Baking with Lisa video: The sufganiyot recipe you’ve been waiting for
Hanukkah is in my favorite season. Yes, you read that right: I love the wintertime! The snow, the big sweaters and, of course, the holiday baking make a perfect combination for gathering and celebrating.
My earliest memory of Hanukkah is watching “A Rugrats Chanukah” on VHS and helping my mom grate potatoes by hand for latkes, before we discovered the magic of food processors.
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The City of Providence Hanukkah “Spectaculah” is a free community celebration that brings food, music, drinks, candle-lighting and art to Biltmore Park in downtown Providence on Sunday Dec. 5, from 3 to 6 p.m. …
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Andrew Zimmern’s Perfect Potato Latkes Recipe
These potato latkes are so good that posting the recipe alone is a mitzvah of the highest order. The Festival of Lights refers to a lamp in the temple that was supposed to have …
Watch the video: Liza Burkin is clearing a path for R.I. bicyclists
As Rhode Island emerges from COVID-19’s shadow, Burkin and her collaborators have big plans for the state capital.
“In Providence, we are so lucky,” she says. “Any city that was built before the car is inherently a good city for cycling.”
Burkin is excited about several major developments in self-powered transportation in Rhode Island.
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