Category: Events

PortlandTown has published photos of the doughnut making process at The French Press Eatery in honor of today as National Doughnut Day. According to Wikipedia, the annual doughnut event was “created by the Salvation Army in 1938 to honor the women who served donuts to soldiers during World War I”

When I mentioned to the boys that tomorrow was the big day, they were surprised that they didn’t know of the (should be) national holiday, but quick on their feet in deciding to make a special donut for the day. Thus is born the “Team USA Donut”.  Resplendent in red, white and blue.

Photo Credit: Michael Barriault

Monday — the new Monday Farmers Market is taking place in Monument Square.
Wednesday — the midweek Farmers Market is taking place in Monument Square.
Thursday — Slow Food Portland is hosting an event at the Portland Museum of Art which will include the Objects of Wonder exhibit, local food and an address by food author and historian Nancy Harmon Jenkins; Grace is holding a wine dinner; Black Tie Bistro is teaching a cooking class.
Friday — Wine Wise is holding their first wine education event; wine tastings are taking place a Scarborough Wine Outlet and the West End Deli; the grand opening of Local Sprouts/Bomb Diggity is scheduled to take place.
Saturday — the weekend Farmers Market is taking place in Deering Oaks Park; LeRoux Kitchen is holding a wine dinner.
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.

Monday — the new Monday Farmers Market is taking place in Monument Square.

Wednesday — the midweek Farmers Market is taking place in Monument Square.

Thursday — Slow Food Portland is hosting an event at the Portland Museum of Art which will include the Objects of Wonder exhibit, local food and an address by food author and historian Nancy Harmon Jenkins; Grace is holding a wine dinner; Black Tie Bistro is teaching a cooking class.

Friday — Wine Wise is holding their first wine education event; wine tastings are taking place a Scarborough Wine Outlet and the West End Deli; the grand opening of Local Sprouts/Bomb Diggity is scheduled to take place.

Saturday — the weekend Farmers Market is taking place in Deering Oaks Park; LeRoux Kitchen is holding a wine dinner.

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.

PortlandTown has published a set of photos he took at Thursday’s latte art competition at Bard Coffee. Anyone is welcome to participate in the monthly event. There are usually baristas from several coffee shops as well as an amateur or two in the mix. This month’s winner was Justin McEdward. I think the next competition will take place June 24. I’ll add it to the calendar as soon as I confirm the date.
Photo Credit: Michael Barriault

Here’s a pair additional events for this week’s calendar:
Friday – a screening of the movie Dirt! as part of the new 4th Friday Food Films series.
Saturday – the Tate House Museum is holding their annual herb sale.
For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.

Monday — the new Monday Farmers Market is taking place in Monument Square.
Tuesday — the next installment of the Food & Drink Trivia Competition is taking place at Grace.
Wednesday — the midweek Farmers Market is taking place in Monument Square; author Allison Hooper will be at the Public Market House for a cheese tasting and to sign copies of her book In a Cheesemaker’s Kitchen; Dr. John Herzog is giving a mid-day talk on The Power of Food; Old Port Wine Merchants is holding a Malbec wine tasting.
Thursday — Jen Levin, Sustainable Seafood Program Manager at GMRI, will give a lecture titled Creating Market Pull in the Gulf of Maine Region; Professor Shawn Michelle Smith will give a lecture on the historical Maine farm photographs of Chansonetta Stanley Emmons; Bard Coffee is hosting their monthly latte art competition; Browne Trading is holding a wine tasting; Black Cherry Provisions is holding a beer tasting; and staff from Redhook Ales will be at The Great Lost Bear for a brewery showcase.
Saturday — the weekend Farmers Market is taking place in Deering Oaks Park.
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.

Monday — the new Monday Farmers Market is taking place in Monument Square.

Tuesday — the next installment of the Food & Drink Trivia Competition is taking place at Grace.

Wednesday — the midweek Farmers Market is taking place in Monument Square; author Allison Hooper will be at the Public Market House for a cheese tasting and to sign copies of her book In a Cheesemaker’s Kitchen; Dr. John Herzog is giving a mid-day talk on The Power of Food; Old Port Wine Merchants is holding a Malbec wine tasting.

Thursday — Jen Levin, Sustainable Seafood Program Manager at GMRI, will give a lecture titled Creating Market Pull in the Gulf of Maine Region; Professor Shawn Michelle Smith will give a lecture on the historical Maine farm photographs of Chansonetta Stanley Emmons; Bard Coffee is hosting their monthly latte art competition; Browne Trading is holding a wine tasting; Black Cherry Provisions is holding a beer tasting; and staff from Redhook Ales will be at The Great Lost Bear for a brewery showcase.

Saturday — the weekend Farmers Market is taking place in Deering Oaks Park.

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 — the next installment of the Food & Drink Trivia Competition is taking place at Grace.
Wednesday — the midweek Farmers Market is taking place in Monument Square; there will be a beer tasting at the West End Deli; Dr. John Herzog is giving a mid-day talk on The Power of Food.
Thursday — there will be a showing of the movie Dirt! and a talk with author William Logan for the opening night of Food+Farm 2010; Aurora Provisions is holding a tasting of Valle Azul, an Argentine biodynamic winery; both Leavitt and Sons and Black Cherry Provisions in Falmouth are holding wine tastings; Dave Geary will be at The Great Lost Bear for a showcase of brews from D. L. Geary Brewing; Black Tie Bistro is teaching a cooking class.
Friday — for the 2nd night of Food+Farm there will be a screening of Ingredients followed by a Q&A with chef Guy Hernandez from Bar Lola.
Saturday — Food+Farm continues with an event at the Boyd Street urban farm and a showing of the movie Colony followed by a Q&A with master beekeeper Erin Forbes; Meg Swoboda of Sweet Marguerites is teaching a class at the Stonewall Kitchen in York on making artisanal chocolates; the West End Neighborhood Association is holding the inaugural WestFest; the weekend Farmers Market is taking place in Deering Oaks Park.
Sunday — Food+Farm finishes up with a showing of the movie End of the Line: Imagine a World without Fish.
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.