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Maine’s International Cryptozoology Museum

Maine has more than its fair share of quirky museums, but the quirkiest of the lot has to be The International Cryptozoology Museum, in...
Chefs Mark Gaier & Clark Frasier on the oceanfront deck of MC Perkins Cove in Ogunquit. ©Hilary Nangle

Q&A: Talking food with Mark Gaier & Clark Frasier

Chefs Mark Gaier & Clark Frasier, of MC Perkins Cove in Ogunquit, discuss food trends, dish about local favorites, dish and chefs to watch...
Chef/Capt. Annie Mahle spends most of her time aboard the schooner J&E Rigiin in the galley. ©Hilary Nangle

Insider tips: Five questions with Annie Mahle, windjammer chef, captain, author

Meet Annie Mahle, chef aboard the J & E Riggin, a wooden schooner built in 1929 as an oyster dredger and now listed as...
Lobster Fishermen, painted in Corea, Maine, by Marsden Hartleyvideo

Marsden Hartley’s Maine: The view from Corea, with Joe Young

I recently toured Marsden Hartley's Maine, on view at Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville through Nov. 12, 2018. The exhibition, which first...
Chef Timothy Labonte aims to make Eve's at the Garden one of Portland's best restaurants. Hilary Nangle photo.

5 Questions & a recipe: Chef Timothy Labonte, Eve’s at the Garden, Portland Harbor...

In May 2012, Executive Chef Timothy Labonte joined Eve’s at the Garden in the Portland Harbor Hotel. The Maine native is thrilled to be...
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Exhibit at Maine’s Portland Museum of Art examines friendship in the Facebook era

Make it a point to wander all the way to the fourth floor of the Portland Museum of Art to see Tanja Alexia Hollander:...
For a real immersion into Maine's logging heritage, plan a visit to the Ambejejus Boom House, a National Historic Landmark accessible only by water, in Maine. ©Hilary Nangle .

Dip into Maine’s logging heritage at the Ambajejus Boom House

Chuck Harris has restored Maine's Ambajejus Boom House and filled it with artifacts from Maine's logging era. This National Historic Register-listed property is on Ambajejus Lake, near Millinocket and Baxter State Park.
The inn by the sea participates in the Out of the Blue program promoting sustainable seafood in Maine.

Q&A: Chef Mitchell Kaldrovich

UPDATE: Chef Mitchell Kaldrovich is now at his own Maine restaurant, MK Kitchen. I think one of Greater Portland's best dining secrets is the Sea...

Five Questions with Chef Jonathan Cartwright of the White Barn Inn, Kennebunk, Maine

Dining at the five-star, five-diamond White Barn Inn, a Relais & Châteaux-member property in Kennebunk, Maine, is a splurge, but it’s one where value...
Chefs Mark Gaier & Clark Frasier won a James Beard award for Arrows, in Ogunquit, now they're at MC Perkins Cove. ©Hilary Nangle

Q&A: Chefs Mark Gaier & Clark Frasier

Earlier this summer, I sat down with Chefs Mark Gaier & Clark Frasier, who won the James Beard Best Chef Northeast award for their...

Five Questions: Ron Crusan, Director, Ogunquit Museum of Art

Enter the Ogunquit Museum of Art and it’s hard to decide where to look first: The works on the walls or the wall of...