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This Week's Events

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Wednesday — a Wine Wise class at The Wine Bar.
Thursday — Cultivating Community is holding the next in their series of biweekly Twilight Dinners in Cape Elizabeth, and The Great Lost Bear is holding their annual Christmas in July night that features Maine-based holiday beers.
Friday — the 4th Friday Film Series is screening the movie The Garden.
Sunday — Sunday is Open Farm Day in Maine; 12 farms (see page 4) in Cumberland County are participating. Sam Calagione, owner of Dogfish Head Brewing, will be at Novare Res where 23 of Dogfish Head beers will be available on tap.
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.

This Week’s Events

| Posted in Events

Wednesday — a Wine Wise class at The Wine Bar.

Thursday — Cultivating Community is holding the next in their series of biweekly Twilight Dinners in Cape Elizabeth, and The Great Lost Bear is holding their annual Christmas in July night that features Maine-based holiday beers.

Friday — the 4th Friday Film Series is screening the movie The Garden.

Sunday — Sunday is Open Farm Day in Maine; 12 farms (see page 4) in Cumberland County are participating. Sam Calagione, owner of Dogfish Head Brewing, will be at Novare Res where 23 of Dogfish Head beers will be available on tap.

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.

Evangeline in Alan Richman's Blog

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The Mitra’s Clabber-Fed Poularde and Poached Maine Lobster Tail dish at Evangeline appeared in a recent post on GQ food writer Alan Richman’s blog Forked & Corked. Richman wrote about his personal exploration of “ethical eating” and lists the “top ten ethical dishes, some from restaurants, some from homes or farms, all enjoyed earlier this year during my ethical-eating travels through America”.
In separate news, Evangeline’s Tastes of France dinner, a benefit for Share Our Strength, that takes place Wednesday night was written up in today’s Portland Daily Sun,

“After participating in Share our Strength Maine’s ‘Taste of the Nation’ benefit for the first time this year and learning about the positive impact the organization is making in our community, I decided I wanted to do more to help,” Desjarlais said in a press release. “… I wanted to share my love of French food and raise money to benefit Share Our Strength. I hope this becomes an annual event at the restaurant.”

Evangeline in Alan Richman’s Blog

| Posted in General News, Events

The Mitra’s Clabber-Fed Poularde and Poached Maine Lobster Tail dish at Evangeline appeared in a recent post on GQ food writer Alan Richman’s blog Forked & Corked. Richman wrote about his personal exploration of “ethical eating” and lists the “top ten ethical dishes, some from restaurants, some from homes or farms, all enjoyed earlier this year during my ethical-eating travels through America”.

In separate news, Evangeline’s Tastes of France dinner, a benefit for Share Our Strength, that takes place Wednesday night was written up in today’s Portland Daily Sun,

“After participating in Share our Strength Maine’s ‘Taste of the Nation’ benefit for the first time this year and learning about the positive impact the organization is making in our community, I decided I wanted to do more to help,” Desjarlais said in a press release. “… I wanted to share my love of French food and raise money to benefit Share Our Strength. I hope this becomes an annual event at the restaurant.”

This Week's Events

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Monday — the Monday Farmers Market in Monument Square.
Wednesday — the midweek Farmers Market in Monument Square, a Discover the Tastes of France open house and dinner at Evangeline to benefit Share Our Strength, 2 wine tastings at RSVP and Old Port Wine Merchants, a pair of Cultivating Community Farmers Markets, and a Wine Wise class at The Wine Bar.
Thursday — Great Lost Bear is showcasing beer from Run of the Mill, the PortlandTaps.com 3rd Thursday event is taking place at Dock Fore, a Cultivating Community Farmers Market and their are wine tastings at Leavitt & Sons and Kitchen & Cork.
Friday — a wine dinner at Bibo’s Madd Apple Cafe, a Cultivating Community Farmers Market, and it’s the first day of the 45th Yarmouth Clam Festival.
Saturday — the weekend Farmers Market at Deering Oaks Park and the Yarmouth Clam Festival continues into its 2nd day.
Sunday — the 20/20 French wine event at Caiola’s, Munjoy Hill is holding their annual MunjFest street festival, and it’s the last day of the  Yarmouth Clam Festival.
A Look Ahead — 11 Portland restaurants and some of Maine’s top author are teaming up with the Maine Writer’s & Publisher’s Alliance to offer the Author! Author! Dinner next month on August 12. It’s an opportunity to have a great meal with one of you favorite authors. Paul Doiron (The Salt Exchange), Richard Russo (Cinque Terre) and Jennifer Finney Boylan (Fore Street) are among those participating.
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.

This Week’s Events

| Posted in Events

Monday — the Monday Farmers Market in Monument Square.

Wednesday — the midweek Farmers Market in Monument Square, a Discover the Tastes of France open house and dinner at Evangeline to benefit Share Our Strength, 2 wine tastings at RSVP and Old Port Wine Merchants, a pair of Cultivating Community Farmers Markets, and a Wine Wise class at The Wine Bar.

Thursday — Great Lost Bear is showcasing beer from Run of the Mill, the PortlandTaps.com 3rd Thursday event is taking place at Dock Fore, a Cultivating Community Farmers Market and their are wine tastings at Leavitt & Sons and Kitchen & Cork.

Friday — a wine dinner at Bibo’s Madd Apple Cafe, a Cultivating Community Farmers Market, and it’s the first day of the 45th Yarmouth Clam Festival.

Saturday — the weekend Farmers Market at Deering Oaks Park and the Yarmouth Clam Festival continues into its 2nd day.

Sunday — the 20/20 French wine event at Caiola’s, Munjoy Hill is holding their annual MunjFest street festival, and it’s the last day of the  Yarmouth Clam Festival.

A Look Ahead — 11 Portland restaurants and some of Maine’s top author are teaming up with the Maine Writer’s & Publisher’s Alliance to offer the Author! Author! Dinner next month on August 12. It’s an opportunity to have a great meal with one of you favorite authors. Paul Doiron (The Salt Exchange), Richard Russo (Cinque Terre) and Jennifer Finney Boylan (Fore Street) are among those participating.

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.

Tunisian Tasting@Vignola and Construction at Pai Men and Rosemont

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PortlandTown has posted images of the Tunisian tasting at Vignola and the construction sites for the new Rosemont on Brighton and Miyake’s new noodle bar (shown here) that’s going in at 188 State Street in Longfellow Square.
Photo Credit: Michael Barriault
For more information on Rosemont’s expansion on Brighton see the Portland Daily Sun article published earlier this week.

It’s the kind of news that might cause Rosemont Market fans to panic — the mini-chain’s original Brighton Avenue store is closing.
But relax. The original shop is closing, but only to focus on food preparation while the retal operation is moving across the street, doubling its size and adding products.