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Cellardoor Winery Tasting Room at Thompson's Point
Cellardoor Winery's tasting room, the first drink-related business in a row of redevelopment at Thompson's Point, opened its doors on Saturday. Thompson's Point, formerly an industrial no man's land...
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Rum Riots at Liquid Riot
I spent yesterday afternoon at Liquid Riot, with the members of Friends of Evergreen Cemetery, giving a talk to commemorate the 161st anniversary of the Portland Rum Riots. Mayor Neal Dow is buried at...
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Bissell Brothers Brewing at Thompson's Point
Bissell Brothers Brewing opened at Thompson's Point today, completing their move from the brewery incubator on Industrial Way. The new space is huge compared to the last one, with tall ceilings and...
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Two New Portland Food Trucks
Since my update about the Portland area food trucks, I've spotted 2 more: first, Tacos Del Seoul on the Eastern Prom, about which I was very excited. While I haven't had the chance to eat there yet,...
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Foulmouthed Brewing, South Portland
Foulmouthed Brewing opened in the Knightville neighborhood of South Portland about two weeks ago, with several kinds of beer made on premise and a small menu to accompany them. I went on Friday for...
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Flying Fox Juice Bar Now Open
Flying Fox Juice Bar opened yesterday at 98 Washington Ave. It's run by Birch Hincks, a friendly woman you may know from Eventide, with help from her partner Tim Adams of Oxbow Brewing. The small shop...
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Nonesuch Oyster Tours, Scarborough
Last month a friend of mine came to visit Maine, and we used that as an excuse to check out the Nonesuch Oyster aquaculture tours that owner Abigail Carroll has started offering. Carroll's farm is...
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Blue Apron Meal Delivery Service Review
So I signed up for a week of Blue Apron. If you know me at all, this may seem out of character. In fact, I was staunchly anti-Blue Apron for a while (for me personally, not for other people). I know...
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First Look at Stroudwater Distillery
Stroudwater Distillery, the last beverage-related business to join booze row at Thompson's Point, is now open. As is seemingly the trend, the distillery's tasting room feels more like a bar, with...
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Vegan Bacun (Yes, Really)
Just like my Blue Apron experience, I did something else seemingly out of character last month: I made vegan bacon. It started when I read a review of a restaurant in which someone was complaining of a...
View ArticleMap of Maine Distilleries
Craft distilling is expanding in Maine, spurred by the farm-to-table and craft cocktail movements. Our state now boasts 14 craft distilleries, which, while the state does not have an official "craft"...
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Preserving Peaches: Jam, Canned in Juice, and Frozen
Peaches are easily one of my favorite fruits and certainly symbolic of summer: something that you have to get a lot of while it's available and have a certain amount of anxiety about its end (NOT THAT...
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Harvest Dinner at Maine Huts & Trails
Fall is my camping season, the time of year when boating season is ending/winding down and there's some time before the dreaded s-word flies. I haven't done much (any?) backpacking in Maine—my camping...
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Preserving Tomatoes: Salsa, Crushed, and Pureed
I feel like it's customary to start out a post about a large preserving project with something like: "I'm crazy,""OMG, what was I thinking?" or something similar. And I must admit, after processing 40...
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Split Rock Distillery, Newcastle
I gave a book talk to a nice group at the Old Bristol Historical Society in the Midcoast last month, and they asked me to speak about the distillery that had recently opened nearby. So I left for my...
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Dinner in the Kennebunks
Kennebunkport and neighboring Kennebunk are my favorite Maine towns outside of Portland. My partner's family lives there and so we visit frequently in the summer, spending time at their beach house. I...
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Obscure Election Cocktail Tasting, Vol. 8
This year, my friends' annual obscure holiday cocktail party met a little earlier in the season, so it took on a election theme. We first got together eight years ago as a group of food bloggers,...
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Post-Election Thoughts
Obviously, from my last post, you can probably gather that I did not see the election of Donald Trump as our next president coming. That Dave Chappelle/Chris Rock SNL skit was a little too on the nose...
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Foundation Brewing, New England Distilling, and Bunker Brewing Expansions
OK, that's enough wallowing—I decided I'm not going to let the President Elect and the depressing implications about a quarter of the American public keep me from something I love...plus, it's not like...
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Thanksgiving in Stowe, Vermont
This Thanksgiving, I ended up in Vermont with the boyfriend for a little getaway. I've never travelled (other than to see family) on Thanksgiving and now that I have, I kinda love it. There's a bit of...
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