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Distilled in Maine Launch Party and Events!
My second book, Distilled in Maine: A History of Libations, Temperance & Craft Spirits, is now available! I feel like I found the groove when I wrote this one, so I hope you enjoy it. It begins...
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Bresca and the Honey Bee, Snack Shack at Outlet Beach
Our sailboat is in the shop. Not ideal timing, in the middle of July. But the upside is (and I'm searching hard for an upside), we get to use our weekends to do summer things that we'd otherwise skip...
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Summer in Maine: Cocktails, Pickles, Cakes, and Lobster Rolls
First the business! The Portland Spirits Society is headed to Biddeford for our August event on Monday, August 10th at 6pm. The newly opened Round Turn Distilling is producing an amazing, unique gin,...
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Review of Boone's Fish House & Oyster Room, Portland
Business first: Come see me at Maine Craft Distilling, 101 Fox St. in Portland's East Bayside neighborhood from 3-5pm for your signed copy of DISTILLED IN MAINE!----------------Now for my recent...
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How to Make Kombucha, Kefir, Kvass - Plus a Workshop!
It is so very nice and warm here in Southern Maine this week. This is my summer sweet spot - super hot out, enough to make the chilly ocean water bearable for a quick dip. You know what else loves this...
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BBF Travels: Lyon Distilling Co. St. Michaels, MD
On the way to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for our annual week at the beach, A. and I made a detour to St. Michaels, on the Eastern shore of Maryland, to revisit some of my old haunts and to check...
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Dining Out Casco Bay Islands: Down East Feature
First, the business! I'll be reading from DISTILLED IN MAINE and sharing stories of Maine's alcoholic past and present at Maine Historical Society on Friday, September 11th at 5:30. What - that's...
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Making Kombucha + Preserving Maine Summer Vegetables Fast
Business up front, party in the back! Tonight, I'll be at Boothbay Craft Brewing for trivia night from 4:30-8pm with copies of my book DISTILLED IN MAINE for sale. Tomorrow night, I'm reading and...
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Fall Garden Harvest: Jalapeno Poppers and Basil Pesto
Football season has returned! And while it's a strange time of year when football and sailing season overlap, I so enjoy the return of fall Sundays spent inside watching TV, eating hearty football...
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Fall Raspberry Picking and Donuts Galore
The seasons have changed here in Maine, both literally as the fall equinox has passed, but more so that the weather caught up with the calendar. Summer stretched through the middle of September,...
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Ladies Love Whiskey and Upcoming Book Events
The DISTILLED IN MAINE tour continues! I have book events scheduled through the end of the year, and as you can probably imagine, they're pretty exciting, as they come with the promise of alcohol! I...
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The Velveteen Habit, Cape Neddick
At the end of this month, I will have lived in Maine for seven years now (and have written the Blueberry Files for nearly as long!). That's a long time for me to have lived in any one place - and yet...
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Review of Mi Sen Noodle Bar, Portland
Eating out on a Monday and Tuesday night in Portland can cause a bit of head scratching - so many restaurants are closed on these weeknights, especially as we head into relatively slower seasons....
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The Secret to Dining at the Palace Diner, Biddeford
Many a love song has been sung to Palace Diner in Biddeford, the resurrected dining car from Chad Conley and Greg Mitchell, chefs formerly of Gather in Yarmouth and Hugo's in Portland. What makes...
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December Booze Events: Preview of Rhum Tiki Bar
If it's possible, I am the MOST excited about this next Portland Spirits Society event (new to the PSS? It's ladies who love booze - tastings, education, social, fun). I've long wanted to throw a tiki...
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Happy Hour at Ebb & Flow
Every so often, I organize a happy hour meet-up for Portland food bloggers and writers. I'm always searching for a good venue - one that can accommodate a big group coming and going, which, with...
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Tequila: You're Gonna Need It
Forgive me, I think the (somewhat tired) trope of drinking to handle one's family on the holidays is still funny. Maybe because I don't actually need that particular coping mechanism with family (and...
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Preview of Rhum Tiki Bar at Bramhall
Last Tuesday was the much-anticipated tiki party at Bramhall, acting as a preview of Rhum, the new tiki bar from the owners of Bramhall and Nosh. I hope you were able to make it, because it was a...
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Rare Bourbon Tasting at TIQA
I went to a Bourbon tasting at TIQA two weeks ago, after giving a book talk at a retirement community in York (where I was regaled with drinking stories from the adorable elderly crowd). The event was...
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Happy Hour at Roustabout
My East End neighborhood is hoppin' now - with the addition of Oxbow, Maine and Loire, Terlingua, and now Roustabout, the bottom of Munjoy Hill has become quite the destination for eating and drinking....
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