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About Gloria De Paola

Gloria De Paola

Gloria De Paolo is a freelance writer on food, travel and history. As a history buff, she has written two articles for smallstatebighistory.com, and has been a board member of the East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society for many years. Visit her blog at ProvenderTales.wordpress.com
Latest Posts | By Gloria De Paola
African Americans in Rhode Island Who Used Food to Achieve Independence
6 years ago

African Americans in Rhode Island Who Used Food to Achieve Independence

By  •  Race Relations

Among the gifts that immigrants have brought to the United States are their native cuisines. Indeed, opening a restaurant or food-related business was—and still is—a traditional recipe for financial …
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Extravagant Barnaby’s Castle and Murder Most Foul
7 years ago

Extravagant Barnaby’s Castle and Murder Most Foul

By  •  Crime, Local Sites

To our contemporary eyes the Victorian mansion at 299 Broadway in Providence is an ostentatious mash-up of architectural styles—a little bit of Gothic, a little Romanesque, with a four-story octagonal …
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