something we can all enjoy later this summer. Enjoy.
Let's try this and see if we can get some True Crime people to wander over here. This is a food podcast and it is delicious. We talk to Charlie Menard from Canteen Creemee Company in Vermont. Two kinds of people in this world: Those who know what a creemee is and those who don't. Before that it's Brianna from Waybury Inn where we all want to go.
Some in the food world - those who write and speak and show food in media - are saying food is politics and especially at this time there should be a statement made by the food and foodservice industry. I have one here based on twenty-five years of broadcasting and writing about food, chefs, creators and restaurateurs. Give it a listen.
We go from Vermont to Washington DC by way of the Napa Valley with Thomas Keller and back to Vermont again. It's the first weekend of Outdoor Dining after the great pandemic lockdown. Our designer Erika Pearson talks about reimagining your space and one from the archives with Emeril Lagasse from 2011. We talk about his (then) new book and a visit to the Gaspar's factory in New Bedford. The cows? They live in Vermont of course. Friends of a friend of ours and yours. Enjoy. Like us in a review. And leave us a voice message. https://anchor.fm/food-dude-bruce-newbury/message
The Future of Hotel Travel - quite likely our future. Bruce and Professor Katie Davin of the Hotel School of Hospitality, Johnson and Wales University, Providence RI in a two-part discussion of what might have to happen at the hotel we might stay in followed by a real-world report from a big-city hotel that proved Professor Katie right. From Bruce Newbury's radio broadcast live on WADK-AM and the Food Dude Network of AM/FM radio stations carrying the Taking Out with Bruce Newbury show, formerly Dining Out with Bruce.
How solid is the food scene in Providence Rhode Island? In the midst of all "this" that we are all going through all over the world, a NEW restaurant opens. Brand new. And it's doing well. Why now? Why not. Listen to Patti Burton one of the owners of PB Bistro and Bar in East Greenwich Rhode Island and listen to Bruce tell her story. The cheese scene on the other hand..not so much. Here's the Cheese of the Week - Coupole from Vermont Creamery's goats. Then its off to Tipperary and a long-ago St Patrick's Day and more cheese with Sarah Furno of Cashel. As broadcast on Food Dude Radio - Taking Out with Bruce Newbury.
These days it is easy to only see the downside. But there are bright spots in the gloom and doom. They are where we are getting our food. Our food supply is our restaurants. That's why it was so seismic when they all closed. But guess what? We have discovered takeout in a big way. Restaurants are helping us again as we are helping them. Listen. Then order takeout. And tip. With Ted Tomlinsen who is at the Spanked Puppy in Vermont.
Restaurants are our food supply - yanked out from under us. Bruce talks with two Johnson & Wales University professors about what we might do in our own kitchens to fill the gap and why we feel so bad about our favorite places getting changed to takeout only. Some good comfort food ideas coming your way here.
Brianna Truax joins Bruce in the lobby of the Waybury Inn for a midwinter chat on a Bluebird day. As broadcast from The Waybury Inn, Middlebury Vt February 22 2020
So here we are at Dave's Marketplace in Wickford Rhode Island with Dave's Scratch Bakery Brownie Cheesecake and Aveyo Spoonable Avocado "Yogurt". Which will Father Jack go for? Sounds like a game of Clue or something but it all happened on the radio and you can hear it again right here.
On location at Food Dude's second home, The Waybury Inn in Vermont to preview a slopeside Elegant Mountain Dinner at the nearby Snow Bowl. And then its back to Rhode Island to sit down with Ted K at the Blue Plate to wipe away a tear for the Top of the Hub and other bygone restos. Then some learnin' with Professor Chef Branden Lewis from Johnson & Wales University - JWU - on their new degree in Sustainable Foods.
These iconic restos are closing and Ted K and Bruce are heartbroken. Plus the Big Game is here and the best part as always is the food - Bruce talks to Tech Chef George Duran. BTB Gaspar's Linguica and Chourico at the Blue Plate Diner and Dave's Marketplace in Rhode Island.
And the first hour of the first pod of the new decade in the Broadcast Bistro that the Food Dude built...We welcome a new radio affiliate, preview Providence (RI) Restaurant Week and talk EVOO with an authentic EVOO Taster - you can tell by his accent! As broadcast Saturday January 4, 2020.
Blue Plate Diner's Ted Karousos talks about trends for 2020 for Uber Eats, DoorDash and the rest. Bruce says don't underestimate the diner! Then Yankee Mag Food Editor Amy Traverso calls in about Christmas in Vermont and in Newport RI.
