Special to The Ellsworth American BLUE HILL — Late this winter, Blue Hill Garden Club President Peter Leonard was already thinking about the coming summer when he visited Steve Whitney’s Exploring Earth Systems classes at George Stevens Academy. Leonard spoke with students about a Blue Hill Community Garden on the school’s campus but he also …
By Mark Messer Special to The Ellsworth American BLUE HILL — Mara Pickering and Vanessa Sherwood, seniors at George Stevens Academy, will travel to the Dominican Republic with the Hancock County Medical Mission in February. Nearly every year since 1989, medical professionals and others from Hancock County have volunteered their time to provide primary care …
By Mark Messer Special to The Ellsworth American BLUE HILL — Local business owners and employees shared career insights with George Stevens Academy sophomores and juniors last week. Some knew at a young age what they wanted to do, like Toni Staples, a 1986 GSA graduate and the school’s pastry chef. When Staples was young, …
Good food and good music go together well, but little did I know when my friend Liz Graves asked me to see The Mammals in concert in Belfast, that the music and food might come from the same people. Two of the members of The Mammals, Mike Merenda and Ruthy Ungar, are friends of Liz, …
Fussy eaters filled my home when I was a growing up. My father, Ernie, known to many in Hancock County as “the potato chip man,” grew up eating simple meals of meat and potatoes, and so that’s what my mother usually put on our table, that and the occasional tuna wiggle. Along with pork chops …
One of summer’s joys is eating vegetables fresh from the garden. I fondly remember having lunch with my friends Phil and Chris at Chris’s mother’s place in the Brooksville village of Harborside. His mother is Barbara Damrosch, so fresh veggies were part of that meal. She went right out and picked carrots to eat in …
Seeing gnocchi on the menu, I had to have it. I’m a sucker for dumplings of any kind, and these fresh little dumplings in simple basil pesto did not disappoint.
Editor’s Note: Mark Messer, copy editor at the Mount Desert Islander newspaper, is a word and language geek who grew up in Ellsworth. He also likes to play around in the kitchen. Healthy diet and exercise are the keys to reaching a healthy weight. As obvious as that is, years ago, I was convinced …
Get a heap of blues and gumbo from “The Sauce Boss.”
