Month: January 2013

Royal Rose Cocktail Syrups

| Posted in Profiles

The Food & Dining section in today’s Press Herald has an article about Royal Rose cocktail syrups.

The result was Royal Rose (royalrosesyrups.com), a company that handcrafts simple syrups in small batches, about 30 gallons at a time, using filtered water and 100 percent organic and fair-trade sugar. There are no artificial colors or preservatives, and Butler and Butters grind and toast all the spices used in the syrups themselves.

What sets the couple’s syrups apart, in addition to the quality of the ingredients, are the unusual flavors. In addition to a simple rose syrup, they also make cardamom-clove, lavender-lemon, three chilies, strawberry-fennel and tamarind.

For more information visit the Royal Rose website.

Interview with Phil Gaven

| Posted in Farming

The Root has published an interview with Phil Gaven, owner of The Honey Exchange on Stevens Ave, about Winter hive maintenance.

I spend many hours a day giving advice to beekeepers on all manner of subjects but the one thing I try to stress more than anything is “worry less.”  Good beekeepers want to do everything we are able to do to help our bees survive.  It’s important to remember bees survived for millions of years without human help.  Admittedly, given the world we live in today most beehives can’t survive more than a year or two without human help so we do what we can, in as natural a way as possible.  With responsible stewardship, most hives will survive.  Some will die, and while that’s sad it is also the natural order of things.

Fore Street

| Posted in Profiles

The latest issue of Maine magazine includes an article about Fore Street.

At the end of the day, what makes Fore Street so different from its counterparts is an unyielding pride that employees take in their work. It’s not an environment for those who prefer to cut corners, or those who are simply order-takers in search of a paycheck. There is an expectation that everyone will always pull his or her own weight, and this provides the continual challenge that makes the job worth doing.

This Week’s Events: Ag Trade Show, Immersion Dinner, Beer Challenge, Stouts After Christmas

| Posted in Events

Tuesday — the 72nd Annual Maine Agricultural Trade Show is taking place in Augusta.

Thursday — the Museum of African Culture is hosting a cultural immersion dinner, Yeast Bayside will be up against Riverside in the Great Lost Bear’s Industrial Park Challenge, and there will be a wine tasting at the Public Market House.

Friday — the Portland Harbor Hotel is kicking off their International Dinner Series with a Middle Eastern meal.

Saturday — it’s the first day of Stouts After Christmas at Novare Res, and the Winter Farmers Market is taking place.

For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.

If you are holding a food event this week that’s not listed above, publicize it by adding it as a comment to this post.

Top 50 for 2013: Eventide

| Posted in Reviews

Eventide has made it on to Find Eat Drink’s list of the top 50 restaurants in North America to eat at in 2013.

From big cities to tiny towns, Texas BBQ to Vancouver dim sum to a Maryland crab shack, here are 50 North American restaurants the Pros think are worth going out of your way to dine at in 2013. Some are new, some are classic, some are trendy, some off the beaten path, but all serve delicious food.

Reviews of The Corner Room and Sea Glass

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The Golden Dish has published a review of The Corner Room,

While the Corner Room is not exactly like  being on  Little Italy’s  Mulberry Street I’m glad to have rediscovered this stylish Old Port dining venue, where the food, drink and  good times are almost always on the menu.

and Eat Maine has published a review of Sea Glass.

The menu at the Sea Glass is simple, traditional, and executed perfectly. The food mirrors the setting in perfect harmony—they are both simple, yet elegant. Familiar, yet spectacular.