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New in Portland: Saucy Fish Co.
Portland, Maine is known for its seafood industry. Millions of tourists visit a year and atop their list of goals to accomplish while here is to eat lobster. They want to walk on the working...
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Women! and Whiskey! at Portland Hunt & Alpine Club
It was a great sight to see - over 30 women sipping whiskey, chattering about what they smelled and tasted. Paula Truman of Bow Street Distributing lead the event, summing it up best when she opened...
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Portland Spirits Society Tasting: New England Distilling
I'm intimidated by the world of spirits in a way that it doesn't occur to me to feel about food. Sure, the world of food has it's high-end restaurant with their hard-to-pronounce ingredients and...
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First Look: Reopened East Ender
I eagerly stopped into the East Ender on Middle Street in Portland last night for happy hour. I'm an unabashed fan of Karl and Bill's cooking - last seen coming from the bright orange Small Axe food...
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Wintertime Canning: Hot Pepper Jam
Canning hot pepper jam in the middle of winter is the perfect pick-me-up. It's nice to put up a quick little project that doesn't rely on perfect in-season produce, and this jam refreshes the canning...
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April Portland Spirits Society Tasting: Salvage BBQ
I love Salvage BBQ so much, but I always think of their great barbecue, sides, and craft beer selection. So I was surprised when a Portland Hunt & Alpine Club bartender suggested them as a place...
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Cocktails with Royal Rose Simple Syrups
I love Royal Rose's flavored simple syrups - I use them in cocktails, and I mix with soda water for lightly flavored homemade sodas. Their unique flavors add give cocktails unexpected depth (like in my...
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BBF Travels: Eating in Brooklyn, New York
Phew. Now that I've looked back on these photos of my weekend in Brooklyn, there was a lot of eating and drinking. As usual, we were just killing time between meals. We visited Original Roomie A.'s...
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First Look: The Honey Paw
The Honey Paw, the much-awaited "non-denominational noodle bar" from the owners of Hugo's and Eventide Oyster Co. is now open. They are open from 11 a.m until 10 p.m. today through Monday at 78 Middle...
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Tiki Cocktail Love + Rum Riots Events
I've become pretty obsessed with all things tiki lately (well, as it relates to drinks, at least). And I know that in the bartending world, I'm probably at least five years late to the party. I just...
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Tiki at Home: Mai Tais and Pina Coladas
I'm really getting into home bartending. While I love going out, sitting at the bar, and letting someone else prepare me a delicious cocktail, I'm also embracing the challenge of making high-caliber...
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New Dispatch Magazine + Spring Portland, Maine CSA Options
Dispatch magazine is back! Or rather it's under new management, but it's more exciting to say it has returning with a vengeance. And with it, more writing from yours truly as I'll be contributing,...
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Kennebunkport Tequila Mixology Class + Mt. Vernon Whiskey Tasting
Warm weather! I can hardly believe it. Does anything go better with warm weather than tequila? If so, please enlighten me. I got into tequila last year, when I wrote about it for the Portland Phoenix....
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BBF Books: Distilled In Maine Update!
Man, the Portland food writing and restaurant scene just went crazy. Lost its damn mind over "Criticgate 2015." I'll just be over here, "la la la!" writing about whatever, trying to stay out of the...
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Lovely Lunch at Lolita
Did you know Lolita on Munjoy Hill serves lunch? I didn't consider it as a lunch spot, but more for a special occasion dinner or a nice place to sit at the bar and catch up with a friend. But why not...
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Quick and Easy Beach Eats for a Crowd
We got our beach on this past Memorial Day weekend. I hope you did too - the weather is Maine seems like it's been fast-forwarded a month, doesn't it? I am NOT complaining, just tip-toeing around, like...
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Portland Rum Riots: Tiki Cocktail Workshop at Hugo's
I'd been looking forward to Saturday's tiki cocktail seminar ever since Briana Volk, of Portland Hunt & Alpine Club contacted me while planning the event months ago. It was part of the 2nd annual...
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Strawberry Season in Maine
The fresh strawberries are starting to appear in the markets here in Southern Maine (!!!). I see strawberries as the official start to the short Maine preserving season - for one, strawberry jam is one...
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First Look at Terlingua - Opening Tonight!
My friends Melanie and Pliny Reynolds are opening a restaurant on Washington Avenue, called Terlingua (opening tonight at 5pm!). I am predisposed to love it, since I a) love Mel and Plin and b) have...
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BBF Travels: The Wallingford Dram, Kittery
Although I rarely make it to other dining spots outside of Portland (not for lack of wanting!), I've become increasingly familiar with the small but high-quality food scene in Kittery, thanks to some...
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