I want to tell you how grateful I am that Robinson’s Wharf Chef Keith opened his busy kitchen to me. Rachel Leeman, Robinson’s general manager, is one of my oldest and dearest friends. Robinson’s…

OK, I promise I’ll be hitting the pavement next week on my journey with Traveling Tuna from some of our amazing restaurants on this peninsula.

One word – strawberries – yummy! It’s one of…

Starting off with thanking all the people with the ongoing support for me writing this column. Every day someone approaches me and tells me how much they are enjoying reading my recipes. I really…

Wow, what a beautiful stretch of weather. We kind of went from winter to summer, LOL. I’m hoping everyone was able to enjoy a little of these past few days outside. Lots of good things happening…

Whoohoo, what an awesome weekend! My twinners and I bought a Highlander Scotty camper  (we think the year is 1969) and we attended my cousin Paula Reny Warford’s vintage campers weekend at Shore…

Wow, what a busy, awesome, wonderful weekend. Lots of amazing people helped me celebrate my birthday weekend. As a kid, having your birthday on Memorial Day was a bummer. Being in a tourist town,…

Okay, back to a real Maine dish – baked stuffed haddock (fresh from Pinkham’s, of course) topped off with a lobster Newburg (once again Pinkham’s, just picked a half of pound of the freshest…

Mother’s Day … I hope everyone enjoyed their “Mums” this weekend. I’m incredibly happy that our children are so thoughtful. It’s hard when your mom is gone. It’s been 11 years in July since my…

When I started writing this column, I knew people wouldn’t always agree with me. Well, last week I said I was going to write about fish but my baked stuffed haddock with Ritz crackers topped with…

As many people in this town are hoping and praying for sunshine, wow, we have we gotten a lot of rain.

We need to remember April showers brings May flowers. 

May 1 is this week and I…

Newagan Seaside Inn is excited to announce Nathaniel Adam as the Executive Chef at their onsite restaurant and bar, The Pub.

Born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Bonita Springs, Florida…

I’m hoping everyone had a fabulous Easter. I love Easter with the egg hunt for my grandchildren, family and friends. We make it an all-day event. We are having it at my oldest daughter, Cody Carol…

FARMS at the Y at Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA is offering two upcoming cooking classes for teens and adults.

“Knife Skills 101” with Chef Mikael Andersson will take place on…

Sorry folks, I said I was going to make a pasta dish this week … totally forgot it’s Easter Week so I’ve changed it up. I’m cooking up a small leg of lamb, a little over two pounds.

Evie…

With the warmer weather come my favorite things ... salads, all kinds of different ones, pasta salad, mixed green salad and, yes, a wide variety of potato salad. This recipe comes from my mom’s…

One of the featured themes in the 2019 TrendZone at New England’s largest hospitality trade show, the Maine Restaurant and Lodging Expo, was global breakfast foods. Cherie Scott, creator of “…

Wow, what a busy week; it’s just that time of year.

I want to give a big shout out to the Southport Fire Department for letting me be a part of their spring celebration. Volunteer…

Hope everyone had a good week. Mine was busy with my third and fourth grade girls travel basketball team still practicing and playing tournaments on the weekends … so proud of these young ladies.…

Congratulations to our beloved Lady Seahawks. Big shout out to the Blethen family for their many years of dedication and hard work to get the Lady Seahawks prepared for going to states and…

I’m so excited to say congratulations to our beloved Lady Seahawks. I’m hoping to be up to snuff by next Saturday so we can head to Bangor to watch them in person. Tip off time is 7:05 p.m.

Hope everyone is enjoying February vacation week. Thank you to all teachers and staff. If you’re lucky enough to be in a warmer climate, I hope you’re sucking up some well-deserved vitamin C. If…

I’m really excited to share this recipe with all of you. First I want to thank all the people who reached out to Richard and me with the passing of my wonderful mother-in-law Mary and my beautiful…

First, I want to congratulate The Patriots. Super Bowl win #6; not a very exciting game but a slow boring game win is better than a pretty loss.

