Nibbles and bites in South Portland, Maine: Taco Trio and Scratch Baking Co.

Psst: Seeking Maine's best bagels? Hankering for a taste of the Southwest? Mosey over the Casco Bay Bridge to South Portland (SoPo, if you're...
Make breakfasts like those served at the Pomegranate Inn, in Portland, Maine, with innkeeper Dana Moos' new cookbook, The Art of Breakfast.

Dana Moos, innkeeper at Portland’s Pomegranate Inn, defines The Art of Breakfast

Yesterday, I had the good fortune to attend a brunch at Portland's Pomegranate Inn launching Dana Moos' new cookbook, The Art of Breakfast: How...

Unwind at two Portland, Maine, wine dinners in May

Make reservations now to sip and savor at two upcoming Wine Dinners in Portland, Maine: first at Local 188 on Monday, May 16, and...

Celebrate spring with a Maine fiddlehead recipe from Chef Kaldrovich, of the Sea Glass...

I asked Chef Mitchell Kaldrovich  to share a recipe for one of Maine's favorite spring delicacies, fiddleheads. “I am very excited to have our forager...
Bernie at the Inn by the SEa

Pet-friendly Inn by the Sea is dog heaven

When it comes to pet-friendly travel in Maine, the Inn by the Sea, in Cape Elizabeth, does everything right. So says Bernie, my almost-five-year-old Leonberger...

Seguinland artists exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art, summer 2011

Oh dear! With the opening of Maine Moderns: Art in Seguinland, 1900–1940 at the Portland Museum of Art on June 4, I fear the...

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...

Chef Jay Villiani shares two recipes for Maine shrimp

Even if you hate snow, ice, and everything winter, you can't help but love Maine shrimp, a.k.a. Northern Shrimp or Pandalus borealis. These oh-so-delicate...

An Only-from-Maine gift: The Umbrella Cover Museum Uncovered & Exposed

Shopping for that perfect gift that says only in Maine? Since 1996, founder, director, and curator Nancy 3. Hoffman (the 3 is no typo,...

Ho, ho, ho, it’s magic: Magic of Christmas in Maine

Tickets for the Portland Symphony Orchestra's annual holiday extravaganza, the Magic of Christmas, always go quickly, so act quickly if you want to score...

Tasty tidbit: Back Bay Grill hires pastry chef

I always think of Portland's Back Bay Grill as kind of a sleeper. It's among the city's best restaurants and arguably its top fine-dining...

Eileen Ivers and the PSO Pops! Brilliant!

When it comes to fiddling around, few can compete with Eileen Ivers, winner of nine All-Ireland fiddle championships. Ivers isn't content with the usual...

Planning ahead: Maine Open Lighthouse Day

Light up your life on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, with a visit to one of 25 ocean, river, and island lighthouses open for the...

Savor summer at Migis Lodge on Sebago Lake

Migis Lodge is a gem, a magical all-inclusive retreat sheltered by towering pines and edging Sebago Lake. It's the kind of place that echoes...