In summer so many vegetables beckon from the garden it’s hard to choose, so I make soupe au pistou. Every country has its multiple-vegetable soup. In Italy you’d make minestrone. What makes this French Provencal one a treat is the last-minute addition of basil, garlic and olive oil, pounded into a paste in a mortar. …
The sampled Carnival, a top SX model in Ceramic Silver paint, a $495 option, lists for $42,770 with two-tone leather interior, heated and cooled seating front and rear, plus a host of interior amenities and driving aids.
STEUBEN — Tucked off a lane, Cynthia Lech’s studio is filled with light and the leaves and berries from a small tree pressed up against the front window. The best part about her new home may be that she does not have to lug water and supplies a mile into the woods anymore. She spent …
“The man who joyfully cleaves his ancestral fields with the hoe … will never be persuaded … to cleave the sea,” wrote the Roman poet Horace in his First Ode. During Horace’s time, the first century BC, forged iron hoes were numerous and varied, from heavy, mattock-like tools to the more slender sarculum, which had …
SURRY — When the doors opened at 4 p.m. on July 31, the public strolled in, admiring the hanging baskets, bouquets of freshly picked flowers and sampling light, homemade refreshments, while they soaked up the wealth of local artists’ diverse works adorning the walls of Rural Hall. The sound of live Celtic music drifted quietly …
ELLSWORTH — Trio, a colorful shop featuring upcycle fashion, contemporary jewelry and home goods and gifts, has popped up next to downtown Ellsworth’s Art Deco-style Grand theater. It joins the mix of friendly, service-oriented businesses ranging widely from a tattoo parlor and pubs to a health food market and floral/fine chocolates shop that are making …
A decade ago, Ford bowed out of the compact pickup truck class in America and devoted its resources to its top-selling F-series trucks. That left Toyota’s Tacoma, the Nissan Frontier and GM’s twins — Colorado and Canyon — as the sole offerings in a class that was stagnant. The Tacoma saw modest changes during the …
DEER ISLE — “We lived in L.A. for a while.” Uttered from the sun-filled kitchen of her Center District Crossroad farmhouse, Lorrie Snyder speaks in faraway tones fitting for distant times. But it was only two years ago that she and her partner Meg Wolfe uprooted their decades-long West Coast artist life to move to …
BROOKLIN — James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Cynthia Graubart wants every family to gather around the table to enjoy a simple, delicious meal. Those meals should also be easy and possible to prepare in the smallest of spaces using basic appliances, the Southern Living magazine contributor said. To that end, the author of the recently …
Does your family enjoy hummus, the Middle East spread or dip traditionally prepared with mashed chickpeas, lemon, garlic and sesame seeds or oil? Our tribe has always consumed vast quantities of the addictive mixture, often on toasted pita wedges or chips, or as a dip for crunchy, garden vegetables. Food historians have multiple theories about …
The all-new Tucson continues a recent forward march by Hyundai that demonstrates the determined, and mature, efforts to upend perceptions of the brand.
Editor’s Note: Portland Press Herald writer Bob Keyes wrote the following excerpted from his longer Sept. 26 story about young Maine artists who have sought refuge from the COVID-19 pandemic and produced innovative works while in their home state. To read the full story, click on the link: https://www.pressherald.com/2021/09/26/artists-sought-refuge-from-pandemic-by-returning-to-maine-and-found-opportunity/. DEER ISLE — Marvin Merritt IV …
