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.”
