Nibbles: Wine, pig and beer October 16, 2018 by Staff on Food, Lifestyle Bravo, BSO! Conductor Lucas Richman and violinist Chloe Trevor will perform, fine wines sampled and an elegant dinner served up on Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Bangor Arts Exchange to toast the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s 100th anniversary of its incorporation in 1918. Bangor Wine and Cheese Co. will kick off the celebration at 6 p.m. …
Win brownie points in your household! October 15, 2018 by Cheryl Wixson on Columnists, Food, Lifestyle, Maine Dish My friend Oscar Turner makes the very best brownies; thick, dense and chewy with a triple chocolate punch and packed with savory, chopped nuts. The perfect afternoon snack, and a great addition to the lunchbox, Oscar’s Brownies have no equal. When I inquired about the formula, his wife, Diana, was gracious enough to share the …
Shalom Orchard Organic Farm produces fruity, mellow wines October 9, 2018 by Kate Cough on Food, Lifestyle FRANKLIN — Jim Baranski wants you to forget what you know about fruit wines. “Most people think of fruit wines as being sweet dessert wines,” he said, pouring a glug of flaxen liquid for a visitor on a recent rainy afternoon. “We like to make drier dinner wines,” he continued. “Ideally I’d like the wine …
Nibbles: Spicy vegetarian, cranberries and turkey October 9, 2018 by Staff on Food, Lifestyle Spice up vegetarian Mahan Deva Singh Khalsa, who helped spearhead Bar Harbor’s Open Table Community Dinners, will show how to use various spices to prepare nourishing vegetarian dishes, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center in Ellsworth. Admission is free. Singh Khalsa, who learned …
Nibbles: Fall’s bounty October 2, 2018 by Staff on Food, Lifestyle Celebrate the bounty An apple pie-eating contest, cider-pressing and corn chowder, Irish stew with lamb and biscuits are among the culinary highlights of the Curran Homestead’s Family Friendly Harvest Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, on the Fields Pond Road in Orrington. Festival-goers also can jar pickles, sauerkraut or Korean kimchi. …
Acadia’s Oktoberfest launches home brewers contest September 27, 2018 by Maxwell Hauptman on Food, Lifestyle SOUTHWEST HARBOR — At least 11 home brewers will put their craft ale, lager, stout to the test before a panel of judges as part of the 23rd Acadia’s Oktoberfest Friday-Saturday, Oct. 5-6, at Smuggler’s Den Campground. The Down East Family YMCA’s youth development director, Roman Perez, who tends bar at Airline Brewery, will serve …
Nibbles: Mediums, mushrooms and Main Street marketing September 25, 2018 by Staff on Food, Lifestyle Divining over dinner Enjoy a psychic reading over spaghetti and meatballs and other fare from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Brooksville Community Center. Brewer-based mediums Angie Butler Welch and Kelly Dawn Purington will give readings as part of the event. The menu also will include a green salad and dessert. The …
Persian cookbook author shares her home cooking September 18, 2018 by Letitia Baldwin on Food, Lifestyle DEER ISLE — Red lentil curry soup, garlicky eggplant and tomato spread, turmeric chicken with sumac and lime and rice with black eye peas and dill were among the Persian dishes flowing onto the dinner table early last month at a cooking class taught by Iranian chef Louisa Shafia at the newly renovated Eggemoggin Schoohouse …
Nibbles: Oktoberfest, soup and fungi September 18, 2018 by Staff on Food, Lifestyle Hop over to Oktoberfest Proud of your home brew refined over many years? You and other home brewers will get a chance to compete at Acadia’s Oktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 6, from noon to 5 p.m. at Smuggler’s Den Campground in Southwest Harbor. The cost per entrant is $50 including two festival passes. Each entry’s …
Time is ripe to roast tomatoes September 17, 2018 by Cheryl Wixson on Columnists, Food, Lifestyle, Maine Dish Tomatoes are a beautiful fruit. I love their bright colors; light pink, cherry red, golden orange and sunny yellow. My culinary heart skips a beat at the sight of them all decked out in their speckles and stripes. Now that the markets are bursting with ripening tomatoes, this is a good opportunity to enjoy one …
