ELLSWORTH — Maine cookbook author Sarah Walker Caron will speak about her newly released “The One-Pot Pasta Cookbook” and “The Super Easy 5-Ingredient Cookbook” at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Ellsworth Public Library. Admission is free. “The One-Pot Pasta Cookbook” offers the easiest, quick-fix recipes for delicious pasta dishes to make homemade dinners …
ELLSWORTH — Provender co-owner Daron Goldstein and Ellsworth graphic designer Nick Sarro want to help you figure out where you want to eat tonight. “It’s not a blog, it’s not TripAdvisor,” says Goldstein. “It’s the insiders’ guide to dining.” Introducing Chefs of Maine, the website and app for industry professionals and diners alike. (They also …
ELLSWORTH — Bar Harbor gardener and chef Jacob Wartell is on a mission to get you to eat more fat, specifically saturated fats. That’s right, more butter, bacon and lard. What’s that you say? You’re a vegetarian? No problem, use coconut oil. “Saturated fats are so essential to so many of our biologic functions,” said …
I’m coming down the home stretch in my resolution to discover, develop and test 31 wild blueberry recipes. My family and friends have sampled a wide range of delicious and some not-so-tasty creations with Maine’s best known fruit, including lots of smoothies. Try the beet and wild blueberry one. The flavor is nice and sweet, …
ELLSWORTH — It’s a bitter afternoon in early January, but the cold is kept at bay inside Eat at Joe’s food truck, where Joe Segari is standing over the grill. The truck is parked outside Fogtown Brewing Co., where Segari can be found six days a week, year-round. Plucky jazz from the night’s live band …
ELLSWORTH — Have you ever watched a movie or a game with a bag of chips only to realize later that the bag is empty and you don’t remember eating any chips? Jen Harry of Bar Harbor has just the class for you: “Mindful Eating.” Through Ellsworth Adult Education, the Bar Harbor-based instructor in meditation …
Editor’s Note: Linda Nelson is Portland Ovations’ deputy director. She previously served as the Maine Arts Commission’s assistant director and co-founded Stonington’s Opera House Arts, where she served as executive director and producing artistic director. By Linda Nelson Special to The Ellsworth American My paternal grandmother — or Gram, as we called her — …
Known as Castle Tucker, an Italianate mansion on a hill overlooking the Sheepscot River in Wiscasset, was home to a young woman whose venturesome spirit got her embroiled in one of the great political scandals of the late 19th century. Jane Armstrong Tucker, who much later in life would publish “The State of Maine Cook …
Although a glass of champagne at midnight and a kiss may be the way most Americans celebrate the new year, people around the world enjoy a variety of traditional food customs. Special cakes and breads, herring (representing abundance), long noodles (a long life), pigs (good luck), and field peas (coins) are a few of the …
ELLSWORTH — A collaboration brew release party at will be held on Saturday, Jan. 5, at 6 p.m. at Fogtown Brewing Co., 25 Pine St. in Ellsworth. Come try the winning Dusseldorf Altbier brewed at Fogtown by Andy Thibodeau, recipient of Acadia Chamber’s 2018 Oktoberfest Homebrew Competition. There will also be live music by Pitch …
