By Hilary Nangle on January 29, 2011
After sampling the Granite Inn‘s lobster pie (technically quiche) during Rockland, Maine’s, annual Pies on Parade event, I managed to persuade Ed Hantz to share the recipe. “This is my adaptation of a recipe I found in an old cookbook,” Hantz says. “I serve it fairly often, usually when there are enough people staying at [...]
Posted in Food, Recipes | Tagged lobster, Maine, pie, quiche, recipe, Rockland |
By Hilary Nangle on January 29, 2011
After an afternoon of nibbling my way through downtown Rockland, sampling pie after pie after pie last Sunday, innkeepers Ed and Joan Hantz invited me to call it a night at the Granite Inn, a bed-and-breakfast and member of the Historic Inns of Rockland, Maine. The Granite Inn, located on the northern end of Main [...]
Posted in Deals, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go, Woof | Tagged downtown, Granite Inn, Rockland |
By Hilary Nangle on January 21, 2011
Here’s a round-up of news items that have crossed my desk this week. • Sugarloaf opens Brackett Basin Let’s start here in Carrabassett Valley (the very snowy, and increasingly chilly Carrabasett Valley, I might add). Thanks to the abundant snowfall (close to two feet this week, along), Sugarloaf opened Brackett Basin, its new side-country terrain [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Events, Food, Greater Portland, Penobscot Bay, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Belfast, Bethel, Brackett Basin, Maine Beer Trail, Planet Dog, Portland, salt exchange, Sugarloaf, The Lost Kitchen, WinterFest |
By Hilary Nangle on January 18, 2011
Get your Maine winter on with Jet Blue’s two-day sale to Portland, Maine, (PWM, with fares priced at $44 from New York (JFK) and $69 from Orland (MCO). Think of the possibilities: Perhaps a foodie escape during Restaurant Week Maine? a ski or snowboard vacation to Sugarloaf, Sunday River, or Saddleback? maybe some snowshoeing or [...]
Posted in Deals, Transportation, Trip Planning | Tagged Jet blue sale to Portland Maine |
By Hilary Nangle on January 17, 2011
I convinced another one of Maine’s talented chefs to share a recipe using Maine shrimp. A native of Belgium, Executive Chef Geoffroy Deconinck’s career took him to Restaurant Alain Ducasse, Plaza Athenée in Paris, France, and then on to leading and executive roles in New York City’s Café Boulud, Restaurant Daniel and Bouley Restaurant and [...]
Posted in Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Penobscot Bay, Recipes, Trip Planning | Tagged Camden, Camden Harbour Inn, Maine shrimp, Meyer Lemon Risotto with Maine Shrimp |
By Hilary Nangle on January 16, 2011
Now I’ll be the first to admit that Stonington, at the tip of Maine’s Blue Hill/Deer Isle peninsula, isn’t the most happening town in February, but if you’re looking for a romantic Valentine’s Day weekend winter escape, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better deal than that offered by the Inn on the Harbor. [...]
Posted in Blue Hill Peninsula & Deer Isle, Deals, Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Deer Isle, Inn on the Harbor, lobster, Stonington |
By Hilary Nangle on January 15, 2011
Steve Philbrick, second-generation owner of Bald Mountain Camps Resort, in Maine’s famed Rangeley Lakes region bit the bullet. After much soul seraching, he made the difficult decision to begin winter operations of the historical, traditional Maine sporting camp fronting on Mooselukmeguntik Lake. Although Philbrick is technically a second-generation owner, he took the operation over from [...]
Posted in Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Food, Hiking, Lodging, Skiing/Riding, Sporting Camps, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Bald Mountain Camps, cross-country skiing, Oquossoc, Rangeley, snowshoeing |
By Hilary Nangle on January 15, 2011
Put on your winter woolies instead of the usual night-on-the-town clothes, lace up the insulated Bean boots, instead of the heels, and slide on into Ice Bar, Jan. 27-29, 2011, the annual outdoor social wingding celebrating winter at the Portland Harbor Hotel. It’s a party for a cause, err causes, with proceeds raised from ticket [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Greater Portland, Hotels, Lodging, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Ice Bar, Portland, Portland Harbor Hotel |
By Hilary Nangle on January 12, 2011
A collection of bits and pieces that you might want to consider if planning a midwinter escape to Maine to take advantage of this wonderful snowfall: • Skiing and snowshoeing in Acadia National Park Oh yes, with this Nor’eastah pounding its way up Maine’s coastline and dropping snow not by the inch, but the foot, [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Deals, Events, Food, Greater Portland, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Mid-Coast, Skiing/Riding, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Country Club Inn, Georgetown, Hugo's, Portland, Rangeley, Robinhood Free Meetinghouse, Saltair Inn, York, York Harbor Inn |
By Hilary Nangle on January 12, 2011
Most chefs toy with their menus frequently; some daily, others weekly or quarterly. Not so Dan Davis, chef/owner of One Stanley Avenue, in Kingfield, Maine. He’s owned the restaurant, one of, if not the best, fine dining options in the region, since 1972, and his menu really hasn’t changed since 1998. And maybe that’s a [...]
Posted in Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Kingfield, One Stanley Avenue, Sugarloaf |
Southern Coast
Greater Portland
Mid-Coast
Penobscot Bay
Blue Hill Peninsula
Acadia Region
Down East
Aroostook County
Maine Highlands
Kennebec Corridor
Western Lakes & Mountains