Category: Events

Monday – Anoche (website, instagram) opens today at 4 pm. Last Call author Brad Thomas Parsons will be at the Portland Hunt and Alpine Club for a book signing and cocktail party.

Wednesday – Evo is serving a 3-course Austrian inspired menu paired with Von Trapp Beers for $50, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Saturday – the Deering Oaks 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.

Monday – Little Giant is hosting an Ada’s pop-up dinner, and Solo Italiano is holding a sold out Pig Roast in conjunction with Gradis’ Cuitta.

Tuesday – there will be an Italian wine dinner at Tipo.

Wednesday – a 5-course dinner with non-alcoholic beer pairings in collaboration with the Athletic Brewing Co is taking place at Little Giant, and  the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – The Porthole and Evo are both holding wine dinners, there will be a Trillium Beer dinner at Hugo’s, and there will be a whiskey blending workshop at New England Distilling.

Saturday – the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – The Righteous Russet (aka Sean Turley) will be teaching a Cider 101 class at Lorne Wines in Biddeford.

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 – Portland Beer Week is ongoing all week.

Tuesday – Carbon and Piccolo are collaborating on a pop-up, and there will be an Ishi Ishi pop-up at Royale Lunch Bar.

Wednesday – there will be a wine tasting at Old Port Wine Merchants, and  the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – Bill Doukas, Dina Medouris, and Anna Nashi will be part of a Greek food panel discussion, and famed apple expert John Bunker will be speaking at the Portland Museum of Art.

Friday – Three of Strong will be releasing Merrymeeting Spiced Rum.

Saturday – the Deering Oaks 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.

Wednesday – there will be a wine tasting at Maine & Loire, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – it’s Halloween! Two Fat Cats in South Portland will be having a Halloween Decorating Station for Kids.

Saturday – the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – it’s the fist day of Portland Beer Week, Allagash is holding their Fall Fete, the 15th Annual VegFest is taking place, there will be a screening of Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish Montreal, and Drifters Wife is launching their week Pigeon Sundays happy hour.

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.

The Maine Sunday Telegram has published an article about the 6th Annual Heirloom Apple Tasting.

Apple enthusiast Sean Turley and Anestes Fotiades, the creator of the online Portland Food Map, offer a more closely guided tour of New England apples as part of their Heirloom Apple Tasting held annually on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, formerly Columbus Day, in Portland. This year’s event sold out within hours of being announced on Instagram and featured 213 dessert (best eaten raw), cooking (best in pies) and cider (best in fermented beverages) apples.

Tuesday – Kate McCarty and Sean Turley are teaching an apple preservation workshop at Fork Food Lab, and a whiskey blending workshop is being held at Stroudwater Distillery.

Wednesday – the Portland Food Council is holding a Mayoral Food Forum, there will be a wine tasting at Maine & Loire, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – Evo is serving 5-course Slovenian/Northern Italian wine dinner, and the local barista community is holding their monthly Latte Art Competition at Coffee by Design on Diamond Street.

Friday – Little Giant and Shacksbury  and teaming up to hold a 6-course Cider Dinner, and the Other Side Diner is holding a Prime Rib Dinner night as part of their monthly dinner series.

Saturday – the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – Primo is hosting a Diva Dinner with an all female chef line-up that includes: Melissa Kelly, Ilma Lopez, Nancy Silverton, Jody Adams, Kathleen Blake, Emily Luchetti, and Two Fat Cats is teaching a Halloween Cupcake Decorating Class For Kids.

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.

Harvest on the Harbor has announced the winners of their Lobster Chef of the Year competition.

First place in the People’s Choice category went to Thomas Barthelemes from Central Provisions, and the in the Judge’s Choice category Jessica Werthen from Chebeague Island Inn took home the gold.

The 6th Annual Heirloom Apple Tasting took place yesterday. This wonderful event brought together 213 apples from 21 orchards in 4 states with New England ciders from Bent Bough, Rocky Ground, Cornish and Citizen, and heirloom apple dishes by Ilma Lopez at Chaval, Josh Berry at Union and Krista Kern Desjarlais at The Purple House – all under one roof at The Oyster Shop on Washington Ave.

The focal point of the event was a guided tasting by Sean Turley (aka The Righteous Russet) who led guests through a tasting of a diverse range of 36 apple varieties from the colonial era to the modern day, hailing from England, France, Kazakhstan and America. Sean provided insight into the science and lore of apples and tasting notes and lineages of the fruit presented.

Tickets for next year’s apple tasting will go on sale in September.

Monday – the 6th Annual Heirloom Apple Tasting (sold out) is taking place.

Wednesday – the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – it’s the first day of Harvest on the Harbor, and the Indie Biz Awards event are taking place.

Friday – Harvest on the Harbor continues.

Saturday – McDougal’s is holding their annual apple tasting at their orchard in Springvale, Suga Suga is teaching a Macaron Workshop, Harvest on the Harbor continues, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – it’s the last day of Harvest on the Harbor.

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.

Harvest on the Harbor is coming up soon, October 17 – 20. The annual food festival has a program of 8 scheduled events:

• A Chef and Harvest Dinner featuring chefs from David’s, Black Tie, Back Bay Grill and Sur Lie.
• The Maine Lobster Chef of the Year competition
• The Straight Up Boozy Bash highlighting Maine distillers
• A Breakfast Taco Brunch
• The Fusion Coffee Lab with Coffee by Design
• The Maine Oysterfest which is bringing together 31 dozen Maine oyster farms
• A Sunday morning Brunch by The Sinful Kitchen
• A Culinary Market of dozens of Maine food producers