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...
Beat bugs with Maine-Made insect-repelling clothing for people and pets
Beat bugs with Dog Not Gone Maine-made, No Fly Zone, insect-repelling clothing and accessories for people, dogs, and horses. Designer Julie Swain uses permethin-treated...
Spot on at Fore Street
Although empty storefronts keep popping up in Portland's Old Port, it's hard to believe the economy is in the tank when dining at Fore...
Back in the Saddle
So to speak (after five days without Internet access), and with a new office assistant. First, a report on this year's Grand Lake Stream...
Rangeley ramblings
Scooted over to Saddleback for a few runs today: Delicious early-spring conditions, butter and suger corn, with a side of freeze-capped moguls and temps...
Dinner and a Downhill
Whatcha doin' for dinner Friday night? Sam Hayward, James Beard award-winning chef at Portland's Fore Street, is taking a road trip to Carrabassett Valley,...
Blueberry blues
God blessed way, way, way downeast Washington County with a land- and seascape that rivals almost anywhere in the world.
Craggy headlands crown rockbound shores;...
Windjammer Days 2022 honors 16 Maine women on the waterfront
Boothbay Harbor — The 2022 Windjammer Days festival celebrates working women on the waterfront. Sixty years ago, Captain Marion Dash, the first female boat...
Fini! And what a difference 24 hours makes
Sugarloaf remains open through Sunday, but I logged my last runs this morning. Quite a change from yesterday, when temps were in the 80s...
Steal away to Ogunquit’s Rockmere Lodge
Through April 9, rooms at the Rockmere Lodge, which has a spectacular location on Ogunquit's Marginal Way, are—get this: $90 midweek, $98-$110 Friday through...
Checking in: The Meadowmere Resort, Ogunquit, Maine
The family owned Meadowmere Resort puts the best of Ogunquit within footsteps. That's not the only reason to stay here. The Meadowmere's facilities make...
Nothing better than fish chowder on a Maine windjammer: Here’s the recipe
“I don’t really use recipes,” says William Howe, chef on the traditional Maine windjammer Angelique as he peels potatoes for the day's fish chowder...
For Asian fare in Mid-coast Maine, Camden’s Long Grain delivers
With the exception of Suzuki's Sushi, in Rockland, most Asian restaurants in Mid-coast Maine are of the Chinah Dinah variety: lots of Americanized foods,...
Maine’s azalea and lilac gardens blossom with spring’s tidings
Azaleas, rhododendrons, and lilacs are beginning to blossom, and these Maine public gardens are full of their color and promise. Note: Some have donation...
Acadia Birding Festival
Here's something to tweet about: No less an authority than Roger Tory Peterson called Mount Desert Island "the Warbler capital of the world."...