I’m writing about doing my part for our local Coast Guard Station. When the government had a partial shutdown and it affected our peninsula, I knew like many others, Paul Coulombe had given the…

Hello to all the wonderful people. I hope everyone had a good week. My week was warm and enjoyable. Dana, Evie and I had an awesome adventure. I can check off my bucket list swimming with the pigs…

How’s everyone doing? Well, I hope. I’m getting ready to go to a warmer climate for a week with my twinners and looking forward to a little down time. But, first I’m going to share a recipe that…

Hard to believe it’s 2019. I hope everyone had a safe and Happy New Year. Mine was very quiet. I was in bed by 8 p.m.

Lots of people always jump on the bandwagon after the new year with…

Well, this is the one and only thing I really enjoy baking. This will be my last traditional family recipe of 2018.

My grandmother, Evelyn Orne, was a wonderful baker. My brother, sister…

Carol was a well-known cook around this little town in the ’70s through the ’90s. She was the strongest woman I’ve ever known. She was a single parent of three kids and always worked two jobs or…

The Morris Farm will offer a series of four hands-on, interactive cooking classes this winter. This series is called “Now is the Time for Change. Become the CEO of your Body!” The classes are…

A specialty adult class, Sourdough Baking with Bill Babb, in the FARMS at the Central Lincoln County Y kitchen, is open for registration. Only 10 spots are available, so early registration is…

Here’s another tradition in the Orne family, Tourtière: A French Canadian meat pie, also called touché pie by my grandmother Evelyn. The recipe is now is my own, but my Nana Orne gets all the…

A dash of humor, liberal sprinkling of personal stories, a splash of gorgeous cinematography featuring the Boothbay region and Mumbai, blended well … just a snippet of the recipe used for the…

When I was growing up, most people ate meatloaf. I was never a real big fan ... But I ate it with my mashed potatoes and corn or peas like everyone else.

Once again it’s right up there with…

Take the journey from the far away land of India all the way to the rocky coast of Maine at the world premiere of “Mumbai to Maine,” coming to the Harbor Theater Tuesday, Dec. 11. The evening…

Hope everyone had a fabulous Turkey Day; mine was low key and stress free. My twinners did most of the work and hosted … my oldest took care of our adult beverage needs.

Not sure about your…

This is a family tradition in our household, made from generation to generation from as far as I can remember.

My very French grandmother Evelyn Mary Gallant Orne stood barely 4 foot, 11…

The Boothbay Region Health Center is hosting a healthy potluck benefit dinner at the Boothbay Fire House on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. Bring a healthy dish to share, or just come and enjoy…

OK folks, here’s the deal … I never … ever … thought I would be writing a food column. My spelling stinks, grammar … forget about it, but here we go again. I am who I am. If I can get a chuckle…

Hello folks, I’m so incredibly blessed with all the positive feedback from my food column. It’s been awesome with phone calls and the private messages from all of you. What makes me really happy…

Do you just love homemade pies for your holiday meals? No time to make them or don’t know how? This year plan on buying those homemade pies at the Edgecomb Community Church’s Thanksgiving Pie Sale…

Specialty adult classes at the FARMS at the Y kitchen at Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA are open for registration for December. Only twelve spots are available per class, so early registration…

Well, with the cooler nights, it’s comfort food time. One of my husband’s favorite dishes is shepherd’s pie.

First thing you do is march yourself up to Pinkham’s Gourmet Market and buy a…

I hope everyone had an awesome week ... With Halloween just around the corner and being on a Wednesday night smack dab in the middle of a work week, it’s hard to think about what’s for dinner.…

I hope everyone had a fantastic week. Mine was incredibly busy but awesome. I can’t tell you how nice the weather has been — sorry ... I’m not one of those people that likes the heat or humidity,…

I hope everyone had a wonderful Columbus Day weekend. We all work very hard in the summertime. Our little peninsula is thriving and we are all incredibly blessed to live here. It is nice to see…

The Morris Farm will offer a series of four hands-on, interactive cooking classes this fall.  The class are organized around Integrative Nutrition concepts, a new approach to using food to support…

Delicious two-year-aged Grafton Village cheddar cheese will be available for purchase at Boothbay Region Historical Society from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 17 through Saturday, Oct. 20, or…

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I am thrilled and honored to be featured in our local newspaper. My column is going to have a lot of delicious easy meals, adult beverages, and desserts. These recipes are an…