Category: Events

Tuesday — The Telling Room is holding a release party for Can I Call You Cheesecake? an anthology of stories and poems about food; the new food and drink trivia competition continues at Grace.
Wednesday — The midweek Farmers Market is taking place in Monument Square; both Old Port Wine Merchants and RSVP are holding wine tastings; Dr. John Herzog is giving a mid-day talk on The Power of Food.
Thursday — Brad Ack from the Marine Stewardship Council will give a lecture entitled Recognizing and Rewarding Sustainable Seafood as part of GMRI’s Sea State lecture series.
Saturday — the weekend Farmers Market is taking place in Deering Oaks Park.
Sunday — 20 Italian wines from 5 Maine distributors will be available for tasting at this month’s 20/20 wine charity event.
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 Telling Room is holding a release party for Can I Call You Cheesecake? an anthology of stories and poems about food; the new food and drink trivia competition continues at Grace.

Wednesday — The midweek Farmers Market is taking place in Monument Square; both Old Port Wine Merchants and RSVP are holding wine tastings; Dr. John Herzog is giving a mid-day talk on The Power of Food.

Thursday — Brad Ack from the Marine Stewardship Council will give a lecture entitled Recognizing and Rewarding Sustainable Seafood as part of GMRI’s Sea State lecture series.

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

Sunday — 20 Italian wines from 5 Maine distributors will be available for tasting at this month’s 20/20 wine charity event.

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 — Fans of Arrows in Ogunquit will be holding their breath to see if the restaurant wins the Best Chef Northeast award from the James Beard Foundation.
Tuesday — the new food and drink trivia competition continues at Grace.
Wednesday — The midweek Farmers Market is taking place in Monument Square, and Black Tie Bistro is teaching a cooking class.
Friday —the First Friday Art Walk is taking place and restaurants will be very busy so make your reservations early. The West End Deli is holding their monthly wine tasting.
Saturday — the weekend Farmers Market is taking place in Deering Oaks Park, and the Maine Bar-B-Que Showdown is being held.
Sunday — it’s Mother’s Day and brunch locations will be packed with families giving Mom a rest from the kitchen.
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 — Fans of Arrows in Ogunquit will be holding their breath to see if the restaurant wins the Best Chef Northeast award from the James Beard Foundation.

Tuesday — the new food and drink trivia competition continues at Grace.

Wednesday — The midweek Farmers Market is taking place in Monument Square, and Black Tie Bistro is teaching a cooking class.

Friday —the First Friday Art Walk is taking place and restaurants will be very busy so make your reservations early. The West End Deli is holding their monthly wine tasting.

Saturday — the weekend Farmers Market is taking place in Deering Oaks Park, and the Maine Bar-B-Que Showdown is being held.

Sunday — it’s Mother’s Day and brunch locations will be packed with families giving Mom a rest from the kitchen.

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.

There are a few additional food events taking place today:

• It’s the start of the 2nd Annual Belgian Brew Fest at Novare Res today. The all Belgian line-up on the taps runs through May 20.
• The Brighton Ave Rosemont Market is holding one of their popular wine tastings today from 3 to 6 pm.
• Maple’s Organics is opening their new retail space in South Portland today at noon with a grand opening planned for later in the month.
• The Portland Farmers Market summer season kicks off this morning with the first day of the Deering Oaks market (7 am – noon).

There are a few additional food events taking place today:

• It’s the start of the 2nd Annual Belgian Brew Fest at Novare Res today. The all Belgian line-up on the taps runs through May 20.
• The Brighton Ave Rosemont Market is holding one of their popular wine tastings today from 3 to 6 pm.
• Maple’s Organics is opening their new retail space in South Portland today at noon with a grand opening planned for later in the month.
• The Portland Farmers Market summer season kicks off this morning with the first day of the Deering Oaks market (7 am – noon).

Tuesday — Barl Lola is hosting an Italian wine dinner and the new food and drink trivia competition series continues at Grace.
Wednesday — The PSO Wine Dinner & Auction is taking place at the Haraseeket in Freeport. This year the wine is from Argentina and chefs Jonathan Cartwright, Sam Hayward, Theda Lyden, Earl Morse and Lee Skawinski have designed the menu and will be preparing the meal.
Thursday —Browne Trading is holding a wine tasting.
Saturday — the first Deering Oaks Farmers Market of the season is taking place and Leroux Kitchen is holding a wine tasting.
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 — Barl Lola is hosting an Italian wine dinner and the new food and drink trivia competition series continues at Grace.

Wednesday — The PSO Wine Dinner & Auction is taking place at the Haraseeket in Freeport. This year the wine is from Argentina and chefs Jonathan Cartwright, Sam Hayward, Theda Lyden, Earl Morse and Lee Skawinski have designed the menu and will be preparing the meal.

Thursday —Browne Trading is holding a wine tasting.

Saturday — the first Deering Oaks Farmers Market of the season is taking place and Leroux Kitchen is holding a wine tasting.

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.

Space Gallery has published the schedule (about half way down the page) for this year’s Food+Farm program:

May 20 – a screening of Dirt:The Movie and discussion with author William Bryant Logan.

May 21 – a screening of Ingredients, a “seasonal exploration of the local food movement”.

May 22 – in collaboration with Cultivating Community is hosting the Waking up the Farm Party at the Boyd Street Urban Farm in Portland in the morning, and in the evening a showing of Colony, a documentary about Colony Collapse Disorder.

May 23 – a screening of the documentary End of the Line, “the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans, we see firsthand the effects of our global love affair with fish as food.”

It looks like the Wednesday farmers market in Monument Square has kicked off a little earlier than expected. According to the market’s Facebook wall, a small selection of farmers will be there this morning.