Eat Archives – Maine Travel Maven

Winter arrives in Maine’s western mountains, and a few nibbles and nods

Eat Hilary Nangle - March 4, 2012

After a relatively mild winter, March roared in lionlike, with a major snowstorm that dropped upwards of a foot on Maine's western mountains. Saddleback,...

The perfect souvenir from your Maine vacation.

The Maine Lobster Book answers all lobster-related questions

Eat Hilary Nangle - August 10, 2012

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With Maine lobster in the headlines, it seems an appropriate time to share The Maine Lobster Book, by Virginia M. Wright, with you. If...

Lobster! Brooke Dojny’s cookbook celebrates Maine’s famed crustacean

Eat Hilary Nangle - June 28, 2012

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Cookbook author Brooke Dojny's done it again. Lobster! 55 Fresh & Simple Recipes for Everyday Eating (Storey, $14.95) is a summer must-have for anyone...

chocolate never tasted so good as that created by Kate Shaffer of Black Dinah Chocolatiers on Isle au Haut and shared in her new cookbook Desserted.

Desserted: Black Dinah Chocolatier Kate Shaffer shares techniques, recipes, and tales from her Isle...

Eat Hilary Nangle - October 15, 2011

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Life doesn't get much sweeter than creating a successful gourmet chocolate business on a Maine island that's home to a remote section of Acadia...

Maine Restaurant Returns to add some pizzazz to your March

Eat Hilary Nangle - February 27, 2014

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Despite the snow and frigid temps, my winter hibernation is over. I'm swinging back into Maine Travel Maven mode with a reminder about Maine Restaurant...

Celebrate clams at the 46th annual Yarmouth, Maine, Clam Festival

Eat Hilary Nangle - July 12, 2011

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For a taste of the real, ungussied-up Maine, loop down to Jonesport and spend a day or two immersed in a real lobstering village. hilary Nangle photo.

Jonesport, Maine: an authentic, ungentrified lobstering village on the down east coast

Eat Hilary Nangle - August 4, 2012

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Jonesport, Maine, is a bona fide, way-way down east Maine lobstering village with a salty disposition and a stunning location. Not many tourists, other...

Lucy's Granola is delicios and not overly sweet. It's hand mixed in Blue HIll Maine by Lucy Benjamin and her family.

Tasting Maine: Favorite food finds from the Acadia region

Eat Hilary Nangle - November 17, 2011

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I spent the better part of the past five months noodling the highways and byways of Maine's Acadia region researching a new edition of...

Maine chefs and restaurants well represented among 2012 James Beard semi-finalists

Eat Hilary Nangle - February 21, 2012

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The James Beard Foundation has announced the semi-finalists for its 2012 James Beard awards. Maine chefs and restaurants in the running are, by category: Best...

Bring home a taste of Maine with "Notes from a Maine Kitchen" a treasury of recipes highlighting seasonally available Maine foods.

Notes from a Maine Kitchen celebrates seasonally available Maine ingredients, anchoring recipes with a...

Eat Hilary Nangle - August 6, 2011

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Talk about perfect timing: A review copy of Notes from a Maine Kitchen: Seasonally Inspired Recipes, by Kathy Gunst, arrived in the mail at...

For those venturing into the world of Japanese cuisine for the first time, the salmon lady Miyake-style roll at Miyake restaurant, in Portland, Maine, is a good intro. Hilary Nangle photo.

Miyake’s new restaurant in Portland, Maine, is a perfect backdrop for the master’s cuisine

Eat Hilary Nangle - July 22, 2011

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Miyake has barely been in its new location in the Portland Harbor Hotel building on Fore Street for a week, but judging from my...

Maine's oldest diner has new chefs at the helm and plans fancy dinners on weekends.. @Hilary Nangle photo

Biddeford’s Palace Diner reopening on March 12, 2014

Eat Hilary Nangle - February 28, 2014

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I mourned when I learned that the Capostoto family had sold Biddeford's Palace Diner, a classic 1926 Pollard towed to Maine, from Lowell, Mass.,...

Nezinscot is a classic farm as table restaurant in Maine

These Maine farms serve farm-fresh meals and more

Eat Hilary Nangle - June 3, 2022

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Farm-to-table is so yesterday; in Maine, you can enjoy farm-fresh meals right on the farm. These farm-based Maine restaurants, cafés, and pizza ovens serve...