Food Dude Bruce Newbury

Dave's Fresh Marketplace in Rhode Island has been the Food Dude's exclusive Broadcast Bistro for over a decade. I could not be more proud to represent and speak on behalf of this great grocery success story. This year, IGA, the nation's grocer association named Dave's Marketplace its Grocer Of The Year. We're not taking a victory lap just yet. Dave's just redid its flagship East Greenwich (RI) store. Sue Budlong and I did a walk and talk through the freshened up Dave's Fresh Marketplace!

You can sample Championship Mustard from the Worldwide Mustard Competition and be part of a webinar with me and Mr Mustard - kenz@paulwmarks.com. Then we're off to Burlington Wine and Food with Tracy and Mike Stolese and a visit to Chart House Inn in Newport RI with Nicole Canning.

There is Daylight Saving Time and then there is Waybury Time. At the Waybury Inn in Vermont, guests take time to relax and to go back in time. In our guest rooms, our dining room and in our Pub where friends gather. This June, there's good times in our Pub with the music of AO'Hanleigh. Tom Hanley and I spent some Waybury time talking things over. Before that, Chef Antonio Petri talked about great food and wine discoveries coming to the Waybury this June as well as at Burlington (VT) Wine and Food.

So I can't spend all my time talking food. There has to be wine - and trivia. So I host The Bruce Newbury Show on WVMT AM/FM radio in Burlington VT on Saturday afternoons. We are heard all over Vermont, the North Country and even Greater Montreal. And it is great fun with some of the nicest people who call in. On a rainy Saturday we had a great time and may have actually solved some of the world's problems. Enjoy and join me live Saturdays 12:00 Noon to 3:00 PM Eastern.

It's June! And finally it looks like some lovely days. The start of summer foods - many that need mustard! Following up our Mustard Show this spring, here are the Mustard Competition Winners from the National Mustard Museum. Then, Chef -Innkeeper Antonio Petri and I talk about what's to come at the Waybury Inn this new month - including The Waybury at this year's Burlington Wine and Food!

At the recent Nantucket Wine Festival, one local winery made a return visit. Sakonnet Vineyards was a participant in the 2025 Grand Tasting, marking a return for the legacy Southern New England winemaker. Matt Gant, assistant tasting room manager, and Drew Eichinger, sales manager hopped on a call with me to do a virtual tasting.

The news of the devastating fire which destroyed the Matunuck Oyster Barswept through the restaurant community in the state as quickly as it did thetown of South Kingstown.  As we havelearned so many times in the past, there is no industry that mobilizes to helplike the food service and restaurant community. This time, those in need are membersof that community. So within 24 hours of the fire, the Rhode Island HospitalityEducation Foundation of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association had alreadyestablished an official Employee Relief Fund. President and CEO Farouk Rajabwas out front leading the initiative. As he told me in an interview, it was theproverbial “no-brainer,”

It's May and the fresh flavors are in bloom. Reusable bag in hand, we are out there taking it all INN. Our first stop is the Waybury Inn in Vermont with Chef Antonio Petri and Mother's Day in bloom. Then to the opening of Farmer's Markets in Rhode Island with more fresh flavors. Then, we uncover great food at a work function or lunch with Marco's Subs and Cafe in Newport with Marco Polselli.

Some new tastes for Spring from some innovators and creators. Proprietor David Zeidler of Barkeaters shares his recent specials and gives us a taste of what might be ahead. Chief Operating Worker of the new Grafton Village and Vermont Farmstead Cheese - COW Kent Underwood tells about his vision for his newly acquired cheesemaking company. And a taste of tomorrow from Rhode Island from some new "food-preneurs" including Will Ferlauto exhibiting and sampling his new August Peak Sauces at the recent Tabletop Show from the Hope and Main startup kitchens and Farm Fresh RI.

Another of the great things about food in Vermont. Meal prep meets Farm to Table. And in Vermont, you can see the farm from the table. That's Clarina Cravins's idea at Preppi Market and Eatery located inside the Hula Lakeside campus and at select pickup spots around the state. And there's delivery. Clarina tells the story in this episode. Enjoy.

Who doesn't love mustard? It's not a hot dog without it or a corned beef sandwich or a pretzel. No surprise, there is a National Mustard Museum , a National Mustard Day and a Worldwide Mustard Competition. We talk with Ken Zuckerman, board member of the Mustard Museum about all things mustard-y.

Springtime - flowers bloom, maple trees run, snow falls, all in the same afternoon! Springtime in New England is like that. Also, it is the awards season. Chef and innkeeper Antonio Petri talks about Easter and Spring menus at the Waybury Inn followed by the finalists from New England for this year's James Beard Awards.

That's what our shuttle driver called it. We're in Boston this week for the New England Restaurant and Bar Show along with many chefs, restaurateurs, and friends from front and back of house and personalities from the foodservice and beverage world. I hopped on the Culinary Stage with Chef Andy Teixeira of Newport Vineyards in Rhode Island and chatted on the show floor with an industry leader. Before that, I caught up with longtime friend Dante Bellini, a filmmaker from Rhode Island who just completed a documentary on the Malassadas - a delicious pastry best described as Fair fried dough's Mediterranean cousin - Portuguese to be precise. Enjoy!

Asking someone if they are a good tipper is like asking them if they are a good kisser - who says No? But, here comes that screen! WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo talks to us about a recent tipping survey. Your Chief Tasting Officer talks to Lisa Raiola who bestowed that title. She is CEO of Hope & Main the food launch pad in Rhode Island. And we make you hungry with waffle sandwiches and a clambake! Enjoy.

Another fun week at Barkeaters Restaurant in Shelburne, Vermont. This week's special menu was done by Julie Finestone who is married to David Zeidler and are the proprietors of Barkeaters. We called it the Julie Show on the air. As David pointed out, the show never ends. Then, we head south on Route 7 to Ferrisburgh Bake Shop where Jennifer Wyman is having an afternoon tea in March and shares details along with the menu of amazing bakery and lunch creations.

The 28th Newport RI Chili Cook-Off at the 37th Newport Winter Festival, February 15, 2025. 10 competitors, over a thousand tasters who voiced their choice and judged the Chili Champs. The winning chili chefs including restauratns and the Newport Fire Dept won cash and prizes including a prize package from Cabot Creamery of Vermont who furnished an essential ingredient to the contestants - mountains of Vermont Sharp Shredded Cheddar! Let's hear how it sounded and who the 2025 winner is!

We can eat at home. When we go out we often look for an experience we can't get at home. Add in special occasions of life and it becomes even more important. We sit down with some friends who are all about the experience. Russell Morin Fine Catering and Events has provided more memorable experiences than - well, than we can remember. And now making more friends with a fun new restaurant venue - CRU PVD in Providence RI. And Christine Phillips from GoProvidence gives us the scoop on Providence Restaurant Weeks going on in early February where there are at least 65 experiences awaiting you.

It's been a pretty good winter so far. Chef Antonio Petri says it's time to heat things up with a new menu at the Waybury Inn. There is something for everyone's taste from nightly favorites to exciting culinary adventures. Let's taste with our ears first in this episode.

Maura Fitzgerald is usually found at the Island Homemade Ice Cream Scoop Shop and Cafe. The other weekend, she was on the ski trails at the Trapp Family Lodge and called in to the Bruce Newbury Show on her way back!

The food story in Rhode Island this year is...Biscuits ! Amazing buttermilk biscuits from a Southern recipe. Irregardless Biscuits of Providence, RI is on everyone's list these days. Chef-owners Joe Hafner and James Dean talked biscuits with me in January.