Maine chefs and restaurants well represented among 2012 James Beard semi-finalists
The James Beard Foundation has announced the semi-finalists for its 2012 James Beard awards. Maine chefs and restaurants in the running are, by category:
Best...
For a topnotch fare, find The Lost Kitchen, in Belfast, Maine
CLOSED. Chef Erin French has taken her show on the road with an Airstream food truck. Chef Matthew Kenney's The Gothic has taken over...
Start 2012 on the right foot with a First Day Hike in a Maine...
Maine's State Parks are offering four, free, First Day Hikes, each led by park staff, on Sunday, Jan. 1: Aroostook, Cobscook Bay, Wolfe's Neck...
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...
Tasting Maine: Favorite food finds from the Acadia region
I spent the better part of the past five months noodling the highways and byways of Maine's Acadia region researching a new edition of...
Maine’s South Solon Meeting House is a surprising visual treat, thanks to artists from...
Open the door to Maine's South Solon Meeting House and Wow! Neither the classically influenced colonial, white-clapboard architecture nor the serene location on a...
Save money by skiing & snowboarding at Maine’s family-sized alpine areas
Maine’s big resorts get most of the attention, but for young families or anyone on a budget, smaller areas provide not only a fun...
Dean’sSweets & Fox Family Potato Chips: New chocolate bars marry two of Maine’s best
Chocolate-maker Dean Bingham, of Dean'sSweets, has found inspiration in the bar—the chocolate bar. The Portland, Maine, chocolatier has introduced three chocolate bars to his...
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...
Hungry for Maine fare? Portland’s Harvest on the Harbor is an event to savor
Portland, Maine's, annual Harvest on the Harbor food and wine experience has become the culinary event in a state renowned for its locavore culture,...
Maine’s Blue Hill peninsula delivers coastal Maine without the crowds
Maine's dreamy Blue Hill Peninsula is an off-the-beaten-path treasure. Galleries, restaurants, and small shops pepper the byways webbing a rolling landscape that's carved in granite, fringed with spruce, and splashed with ponds.
Spend an autumn morning hiking Acadia National Park’s Huguenot Head
What better way to spend a glorious autumn morning than hiking in Maine's Acadia National Park. It's not only views that make hiking the...
North Haven: autumn on a Maine island, oysters, organic produce, and Angela Adams
Most of my friends who live beyond Maine's borders think I live in the most ideal place. And they're right, to a point. But...
Barak Olins’ ZU Bakery gives meaning to life
UPDATE: ZU Bakery moved to 81 Clark St., Portland, in 2022.
BIG UPDATE: The James Beard Foundation named ZU Bakery its 2024 "Outstanding Bakery," defined...
All is Well at Jordan’s Farm, in Cape Elizabeth, thanks to development easements—and don’t...
Last week, I had the good fortune to visit a number of Maine farms with the Maine Farmland Trust, an organization that's working to...