Leftovers vs. gourmet dinner, in or out. Cheap vs. expensive. Delicious vs., like, totally awesome. Sitting on the couch, alone vs. in a nice restaurant with friends, or a date. OK, friends.
…Cooking
Spice things up by joining Stonewall Kitchen Cooking Instructor Chris Toy for Mexican Night—Make Your Own Tortilla Press. The course is being offer through Central Lincoln County…
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Chicken soup: When was the last time you made a big pot full? It's one of those simple things to make, but because it's so simple, I just keep putting it off. “Ah, I can make chicken soup …
Dick Reid and his (very) soon-to-be wife, Anya Heyl, own The Thistle Inn business in Boothbay Harbor.
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Learn how to cook tasty, nutritious meals that are diabetes-friendly at LincolnHealth’s free diabetes and prediabetes cooking class series beginning Wednesday, Oct. 25.
“When people are…
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‘Let them eat cake.” That’s a famous quote, supposedly uttered sometime around 1789 by Marie Antoinette in response to being told that her…
There’s a young chef in Boothbay Harbor some are calling a prodigy.
Nathaniel Adam, the executive sous chef at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club, took the coveted Judges’ Choice Award at the…
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Well, folks, face it: Summer is over. Labor Day has come and gone, and supposedly, the “ceremonial end of summer” has happened.
But really, it isn’t officially over till Sept. 23, at 1:32 a…
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce is delighted to present the chefs who will compete in the sixth annual Claw Down Maine Lobster Bite Competition. The event will take…
On Tuesday, Sept. 19, chefs from central and Midcoast Maine will compete in Spectrum Generations fifth annual Celebrity Chef Challenge at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath.
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The FARMS Community Kitchen will host four wonderful cooking classes that will highlight this season's bounty. Join Youth Program Director Karen Kleinkopf for these fun, informative, hands-on…
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Ok, it's time for a story about manhattans. I've mentioned them in practically every one of the almost two years' worth of columns I've written, but I've never devoted the whole thing to them.…
This is a test. Not of the emergency broadcast system, and not involving questions about columns I've written to determine how popular I am. The last one flopped. Luckily, for me, my ego is still…
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Aug. 8 was National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day. I was enlightened of that news thanks to my friend, Judie Webster. She’s always up on the newest, and oldest, food trends.…
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Pesto: That green stuff that I used to refer to as oobleck, the green gooey stuff that fell from the sky in the Dr. Seuss book, “Bartholomew and the Oobleck,” when King Derwin of Diddare grew…
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Well, summer in Maine is in full swing, folks. Now – what's for suppa?
It’s a lot easier to come up with something ridiculously delicious during the summer, when fresh stuff abounds, than…
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Blueberries. What a happy word. How could you say that word and not smile? Go ahead. Say it out loud.
Blueberries are a Maine summer thing. Blueberries and lobsters. Say THAT out loud. A…
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The Fourth has come and gone. How'd that happen? It was snowing a few weeks ago, wasn't it? Time flies when you're having fun.
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Jeff Knox and his daughter, Kalina Chazin-Knox, were at the Boothbay Farmers' Market on July 6 with a very artful display of their organic farm products.
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Join world traveler and food enthusiast, Jenny Norcott, as she leads us through a variety of fantastic recipes that will be a perfect addition to your summer. This hands-on class will…
School’s out! Summer is a great time to try something new. Have fun learning how to cook. Join FARMS’s educator Leslie Wicks for a summer class, meet some new friends and make delicious, healthy…
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Okay so it's July 2. Two days before the Fourth of July, which, coincidentally, falls on the fourth this year :-)
I took a break from writing over the weekend, which is kind of unusual for…
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Here in the United States most of us think of petits fours as those cute little square chocolate-covered cakes that come in a box around Christmastime.
That's what I thought when I asked…
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Uh oh. Rhubarb again. But there's still rhubarb to be had out there, and who doesn't like the strawberry rhubarb connection? Not I.
Strawberry rhubarb pie. Yum. I ran into Kate Schwehm last…
The Farmers Market at Boothbay Center has been open for just over a month on Thursdays in its 2017 season.