Kicking Off Christmas a week before Thanksgiving at the Country Christmas Loft in Shelburne, Vermont. With proprietor Steve, Steve from Aviation Deli, Kurt Wright from The Morning Drive on WVMT, Ben Newbury and the spirit of Christmas all around along with Montreal bagels from Myer's and cookies and pies from Sam Mazza's. As broadcast on WVMT November 23, 2019.
It's not really my inn - it's Bob Newhart's! It's not really his either, it just played it on TV - it's Joe and Tracey Sutton's Waybury Inn in Middlebury VT - but I get a big "Welcome Home" every time I stay there. And it did snow the week I came back just in time for Thanksgiving. Amy and Chef Donna and I talk about the best Thanksgiving dinner and Christmastime afterwards. That's about an hour and 30 minutes in. Before that, Thanksgiving wine pairings, food news, more Thanksgiving help and of course amazing food brought to you by the Tastiest Talk Show and by Gaspar's the Portuguese sausage the whole world can enjoy.
And what are we gonna eat in the year 2030? Ted Karousos has been doing some research. The Tastiest Talk Show is at the Local Taste Of RI Day at Dave's Marketplace, Smithfield Crossing. We talk to Lily Scott of Lily's Bone Broth, Christina McDonald from Gotham Greens and talk about Sacred Cow and Palm's Mojo Sauces. Also Chef George and his Air Fryer Turkey, more Thanksgiving help, the Question du Jour and Food Dude FB Poll and tons more good eats from Montauk to Montreal.
Record breaking food and a great time at The Spanked Puppy in Colchester, Vermont with Ted Tomlinson, Marcus Certa, Ben Newbury, Walt Palm and others on a brisk sunny fall Saturday. As broadcast on Food Dude Radio.
You know the "Third Place"? Do you have one? Did you know you have had one all your life? Ted Karousos and I talk about what it used to be called. Also the most recent Food Dude Dining Out with Bruce Newbury radio episode as broadcast from the counter of the Blue Plate Diner with Southern Vermont deli, chowder winners, Sacred Cow Granola, Cora and Patrick at their County Cork Irish Pub, the Question du Jour (and the answer) and much more amazing food.
Everything tastes better in Vermont. BBQ, Sweet Potato Coconut Curry Soup, Amazing Oats, Brisket Baked Potato, Cider Doughnuts And The Last Creemee of the Season. From Middlebury to Essex Junction to the Champlain Islands and from The Waybury Inn to the Spanked Puppy to Mark BBQ and beyond. This is my food footprint as broadcast live September 28, 2019 on WVMT and Food Dude Radio.
Ted and Bruce talk Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger. Then its off to the Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival with guests Trudy Coxe, Annie Copps, Chefs Robert Sisca and Terence Feury, wine expert Robin Kelley O'Connor, restaurateur Lou Perella and the sounds and tastes from the 2019 Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival as broadcast live Saturday September 21, 2019.
Bruce reveals Boston chef Robert Sisca' s "go-to" dish. Then a Ted Talk about what makes a Diner a Diner at the Blue Plate Diner, Chef George Duran with Tailgating 101 and then we are off to a real Rhode Island clambake with Bakemaster TR McGrath whose company is celebrating 50 years.
Food Dude Radio direct from the deck at Waybury Inn, Middlebury, Vermont - the exterior of Bob Newhart's inn in "Newhart." (You got the reference!) As broadcast August 24, 2019 with Brianna, Chef Donna, Innkeeper Joe Sutton and Marcus Certa from WVMT and a lot of amazing food.
What a great show as broadcast LIVE from the Iron Works in Warwick RI. And did we have food! Ben and I tore through that menu like the Kool-Aid Man and ate enough to look like him. Chef Joe Calderone did the cooking, General Manager Derek Emery was our host. Also, a chat with Tom Bivins at the Vermont Cheesemakers Festival and Alex Allen with some Summer Sippers from Allens Wine and Spirits. And Ben signs off to head for college. So dig in and don't forget to try the house dressing!
A great show from Iron Works in Warwick RI. And so much food! We busted through that menu like the Kool-Aid Man and ate enough that we should have looked like him! So great with Chef Joe Calderone and General Manager Derek Emery and Ben Newbury before he goes off to college! We visit with Tom Bivins at the Vermont Cheesemakers Festival and Alex Allen with Summer Sippers from Allens Wine and Spirits too.
