Special to The Ellsworth American The 1800s were golden years for the manufacture of patent medicines. These untested proprietary products were sold over the counter. Before the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, American entrepreneurs sold hundreds of dubious preparations as medicine with no legal requirement to list their ingredients or to prove efficacy …
“Just before COVID, I decided I wanted to write a cookbook,” said Steele, who has lived on a small farm in Dixmont for the past seven years with her husband. “I really wanted to write an egg cookbook.”
Rösti (RAW-stee) Potatoes are a classic fried-potato preparation from the German-speaking region of Switzerland. Originally a breakfast dish commonly eaten by farmers, this savory potato pancake has many creative adaptations. In the Swiss mountains, rösti usually comes with a fried egg, bacon or speck (cured pork belly) and or cheese. At a Swiss restaurant, rösti …
“It’s become trendy and cool amongst peers. Fueling that further is the plethora of new choices on the market.”
One of the easiest and most elegant desserts in my recipe collection is for a Bavarian Apple Torte. Not really a torte, more like a cheesecake, this creation starts with a buttery, shortbread crust that slides to a creamy, luscious filling topped with al dente tart-sweet apples in a cinnamon, almost caramel coating, and finishes …
Stonington chef and educator Cheryl Wixson likes making homemade holiday gifts. Her terrariums feature beachstones, mosses and other natural lements from her shore and woods.
HANCOCK — Lou Del Conte, the chef behind a line of artisanal pasta sauces inspired from his former Mount Desert Island restaurants, has launched salad dressings to make dinner time even easier. There are two dressings to start and more dressings to follow. One of the two available, Pecorino Romano Oregano Vinaigrette, had been the …
BLUE HILL — What’s not to like about food at the fair? People come from near and far to sample the best of the Blue Hill Fair —and for many, food is at the top of the list. Some head straight for the bacon-wrapped hot dogs, others for deep fried Oreos — because where else …
The Gallery Restaurant and Cocktail Bar has taken up shop at 355 Main St. in Winter Harbor, serving guests fun food and craft cocktails since its opening in June.
Popsicles are a frozen treat enjoyed by all ages. Unlike ice cream, where air is incorporated into the product while churning the mix during the freezing process, frozen ice pops, or “popsicles,” are a liquid that is “quiescently” frozen or frozen while at rest. The popsicle we enjoy today was invented in 1905 by an …
Some years you think you will never get the garden in on time, and sure enough you don’t. It’s the weather, a trip, a family wedding, or whatever but suddenly it’s too late to plant peas, then too late for lettuce, and finally too late even for squash. Even if you accept with grace the …
At the end of spring planting season, I often think of the poem by Louise Bogan called “Women,” which begins, “Women have no wilderness in them. They are provident instead.” This comes to mind because the females in my neighborhood, myself included, have spent those final weeks frantically finding homes for all our leftover seedlings. …