Featuring farmers and vendors from all over Maine, the market has something for…
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I went to the opening at the Boothbay Harbor Oceanside Golf Resort (phew, that’s a mouthful – luckily they’re just calling it Oceanside) on May 27.
I met some great people.
I…
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I know. I’ve written about lobsters before. But I’m a Maine girl, and it’s summer in Maine (almost).
We Mainers rarely have lobsters in the winter. And I rarely…
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Last night I grilled some chicken and made my new favorite salad: Arugula, sliced almonds, blue cheese and my all-time favorite dressing. I’ve made it with fresh grated parmesan in place of blue…
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So I was walking down Cross Point Road last Sunday morning thinking about this week’s column. I took my phone out of my back pocket to start dictating. It had been left with a text window open…
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Okay, we’re going to talk rhubarb again today, so I hope you like it as much as I do. I promise this will be the last rhubarb recipe till next spring.
It does seem that rhubarb is a well-…
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Last week I was thinking about what to write this week's column about. It’s almost rhubarb season, so I figured it’s a good time to make a rhubarb custard pie. Hannaford…
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Last week I interviewed the pastry chef at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club, Alex Tallen. As she was talking about the absolutely ridiculous French pastries she learned to make while attending a…
It’s almost time to forage
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has investigated a number of outbreaks of food-borne illness associated with fiddleheads. The implicated ferns were eaten either raw…
If you think the bread and pastries at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club were good last summer, you're in for a treat when you dine there, and at the new Boothbay Harbor Oceanside Golf Resort's…
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So really – does anything sound more appealing than a warm, flaky chocolate biscuit with butter melting on it? Besides an ice cold manhattan with a cherry?
I love biscuits. I wrote about…
“If I had to describe baking in a single word? Happiness.”
That’s what April Morrison says about her occupation. Creating elegant confections makes her happy. So does dressing up in…
Capers Catering is moving to a new location in Boothbay Harbor. The restaurant and retail shop will move from 12 Oak Street to 25 Townsend Avenue.
Owner Stacey McLellan said it had been a…
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So this week we’re going to talk about creamed asparagus on toast. Don't stop reading! I say that because I mentioned creamed asparagus at work the other day and the three or four people who were…
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I’ve been watching the Great British Baking Show, and it’s killing me. This morning they were making cakes. Ugh. I've been trying to walk 10,000 steps daily, and it really doesn't help when I sit…
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When I was a kid baked beans were a pretty common Saturday night dinner. Not B&M, not Bush's, real homemade baked beans. My mother made them fairly regularly for…
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Have you ever had clams casino? Have you ever even heard of them?
They’re one of those things that were on every restaurant menu in the ’70s, but that was way before my time :-0
My…
Those longing to be in the Greek Isles in March can enjoy the next best thing by cooking up a Greek meal with friends in Maine! Join instructor Debra Arter for "Greek Cuisine Night…
The smell of fresh bread baking is almost irresistible and so is the upcoming Central Lincoln County Adult Education course, "In the Know-In the Dough" offered Tuesday, March 28…
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You know how sometimes you meet someone and within a very short time you know they’re destined to become lifelong friends? Such was the case with the Maryellens.
Mary-Ellen Pecci and Mary…
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Happy new year!
This is the first …
The upcoming Central Lincoln County Adult Education course All Things German is for anyone whose mouth waters when hearing the words schnitzel, spaetzle, and strudel! The class…
Luck of the Irish is a one night cooking class offered through Central Lincoln County Adult Education and will be held Tuesday, March 7 from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Be prepared for St. Patrick’s Day…
Join us for a cooking series beginning March 8, using the Maine Local Twenty, which is the name the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) has given the 20 foods…
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So this food column has been running for a solid year! The first one, “What’s for supper?” ran on Feb. 23, 2016. Man! How time flies. A lot has happened around Boothbay Harbor and the rest of the…
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So a couple weeks ago I mentioned ployes. Most of my friends know what they are. If they didn't already, I made sure they heard about them, and tried them. But a lot of people have never had them…
