Food Dude Bruce Newbury

A couple of times a year, Dave's Fresh Marketplace in RhodeIsland opens its stores to a select group of food makers and taste creators to give them an opportunity to hop off the shelf and give Dave’s guests a taste of something very special. It could be a new creation or a great tradition. Join me at Dave’s Smithfield Crossing store for the Fall 2026 Dave’s Local Tasting Weekend with Narragansett Creamery, Daniele Charcuterie, M’s Bakery Café, Aquidneck Honey, Hillside Harvest, Harbor Sweets, Catanzaro’s Italian biscuits,Doro meal kits and Good Mood kombucha.

We're off to Barkeaters Restaurant in Shelburne, Vermont. This week David and Julie's specials menu theme is Vermont Community Cookbooks, featuring recipes found in the pages of local cookbooks they've picked up during their travels around the state. It takes a community, maybe a few communities to come up with creations like this. Enjoy!

Who are Larry, Darryl and Darryl? They were three characters- and if you know you know - Characters - in "Newhart" in which The Waybury Inn had a closeup every week. They also are our herd of antlered friends who look down on us every night in the Pub at the Waybury. Now that you know, enjoy Chef Antonio and I as we chat about the upcoming Ghostly Gallop and Sunday Brunch on November 1st! P.S. - You can wear Larry, Darryl and Darryl on our Waybury hoodies. Call us or stop in for details and try one on.

Don't recall seeing any of the Real Housewives actually eating an apple. We know the Real Housewives of Rhode Island eat the local delicacy, Pizza Chips. This fall, thousands of fairgoers at the Big E fair got to indulge at the Rhode Island Building. Mark Brodeur of Rhode Island Commerce picks up the story and takes us on a tour of the Building at this year's fair. Then, Kathleen Stine takes over and leads us through her orchards to pick 28 kinds of apples and other fruits. Where do the Cider Donuts grow? Kathleen knows. Enjoy.

Fall foliage fans are finding Vermont's Waybury Inn by the busload. Others are two-wheeling in on cycling tours. For those who are lucky enough to make the Champlain Valley their year-round home, the magic happens nightly in the Waybury's dining room and pub. Chef Antonio Petri is rolling out a new autumn menu with hearty dishes like butternut squash ravioli, house-smoked pork, beef from Cornwall Cattle Company and local vegetables and fruit. All the baking is done in house from breads to rolls to scones and muffins. Tony and Bruce talk about fall all the way to the holidays in this episode.

Pop the cork on a weekend of wine and food knowledge, tastings, brunches and fun in beautiful Newport Rhode Island!The 2026 Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival with Wine DIrector Matthew MacCartney and Culinary Director Chef Kevin Des Chenes. No wine snobs here but you know you want to be these guys!

What the heck does that even mean? It's a cool word. It was used to describe this year's Great North American Maple Pie Competition in Vermont. That must have been some pie. We'll hear about the winners with Jacob Powsner from Baird Farm in North Chittenden, Vermont. But first, we'll meet the owner of Mae's Place in Brandon also Vermont. It's Erynn Doaner. Who's Mae? We will find out and discover a great place for breakfast and lunch all day.

Here's a new word for you to describe a contest: TREBEKIAN. That is how the 2026 Great North American Maple Pie Contest was described after it was all over in the Green Mountains of central Vermont in the little town of North Chittenden. There was pie. There was maple. And it was all so Vermont-y. We knew what we were in for before it started as we talked with one of the founders of the Contest, Jacob Powsner who is part of the Baird Farm, the home field for this contest. Listen to this preview and then search out the winners on social. See you up the hill for next year's contest!

What does the chicken say? We hear from the cows talking about the chicken but never from the poultry itself. So we asked. And the chicken said, "Keep On Cluckin!" They are all about the cluckin' chicken at the Rollin' Rooster in Vermont. Nicole and Scott were at the recent Foodaroo. The Dog? Your Food Dude and fam tried out some amazing hot dogs from Snap-O-Razzo. Jalapeno and Big Beefys were on the menu. Then we're off to dine out in Providence RI for Providence Restaurant Weeks with Resto Week Queen Christine Phillips.

You remember that 70s Yacht Rock classic by England Dan and John Ford Coley, right? The title was "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" but just before they sang the title, there was this misheard lyric, a "Mondegreen." John Ford Coley is still touring and played Misquamicut, Rhode Island this summer, just up the coast from whats-her-name. And we talked about food. Sometimes it was the only way he knew what town he was playing in! Before that, Chef Kevin DiLibero of Newport, RI talks about a summer food festival that is shaping up to be the taste of the summer. Enjoy.