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Lobster! Ice cream! Blueberries! Seafood! Cheese! Beer! Wine! I could go on and on about Maine's bountiful fresh food and drink. Maine's not simply farm to table, it's often farm as table. Here you'll find posts related not only to Maine food and drink, but also to food and drink from places beyond Maine.

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Craving fried fish? These Maine seafood shacks do it right

Maine is renowned for its lobster shacks, but its fried seafood shacks are equally tasty finds. At these 10 coastal Maine seafood shacks—a mix...
Nezinscot is a classic farm as table restaurant in Maine

These Maine farms serve farm-fresh meals and more

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...
Pretty Marsh is perhaps Acadia's least-crowded picnic area. ©Hilary Nangle

Escape peak season crowds on Acadia’s Quiet Side

Acadia National Park's popularity is causing crowds and congestion, but you can escape all that an still enjoy the park on Acadia's Quiet Side....
Lobster shack Boothbay Maine Maine vacation 2021

Top 10: What to see and do in Boothbay, Maine

What to see and do in Boothbay, Maine: My top 10 list of what not to miss when visiting this Midcoast Maine peninsula.

The Maine Coast Chocolate Trail: A chocoholic’s guide

Maine has an official art museum trail, a maritime heritage trail, an architecture trail, even a garden and landscape trail. It doesn't have a...
The Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City

What to see & do in Quebec City, plus where to eat & sleep

Wondering what to see and do in Quebec City? I can help. Since I live in Maine, I consider Quebec City as my extended...
Monhegan Island is an easy day trip from mid-coast Maine.

Monhegan Island seduces artists, birders, hikers, dreamers, and drifters

Ahhhh! The Artists' Island. Take a walk about Monhegan Island, and it's easy to see how it earned that moniker. Everywhere you look is...
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...
Pergola at Aragostavideo

Checking In: Aragosta, Deer Isle, Maine

Oceanfront Aragosta, Deer Isle, welcomes guests to private, comfy cottages salting spruce woodlands and a nationally acclaimed restaurant.
Craving tortierre or pot en pot or raisin pie? Check out Bouchard Family FArms new French-Acadian Cookbook.

Bouchard Family Farms cookbook preserves Maine’s French-Acadian recipes

Ployes! Pot en Pot! Tortierre! Creton! Raisin Pie! If you've ever had the good fortune to travel in Maine's St. John Valley, you're likely...

For a topnotch fare, find The Lost Kitchen, in Belfast, Maine

CLOSED. Chef Erin French has taken her show on the road with an Airstream food truck. Chef Matthew Kenney's The Gothic has taken over...
Grammy's Country Inn home-cooking rstaurant, Linneus, Maine

Grammy’s Country Kitchen, Linneus, Maine: Just like Grandma’s, only better

Diet in advance, order conservatively, and plan to share. That advice comes paired with nearly any recommendation for Grammy's Country Inn. This unassuming restaurant...
One of Maine's Best food festivals

Maine’s best food festivals & events

Hungry for a taste of the real Maine? Feast upon this tasting portion of some of Maine's best food festivals and events. (Updated April...
one Sixty Five exterior facing Park Row and the town green

Checking In: One Sixty Five shines in downtown Brunswick

One Sixty Five, a boutique inn on Park Row in downtown Brunswick, Maine, rose from the ashes of the former Brunswick Inn. Of course,...

The Boathouse Restaurant opens in Kennebunkport

C Classical Maine fare gets an update on Chef John Shaw's menu at The Boathouse Restaurant, in Kennebunkport. The restaurant, part of the Kennebunkport Resort...