Thursday, November 1, 2012

NEWS TO USE: THIS WEEK IN RI

• The Mount Hope Farmers' Market moves indoors this weekend, Saturday, November 3d. The market offers local veggies, seafood, meats, eggs, cheeses, flowers, coffee, prepared foods and on and on. The winter plan is for cooking demos by local chefs and workshops on hot topics like composting. The market is in a heated barn on a farm with its own historic point of interest, the Governor Bradford House, a circa-1745 inn.

Saturdays   9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.     250 Metacom Avenue, Bristol 

• And church fairs are getting into gear with one of the majors this weekend. Saints Sahag and Mesrob Armenian Church runs its 82nd annual Armenian Food Fair and Bazaar this weekend at the Egavian Cultural Center (70 Jefferson Street, Providence). Go for the food.  www.armenianfoodfairri.com

Friday, November 2   5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 3   11:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 4   12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

• And it's Restaurant Week in Newport and environs, Friday, November 2 through Sunday November 11. Okay, it seems like it's always restaurant week in Newport. www.gonewportrestaurantweek.com

p.s. my compost heap now features sea salt


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