Bunker’s Wharf offers up-close dining experience July 18, 2018 by Jennifer Osborn on Food, Lifestyle GOULDSBORO— Maine is a wonderful place for seafood but especially so if the fishing boat laden with freshly harvested lobsters can be seen from your dining room table. Such is the case at Bunker’s Wharf, a fine dining restaurant, overlooking Bunker’s Harbor in Birch Harbor. Chef Kristin Giroux and lobsterman Dana Rice Jr. run the …
Lobster gussied up in savory cakes July 16, 2018 by Cheryl Wixson on Columnists, Food, Lifestyle, Maine Dish I love a good fish cake, crab cake, even clam cake. There’s something so sensuous about biting through a crispy crust into a tender morsel infused with delicate flavor. Smear it with a good tartar sauce, aioli or ketchup; use plenty of napkins, that’s my kind of street food heaven. To hold together, these seafood …
Strawberry harvest is in full swing July 5, 2018 by Jennifer Osborn on Arts & living, Food, Lifestyle BLUE HILL — Strawberries from Homewood Farm have been described as the sweetest berries you’ll ever taste, says farmer Jeff Beardsworth. Beardsworth and his wife, Trudy, own the farm, which is perched atop a hill straddling a wide ridge at the end of Ackley Farm Road. Maybe it’s the fertilizer, which includes manure from the …
Moo-ve over dairy July 2, 2018 by Cheryl Wixson on Columnists, Food, Lifestyle, Maine Dish We Americans love our ice cream, consuming more than 900 million gallons a year. Before the advent of modern refrigeration, ice cream was a luxury reserved for special occasions. Homemade ice cream was laborious to prepare, and had to be consumed immediately with no freezer capacity available. The process relied entirely upon ice harvesting, a …
Old diary entry inspires pie baking marathon June 29, 2018 by Merry Post on Food, Lifestyle In researching what New England women were cooking in the 19th century, I have read a few diaries by farm women who recorded the work they accomplished indoors and out, the weather, their health concerns, visitors and family events. The diary of Jane Briggs Smith Fiske (at the American Antiquarian Society) was a gold mine …
Nibbles: Cooking class, BBQ and beans June 26, 2018 by Staff on Food, Lifestyle Farm-to-table cooking Chef Frank Giglio, whose cooking career took him across the country to learn how to cook elk, king crab and other wild game and seafood, will teach a workshop on how to cook in tune with the harvest of summer produce starting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, at the Maine Organic …
Wood-fired pizza coming to Mill Mall June 22, 2018 by Kate Cough on Business, Food, News ELLSWORTH — The secret to a good pizza, says Harry Luhrs, co-owner with his wife, Ashley, of the soon-to-be-open DragonFire pizza restaurant in the Mill Mall Plaza, isn’t the dough. “It’s the oven,” he said. So the Luhrs sought out the best they could find: a gas and wood-fired behemoth that can cook up to …
Benefit pie sale in Ellsworth July 3 June 22, 2018 by Staff on Food, Lifestyle ELLSWORTH — The women of Chapter K of P.E.O. (Philanthropic Education Organization) are holding their eighth annual sale of homemade pies on Tuesday, July 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. between Renys and Family Dollar in the Shaw’s Shopping Center in Ellsworth. To order a specific pie to be reserved for you, call Ann …
Taste of Ellsworth returns June 30 June 19, 2018 by Kate Cough on Food, News ELLSWORTH — For the second year in a row, residents and visitors will have a chance to gather for a community picnic with a view of City Hall as part of the annual Taste of Ellsworth event. On Saturday, June 30, the Franklin Street extension (between Elizabeth’s on one side and the J&B Atlantic building …
Couple serve up Michoacán-style fare at Downeast Mexican Takeout June 18, 2018 by Jessica Piper on Food, Lifestyle GOULDSBORO — This town is nearly 3,000 miles from Michoacán, the state in western Mexico where Peter Valencia and Teresa Jungo grew up. These days, the couple make their home in Maine and are giving folks a taste of authentic Michoacán food at Downeast Mexican Takeout. Located off Route 1, to the right and in …