How many of you are gonna get the reference? A great chat with Yankee Mag's Food Editor Amy Traverso, the highlight of the "hour" of Food Dude Radio-Dining Out with Bruce Newbury as broadcast on Saturday July 27 2019 from 1149 Restaurant in East Greenwich, Rhode Island
The Food Dude broadcasting on Moon Day with Tang Soft Serve, Lobster and much more from Dave's Marketplace in Rhode Island. Do you refrigerate your ketchup and mustard? What was James Beard's favorite fruit? What wine is best at a clambake? And Tang soft serve, really? With foodie friends, Ted Karousos, Alex Allen, and Lou Perella. As broadcast July 20, 2019
Summertime and the drinks are chilled and...the Uber Eats driver is on his way. It's the summer of 2019 and our deck or boat picnic may be delivered by an app-based service. And there will be a glitch or two. Luckily and keep a good thought that it is good luck for us that a clambake can't be brought by Uber Eats or any of the other delivery apps. So what wine goes with a clambake or at a cookout? With Alex Allen of Allen's Wine and Spirits and Ted Karousos. Brought to you by Gaspar's = the best on the grill!
The first show of summer with beautiful weather (at last) and great food adventures to have. The radio show live on June 22 with Ted Karousos, Alex Allen, Lou Perella, some great restos some new, some tried and true - and the Food Dude to describe it all and make us hungry! Sponsored by Gaspar's - great on the grill!
Remember Hollywood Bread? TAB? Bruce does. Ted does not but recalls some eating and diet habits from the past that maybe should be brought back. Sponsored by Gaspar's, the Portuguese sausage that is great on the grill!
The Food Dude in his native habitat - upon the radio! Thinking Person's Radio of course (also known as AM). We name the Oldest Restaurant in your state, taste wine, food, doughnuts and put some seriously tasty ideas for dining out in your foodie head. As broadcast live Saturday June 8 2019 on the Food Dude Radio Network heard from Montauk to Montreal. Enjoy!
Ted Karousos and I have a great discussion on the "chef redemption" story. Ted opens up about how and why he got into the business and has some thoughts on the whole "ex-bad boy chef but now I'm good" story that has become the flavor of the month. Sponsored by Gaspar's the Portuguese Sausage that the whole world can enjoy!
Ted Karousos answers those questions award-winning chefs get asked. We veer off into food trucks. Then Alex Allen and Bruce talk summer rose and what is an RTD? (Btw its very good!)
The Big Broadcast - live as it was served up Saturday from the Blue Plate Diner in Middletown RI with Ted Karousos, Janet Prensky, Kelley McShane, Elizabeth Beisel and Lou Perella.
The great Steve DiFillippo, founder of Davio's came to Rhode Island to visit the Food Dude and kick off Davio's authentic Italian Sausages now featured at Dave's Marketplace. Steve and Bruce talked about guests and being successful and sausage and being from Rhode Island!
A Mother's Day Shopping Stroll around Le's Isle Rose, Dave's Marketplace Floral, Basket and Gift Shop with Sue Bev and Bruce Newbury.
It all started at a Teacher Appreciation Breakfast at the Blue Plate Diner. Ted got to thinking about what teachers mean to us and who else teaches us. Then Cindi Bigelow, CEO of Bigelow Tea, talked about her successful company and some secrets to its success.
Music is the food of love, right? The Rhode Island Philharmonic rocks Providence with its 2018-19 season finale featuring Tschaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Bruce talks with the conductor, Alexander Mickelthwate pre-concert. As broadcast on WADK-AM Newport RI.
Sounding good and making you hungry on our second broadcast reaching from Montauk to Montreal! As broadcast on WVMT Burlington with Vt Resto Week, Food Trucks, James Beard award winning chef Edward Lee and a taste of Kentucky Bourbon.
Like bourbon? Like a race? Bourbon is connected in a big way to one race - the Kentucky Derby. But there is another race going on this weekend, the 5K Walk or Run for Children's Friend. Bruce talks to Stacy Couto about that one and with Alex Allen about the perfect mint julep and great bourbon whiskey.
Alex Allen talks about a couple of sparklers - Prosecco and Cremant - at Allens Wine and Spirits
Wine and beer merchant Alex Allen of Allen's Wine and Spirits spotlights this week's special - Carpene Malvolti Prosecco - and Alex and Bruce talk some local beer!
Take a first taste of the new Hill Market Cafe in the Hotel Viking featuring Stumptown Coffee with Henry Payne the F & B Dude then hop on the food truck with Eric Weiner of Foodtrucksin.com
Know the difference between corned beef, pastrami and Montreal smoked meat? The Food Dude knows.
