Insider tips: Five questions with Annie Mahle, windjammer chef, captain, author
Meet Annie Mahle, chef aboard the J & E Riggin, a wooden schooner built in 1929 as an oyster dredger and now listed as...
Maine-related books for reading and giving
Looking for Maine-related books for your wish list and holiday giving? In addition to my Moon Maine, Moon Coastal Maine, and Moon Acadia National...
The Muffin Recipes Revealed: A Maine innkeeper tells all and shares recipes
I'm always on the lookout for inexpensive accommodations that I can recommend, especially along the Maine Coast and even more especially within easy reach...
Savoring art, antiques, and the art of breakfast at Portland’s Pomegranate Inn
Every morning, when I see the Pomegrante Inn's feed on Facebook, I start drooling. Innkeeper Dana Moos authored The Art of Breakfast, which I...
The Maine Lobster Book answers all lobster-related questions
With Maine lobster in the headlines, it seems an appropriate time to share The Maine Lobster Book, by Virginia M. Wright, with you. If...
Nothing better than fish chowder on a Maine windjammer: Here’s the recipe
“I don’t really use recipes,” says William Howe, chef on the traditional Maine windjammer Angelique as he peels potatoes for the day's fish chowder...
Lobster! Brooke Dojny’s cookbook celebrates Maine’s famed crustacean
Cookbook author Brooke Dojny's done it again. Lobster! 55 Fresh & Simple Recipes for Everyday Eating (Storey, $14.95) is a summer must-have for anyone...
Bouchard Family Farms cookbook preserves Maine’s French-Acadian recipes
Ployes! Pot en Pot! Tortierre! Creton! Raisin Pie! If you've ever had the good fortune to travel in Maine's St. John Valley, you're likely...
Desserted: Black Dinah Chocolatier Kate Shaffer shares techniques, recipes, and tales from her Isle...
Life doesn't get much sweeter than creating a successful gourmet chocolate business on a Maine island that's home to a remote section of Acadia...
The Eat Local Cookbook helps cooks get the most out of the season’s bounty
In Maine, eating fresh, local food is easy. The state was farm-to-table in homes and in many restaurants long before it became trend. Now...
Fisherman’s Inn Restaurant in Winter Harbor, Maine, shares recipes for Thai-style mussels and finnan...
Restaurants come and go in Winter Harbor, Maine, but Carl and Kathy Johnson's Fisherman's Galley has stood the test of time, serving fresh and local...
Notes from a Maine Kitchen celebrates seasonally available Maine ingredients, anchoring recipes with a...
Talk about perfect timing: A review copy of Notes from a Maine Kitchen: Seasonally Inspired Recipes, by Kathy Gunst, arrived in the mail at...
Feeling blue? Have a wild side? The Maine Wild Blueberry Book is just the...
What's green, then blue, then red, then black all over? A Maine wild blueberry field through the seasons. Author Virginia M. Wright spills the...
Dana Moos, innkeeper at Portland’s Pomegranate Inn, defines The Art of Breakfast
Yesterday, I had the good fortune to attend a brunch at Portland's Pomegranate Inn launching Dana Moos' new cookbook, The Art of Breakfast: How...
Celebrate spring with a Maine fiddlehead recipe from Chef Kaldrovich, of the Sea Glass...
I asked Chef Mitchell Kaldrovich to share a recipe for one of Maine's favorite spring delicacies, fiddleheads.
“I am very excited to have our forager...