Category: Events

Both PortlandTown and Portland in a Snap have published photos from the 15th Annual Epicurean Auction that took place at Merrill Auditorium last night.

Tuesday — David Buchanan and Eli Cayer will be teaching a class on apple selection and usage for making cider at the Urban Farm Fermentory. Many local restaurants are participating in Portland Ovations’ 15th Epicurean Auction Benefit.
Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching a class on Chardonnay at The Wine Bar.
Thursday — there will be beer tasting at the West End Deli.
Friday — To kick-off their Grand Opening weekend for the new store, Rosemont is having an Italian wine tasting. It’s the first night of the NERAX cask beer event at Novare Res (30 cask beers), and the first day of the Common Ground Fair taking place in Unity, Maine.
Saturday — The ribbon cutting for the Rosemont is taking place in the morning and there’s another wine tasting at the store that night, the 7th Annual Lakes Brew Fest is taking place in Casco, Maine, the NERAX event at Novare Res continues into its second day as does the Common Ground Fair.
Sunday — the last day of the Common Ground Fair.
Farmer’s Markets — the traditional series of Farmer’s Markets are taking place Monday (Monument Square), Wednesday (Monument Square) and Saturday (Deering Oaks Park). Cultivating Community is running their new series of markets Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at various locations around the city.
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.

Tuesday — David Buchanan and Eli Cayer will be teaching a class on apple selection and usage for making cider at the Urban Farm Fermentory. Many local restaurants are participating in Portland Ovations’ 15th Epicurean Auction Benefit.

Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching a class on Chardonnay at The Wine Bar.

Thursday — there will be beer tasting at the West End Deli.

Friday — To kick-off their Grand Opening weekend for the new store, Rosemont is having an Italian wine tasting. It’s the first night of the NERAX cask beer event at Novare Res (30 cask beers), and the first day of the Common Ground Fair taking place in Unity, Maine.

Saturday — The ribbon cutting for the Rosemont is taking place in the morning and there’s another wine tasting at the store that night, the 7th Annual Lakes Brew Fest is taking place in Casco, Maine, the NERAX event at Novare Res continues into its second day as does the Common Ground Fair.

Sunday — the last day of the Common Ground Fair.

Farmer’s Markets — the traditional series of Farmer’s Markets are taking place Monday (Monument Square), Wednesday (Monument Square) and Saturday (Deering Oaks Park). Cultivating Community is running their new series of markets Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at various locations around the city.

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.

Portland Town has published a set of photos from the 7th Annual Harvest Dinner hosted by Cinque Terre and Vignola at their farm in Greene, Maine.

Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching a class on Merlot at The Wine Bar.
Thursday — there will be wine tastings at Kitchen & Cork in Scarborough and Leavitt & Sons in Falmouth, and Cultivating Community is holding one of their biweekly Twilight Dinners.
Friday — an Italian wine tasting is scheduled to take place at the Rosemont Market on Munjoy Hill.
Saturday — there will be a wine tasting at the Black Cherry Provisions.
Sunday — the next 20/20 wine tasting/charity event is being held at the Snow Squall in South Portland, Wine Wise is coordinating a sailing wine class aboard the Casablanca, and Cinque Terre is holding their 3rd Annual Eco Appetito to raise funds for the Ferry Beach Ecology School.
Farmer’s Markets — the traditional series of Farmer’s Markets are taking place Monday (Monument Square), Wednesday (Monument Square) and Saturday (Deering Oaks Park). Cultivating Community is running their new series of markets Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at various locations around the city.
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.

Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching a class on Merlot at The Wine Bar.

Thursday — there will be wine tastings at Kitchen & Cork in Scarborough and Leavitt & Sons in Falmouth, and Cultivating Community is holding one of their biweekly Twilight Dinners.

Friday — an Italian wine tasting is scheduled to take place at the Rosemont Market on Munjoy Hill.

Saturday — there will be a wine tasting at the Black Cherry Provisions.

Sunday — the next 20/20 wine tasting/charity event is being held at the Snow Squall in South Portland, Wine Wise is coordinating a sailing wine class aboard the Casablanca, and Cinque Terre is holding their 3rd Annual Eco Appetito to raise funds for the Ferry Beach Ecology School.

Farmer’s Markets — the traditional series of Farmer’s Markets are taking place Monday (Monument Square), Wednesday (Monument Square) and Saturday (Deering Oaks Park). Cultivating Community is running their new series of markets Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at various locations around the city.

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.

Maine Restaurant Week has expanded their calendar to include a Fall series which will take place October 24-31. The standard MRW in the Spring is scheduled March 1-12, 2011.
At both the Fall and Spring series, participating restaurants will offer 3-course dinners for $20, $30, or $40, and some are planning $15 lunches. Menus and a list of participating restaurants will be published in October on www.mainerestaurantweek.com.

Tuesday’s Locavore column in the Portland Daily Sun was about the work done by Cultivating Community and the biweekly Twilight Dinners they run throughout the Summer at their farm in Cape Elizabeth.

For the fourth year running, area chefs will display their locavore prowess by preparing dishes using produce grown, meat raised and fish landed within 20 miles of the farm. No chocolate. No olive oil. Yes delicious.

Eating outdoors is rare these days but for most of history and throughout much of the world beyond these shores, it has been the norm.

Wednesday — the premier of the Portland episode of Man vs Food on the Travel Channel, a wine tastings at RSVP and Old Port Wine Merchants, and Wine Wise is teaching a class at The Wine Bar.
Thursday — a wine dinner at Havana South featuring wines from Les Vins De Vienne.
Friday — a wine tasting at the Scarborough Wine Outlet.
Saturday — a wine tasting at the Black Cherry Provisions.
Sunday — Vignola and Cinque Terre’s 6th Annual Harvest Dinner at their farm in Greene, Maine, and Rippling Waters Organic Farm’s 6th Annual Soil to Supper event.
Farmer’s Markets — the traditional series of Farmer’s Markets are taking place Monday (Monument Square), Wednesday (Monument Square) and Saturday (Deering Oaks Park). Cultivating Community is running their new series of markets Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at various locations around the city.
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.

Wednesday — the premier of the Portland episode of Man vs Food on the Travel Channel, a wine tastings at RSVP and Old Port Wine Merchants, and Wine Wise is teaching a class at The Wine Bar.

Thursday — a wine dinner at Havana South featuring wines from Les Vins De Vienne.

Friday — a wine tasting at the Scarborough Wine Outlet.

Saturday — a wine tasting at the Black Cherry Provisions.

Sunday — Vignola and Cinque Terre’s 6th Annual Harvest Dinner at their farm in Greene, Maine, and Rippling Waters Organic Farm’s 6th Annual Soil to Supper event.

Farmer’s Markets — the traditional series of Farmer’s Markets are taking place Monday (Monument Square), Wednesday (Monument Square) and Saturday (Deering Oaks Park). Cultivating Community is running their new series of markets Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at various locations around the city.

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.