Dave's Marketplace for St Patty's and St Joseph's - Waysider St Patty's - Allen's Wine and Spirits -Gaspar's Portuguese Sausage -
A St Patty's Day Throwback chat with Birgitta Curtin of Burren Smokehouse Salmon in County Clare!
Quahog Week, Newport Restaurant Week, Asparagus Fest and Shake Shack opening in RI - all in Bruce's 20/20 Food News -
RI Kitchen and Bath Remodeling Fair Next Week - Robert's Music Woodwind Fair and All-State Orchestra Concert and Dave's has
Fish and Chips
Bruce Newbury Radio Food Dude doing the podcast thing "live" at Dave's Marketplace East Greenwich -
Our Question du Jour - What Rhode Island Food Do You Have To Explain To Out of Towners?
Spotlight Spirit of the Week with Alex Allen at Allen's Wine and Spirits -
CAV/Most Beautiful Resto in RI - Dave's Marketplace for St Patty's and St Josephs! - Gaspar's Instead of Corned Beef? - Allen's Wine and Spirits -
Sardella's Throwback Thursdays and Waysider St Patty's Day Menus
Bruce Newbury Radio Food Dude doing the podcast thing "live" at Dave's Marketplace East Greenwich -
Our Question du Jour - What Rhode Island Food Do You Have To Explain To Out of Towners?
Throwback to St Patty's Day In Ireland with a Kerrygold Cheesemaker in Tipperary
Sardella's Throwback Thursdays and Waysider St Patty's Day Menus
More chefs, more music, more Chefs of the Orchestra and a little Star Wars on the side. Chef Lou Rossi, executive chef of Castle Hill Inn in Newport RI and Matt Koons, CHI's food and beverage director, each describe an amazing weekend at Castle Hill. You might say North is gonna meet South in your mouth. A Southern Soul Weekend with a top-flight dinner and a big-time brunch all with Southern style with two chefs from resorts in Georgia and Florida. There is much more to the story and Matt and Lou will tell it all. Then, its off to a galaxy far far away with the Star Wars score performed live by the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra while "Star Wars: A New Hope" plays on the big screen at PPAC! Conductor Lucas Richman swings a mean baton and Bruce and the maestro break it down.
We are wicked cultured with pianist Ran Dank - soloist with the Rhode Island Philharmonic. Then it's instant gratification as we give away tickets to his and the Phil's performance along with a Chapel Grille gift card at my Broadcast Bistro at Dave's Marketplace Quonset (RI). More good stuff with Joe Barone, restaurant personality and host at Chapel Grille and another Corner Booth chat with chef Lou Perella at Perella's Ristorante. Gaspar's Sausage too.
Valuable Valentine's Day Advice with Sue Bev and Sandy from Le's Isle Rose along with Lou Perella and his Italian deli slicer and Ted announces Uber Eats. Brought to you by Gaspar's Portuguese Sausage
Bruce and Ted at the Blue Plate Diner on the eve of the biggest food holiday of the year next to Thanksgiving and maybe just the biggest period. What rituals have we developed? What will the next generation do for a Big Game Party without cooking? And do the robots get to come to the party?
As broadcast at Dave's Marketplace, Wickford RI with Made Good Snacks and Granola including interview with founder of Made Good, Nima Fotovat
From The Blue Plate Diner - Ted puts on his Coach's hat and gives us all a pep talk to stay on our programs.
And Natalia too! Your Food Dude Dining Out at amazing CAV for Providence Restaurant Week and the premiere of the new season of The Zimmern List all about PVD! And we meet Natalia Paiva-Neves, proprietor of O Denis where Zimmern visited - stay tuned for future visits!
An annual tradition at Christmastime - strolling and shopping at Le's Isle Rose, Dave's Marketplace's gift and floral and legendary basket shop. Bruce is strolling this year with Sue Bevilacqua who you'll hear referred to as Bevvy by some of the Le's Isle elves they meet during their stroll. Enjoy!
Ted and Bruce start out talking about holiday food traditions and end up getting downright philosophical - and by the way under the influence of nothing more than a diner breakfast at the Blue Plate! Enjoy.
