there. (REAL hamburgers weren’t gray and covered in slime.) I grew up loving veggies and meats and anything else my mom put in front of me. We also spent a ton of time in Maine and Rhode Island clamming and crabbing and...

I don’t know if it sells food, as I’m pretty sure I haven’t yet been there. But I’ll find out tomorrow – and yes, it’s the Rhode Island Antique Mall right off of 95 South –...

we also have oyster dressing in Rhode Island sometimes. more east coast.

I was a kid in Rhode Island. Barbecue meant hot dogs and hamburgers. Maybe “barbecued chicken” (chicken slathered with barbecue sauce from the jar.) We had no idea what real barbecue was. Also, we kept kosher at home,...

.Henry on North Clark street for great breakfast. Huey’s Hot Dog’s for great burgers and dog’s. Nice family run place. Evanston is just up the road so venture north for a ton of choices; EVANSTON RESTUARANTS BELOW:...

bought it at Goldencrust bakery,and it is ok,but i know a lady from the island that has fixed it for me several times,and i must say it is wonderful stuff ,i hope this helps,and i hope y’all enjoy your stay!

Tim Horton’s has a few outposts in Rhode Island so I recently tried a few and they were among the worst donuts I’ve ever had. Sandwiches were decent and it was a nice change to get food on an actual ceramic plate.

or northern Rhode Island), which is a subtle but important distinction. The best supermarket in the world will never be worth a 90-minute drive one way. (Incidentally, I wasn’t aware that I was 21, single and childless, or...

Rhode Island is crammed with local foods – it’s possibly one of the concentrated localized food areas in the US in that regard. Jonnycakes, coffee milk, iced coffee (born in RI), stuffies, cabinets, Del’s...

This isn’t going to mean anything to anybody who didn’t grow up in Hawai’i a looooong time ago, but for me it was Napua Stevens. She was the face of Island cooking then, and a gracious face it was.

I don’t know where you live. But, as someone who lived in California for a number of years, and lunched almost daily on Mexican food, I can say that it is difficult to find good, authentic Mexican food in New England. There...

the 101 freeway, which is your route to Berkeley from the airport anyway. Also a new Whole Foods in that neighborhood with a huge hot food area at 450 Rhode Island, open until 10 PM with a big parking ramp. If you can bear to go...

's a fertilized egg). The color of the breed of chicken determines the color of the egg, as in Rhode Island Red hens produce brown eggs. Branded vs. unbranded chicken may or may not be the same. If you’re buying an organic,...

pizzerias in the city: Pernicano’s pizza. And I understand pizza was available in Rhode Island when we lived there in 1951. I just never had any.

Clam chowder and in fact all the chowders. (Jasper White has a great chowder cookbook.) And, since there are regional differences in this food, New England, Manhattan, and the clear Narragansett Indian version in Rhode Island,...