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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Recipe: Roasted Butternut Squash and Apple Soup

Acacia Cafe owner and chef Dawn Brooks-Rapp shares an easy-to-make soul-warming fall recipe for a roasted butternut squash and apple soup.

  Looking to add something new to the Thanksgiving table to really wow your guests this year? Try this recipe for roasted butternut squash and apple soup. This combination of classic fall flavors concocted by Acacia Cafe Food Truck owner and chef Dawn Brooks-Rapp combines local ingredients for a twist on a traditional favorite. Brooks-Rapp likes to buy local when she can. This not only supports her fellow local business owners, but guarantees freshness and bold flavors. She routinely uses produce from Walker's Roadside Stand in Little Compton. Roasted Butternut Squash and Apple Soup: Directions: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a cooking sheet and place peeled and chopped onion, peeled and cubed squash  and cored apples (skins on). Bake …

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Acacia Cafe Serves Up A Taste of Little Compton at Newport Food Truck Festival Saturday, Walker's Roadside Stand, and Acacia Cafe

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Acacia Cafe Serves Up A Taste of Little Compton at Newport Food Truck Festival Saturday

Little Compton-based Acacia Cafe's standard for food taste and quality is sure to send those old-school perceptions of a dirty, greasy, hotdogs-and-coffee food truck running.

It's hard to believe that the mobile kitchen and fashionable exterior that is the Acacia Cafe was a rundown electrical van in Pennsylvania less than a year ago. Now smooth stainless steel lines and a full kitchen - complete with hot and cold water - dominates the space that was once meant to simply carry tools. Once you see who's driving the truck, however, it all comes together. The truck's journey and transformation from a working man's van into a conscious food eatery on wheels is harmonious with that of the woman behind the wheel. Dawn Brooks-Rapp lives her life by simple principles. Principles that she somehow sautees up on the flat grill, slaps between two slices of artisan bread and deliciously serves up - with a smile, of course. …

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Participating Trucks and Menus at the Newport Food Truck Festival and Walker's Roadside Stand

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