With Lou Perella in the kitchen at Perella's Ristorante and Foodie Friends of Bruce launching Blount Clam Shack Seafood Soups (Chowders) at Dave's Marketplace in Rhode Island
It's Thanksgiving and Ted says you gotta brine. There are guys from Italy and Spain who know more than you about EVOO. Mia Byrnes brought some touches of Vegas to the historic Wilcox Tavern in RI and let's go shopping with the girls at Le's Isle Rose in RI.
Thanksgiving Help and Wine Pairing - Decas Farms Cranberries - Chef Rob Andreozzi from the new SARTO restaurant - Lou Perella Back From Italy - Broadcast Bistro at DAVE'S Marketplace Smithfield (RI)
Monday Nov 5 - 9 AM to Noon - Bruce Newbury hosts candidates for local and statewide office at the Blue Plate Diner to chat about their issues and why they deserve votes. Candidates appearing: Jeanne-Marie Napolitano (Npt City Council), Lynn Ceglie (Npt City Council), Wick Rudd (Npt City Council), Amy Veri (State Senate 12), Justin McLaughlin (Npt City Council), Jim Dring (Npt City Council), Sandra Flowers (Npt School Cmte), Larry Fitzmorris (Ports Town Council), Jamie Bova (Npt City Council), Ray Gomes (Npt School Cmte), Marco Camacho (Npt City Council), Susan Taylor (Npt City Council), Ken Mendonca (State Rep 72)
On location at Dave's Marketplace Smithfield Crossing with select food artisans sampling their creations and telling their stories. From a refreshing drink to no-cheese cheese to pet treats you will want to eat - really! - and all made in Rhode Island the Foodie State!
Ted and Bruce talk sustainability literally from the inside out. This ain't about thinking you just saved the world cause you said no to a plastic straw...
Award show season is underway including the food world. Ted and Bruce talk about what kind of awards are most meaningful, the one question food award winners must ask and how long to celebrate.
Table manners being taught in college, the "soft skills" and can a robot get a job in a diner? Bruce and Ted talk about all of it and get wicked philosophical about the whole thing!
Chef Thinks Bruce is Casey Kasem! We're at PATiO At Jamestown FiSH on a great summer weekend in Rhode Island. Wine tasting and beer tasting advice from Cork N Brew, the Dave's Marketplace Taste of the Week, and is someone really going to win breakfast for a year at the Blue Plate Diner?
A Peekytoe Crab Roll, a little Rose and what kind of fries? Plus Chef Matthew MacCartney at PATiO At Jamestown FiSH in Rhode Island
The story of a special sausage-and-pepper sandwich with a Portuguese accent from chourico and how it made it to NYC. Plus a new wine-tasting series begins and more from Dave's Marketplace in famous Hoxsie, Rhode Island...a real place!
We were doing a radio broadcast and a podcast broke out! Ted and Bruce at the Blue Plate Diner counter over a Nitro Cold Brew iced coffee talking about what is American food
With Ted Karousos in the Podcast Booth at the Blue Plate Diner in Rhode Island talking "to-go". Episode July 1, 2018
Ted Karousos and Bruce and friend discuss the Sell By Date and return to their Farm to Table discussion
Ted and Bruce are getting Zen but sticking to food. Real, authentic, certifiable food with your Real, Authentic, Certifiable Food Dude(s).
Dr Kathy Rispoli from Specs Eye Care and Nicole Platt from Cooper Vision talk contact lenses and sailing and looking good by seeing well in the latest Vision of Newport County episode at the Volvo Ocean Race Village Newport
Ted Karousos knows the difference. Ted and Bruce talk about how NASA affects our food today and when you should stay home instead of dining out! From our booth at the Blue Plate Diner in Newport Rhode Island.
Bruce and Ted from the pro side of the table talking about what we know and don't know on the diner side of the table. Recorded at Blue Plate Diner, Middletown RI
Johnny Delgado - Seafood Buyer for Dave's Marketplace - he's like the fish whisperer! Bruce was at Dave's in East Greenwich RI with John and some excellent ideas, recipes and tips on preparing great Rhode Island seafood.
Food Dude Bruce Newbury talks to Newport chef Simone Ferrara and restaurateurs Carly and Sean Smith of 15 Point Road for Newport Restaurant Week. More minestrone from Perella's and Gaspar's Linguica, Dave's Coffee and the Blue Plate Diner all from the Dave's Marketplace Broadcast Bistro.
The very first episode of the Food Dude Bruce Newbury Podcast! With Bruce and Lou Perella, a bowl of Minestrone, Buffalo Meatballs, Beet Ravioli and more. The Dave's Marketplace Broadcast Bistro is at Perella's Ristorante in Warren, RI