Food Dude Bruce Newbury

There was a song about West End Girls and the boys from another part of town, wasn't there? This is about the girls and boys who grew up to Make Food Their Business. That's the buzzword at Hope & Main, the groundbreaking foodservice incubator in Rhode Island that has expanded to Providence - the west end of town in fact. The all new, state-of-the-art West End Kitchens is just opening its doors to launch 25 food businesses. We find out about these new tastes with Lisa Raiola, director of Hope and Main, the director of Member Success, Mike Mowry and the director of Incubation, Martha Perez-Barton.

And there's ice cream, coffee milk and chips! We're tasting our way through a bunch of treats today. First, seafood - that's the Blue food. Emmy Award Winning TV Personality / Chef/ Cookbook Author / James Beard Winner Andrew Zimmern and Award Winning Chef and Sustainable Seafood Expert, Barton Seaver talk and share recipes from their new Blue Food Cookbook. Then we're off to Dave's Marketplace in Rhode Island for Local Tasting Day with local specialty makers Schartner Farms,Navad Bakery, Wright's Dairy Farm and Nantucket Crisps. I'm full!

It's tea time so mind your manners and pinkies up! We're off to a Gilded Age style High Tea in Providence RI at the always amazing Mill's Tavern. Then you'll be one of the first to try the new JT Commons restaurant in Newport just over the line in Middletown. It's a cool concept from Newport Restaurant Group. And I think I see Peak Foliage. How about Foliage and Flavor! Everything tastes better in Vermont and especially during Foliage Season. So our friends at Grafton Village and Vermont Farmstead Cheese are throwing a Peak Colors Peak Flavors party and you're invited.

Wanna be my Tailgate Date? We're going tailgating with Chef Jamie Gwen who has already said she would. Don't fight over me now. It's Maine Lobster Week and Gillian Britt will be our tour guide all over the great State of Maine. And from the Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival, culinary director Chef Kevin Des Chenes and guest celebrity chef Jen Behm-Lazzarini.

Who says no to pie and coffee? Not us. Especially when its Vermont Coffee Company and the North American Maple Pie Competition! Jacob Powsner who is Baird Farm's Coffee Bean Counter is first up from his family farm's 4th Annual North American Maple Pie Competition before the event took place. Then, it's our first-ever Coffee Show with Mira Rinder-Goddard from Vermont Coffee Company taking us from espresso to Americano and everything in between. Pour yourself a big mug and enjoy.

You ask everyone, "How is your summer going?" and the reply is usually, "Great but too fast." Summer has a habit of slipping away. Summer food events come fast and furious. Here are a couple more to savor before the seasons change. The Summer Soiree to benefit Little Sisters and Fishes At The Fort on behalf of Eating with the Ecosystem. Meet Lauren Clem who is organizing the Soiree and chefs Josh Berman (Little Fish) and David Standridge (Shipwright's Daughter) who are cooking at Fishes.