In the seemingly limitless universe of cooking shows on television, Lawton’s is the first to showcase Portuguese cuisine. “Maria’s Portuguese Table” is now available nationally.
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Chapman Dickerson, CEO of Bask, talks about the future of cannabis
“I think it [cannabis] hasn’t plateaued yet, and there’s always new people getting into it. … They realize how good it made them feel in college. And they’re like, ‘hey, I want to feel like that again,’ and so they’re exploring it.” — Chapman Dickerson
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Historian Timothy D. Walker helps tell story of Underground Railroad’s maritime route
“Sailing to Freedom,” which has a companion exhibition opening May 20 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, examines the critical role that coastal water routes played in enslaved persons’ successful escapes from the South.
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Walk the walk, preaches New Bedford area cardiologist Michael J. Rocha
“If you could bottle up walking and exercise or any kind of physical activity, it would probably be much better medicine than anything you can get at the pharmacy.” — Dr. Michael J. Rocha
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Nicholas Sullivan looks ahead to a ‘Blue Revolution’ of high-tech fishing
“The consumption of fish over the last 20 or 30 years has been growing much faster than the consumption of meat, partly because people like the idea of lean protein with Omega-three and Omega-six fatty acids. But people want to know where their fish come from, they want to know that it’s sustainable …”
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Devin Byrnes, New Bedford’s soup man, on starting out, weathering COVID-19, and paying it forward
‘‘I think right before COVID, we were in a really good spot. I think there was some real traction going on downtown, and I think we’ve lost some of it. We’re starting to get the some of that mojo back a little bit.’’
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Ernestina-Morrissey Captain Tiffany Krihwan setting sail on new adventure
“Other than maybe the Constitution, I can’t think of another vessel in the U.S. — wooden sailing vessel ؙ— that has so much documentation on her. So many books have been written about people’s experiences on board.” — Capt. Tiffany Krihwan
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Dr. Laurie Santos on students, happiness and COVID-related stress
Sometimes when we experience negative emotion or stress we think that there’s something wrong with us, or that we’re doing something wrong. “But in a really uncertain, anxiety-provoking situation like COVID-19, feeling stressed out and experiencing negative emotion, that’s a normal thing to be going through.”