Zapoteca’s chef Shannon Bard will be appearing on the Food Network show Beat Bobby Flay, according to reports from Maine Today and the Urban Eye. The show will air March 6 at 10 pm.
Bard is also featured in an article on the Bon Appetit website in an article entitled “How to Cook Lobster Mexican-Style“.
Tuesday — Rosemont is holding a Port Tasting at their Commercial Street location.
Wednesday — Outliers is holding a French wine dinner.
Thursday — Wendy & Eric Brown, authors of Browsing Nature’s Aisles will be at Longfellow Books for a talk and book signing, and The Great Lost Bear will be showcasing beer from Funky Bow.
Friday — the Bar of Chocolate Cafe is hosting a “absinthe spoon show” called Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Founder for First Friday Art Walk.
Saturday — Vena’s Fizz House is teaching a bitters workshop, and the Winter Farmers Market is taking place at the Urban Farm Fermentory on Anderson Street.
Sunday — the 20th Annual Great Chili and Chowder Challenge is taking place at the Holiday Inn by the Bay.
For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
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The 6th Annual Maine Restaurant Week is taking place March 1-10 this year. A number of MRW special events have been announced:
Flanagan’s Table has announced some additions to the line-up of chef tasting dinners taking place this year:
Today’s Press Herald includes a report on the dinner chef Shannon Bard prepared last night at the Beard House.
An hour and a half before her sold-out “Mexico meets Maine” dinner on Monday night, the ebullient chef, in the kitchen since 8 a.m., admitted she had been too wrapped up in preparation to fully take in her surroundings – the very same kitchen where not only the great Beard himself had cooked, but also nearly every luminary in the culinary world.
Monday — Hilltop Coffee is opening at its new location, 100 Congress Street, this morning.
Wednesday — Black Tie is teaching a cooking class, and Outliers is hosting a French wine dinner.
Thursday — there will be a wine tasting at Rosemont on Brighton, and a beer and cheese tasting at the Public Market House; Run of the Mill, Sebago, Gritty’s, In’finiti, Seadog, Marshall Wharf will be competing in the Brew Pub Cup at The Great Lost Bear.
Friday — there will be a wine dinner at BiBo’s Madd Apple Cafe.
Saturday — both Browne Trading and LeRoux Kitchen are holding wine tastings, a Banded Horn Beer Crawl is scheduled for 5 bars in Portland, and the Winter Farmers Market is taking place at the Urban Farm Fermentory on Anderson Street.
Sunday — Eventide is transforming into a sports bar (two 60″ plasma screens and a menu of hearty pub fare) for the Oxbowl Super Bowl party, and Petite Jacqueline is screening Romantics Anonymous for their movie night.
New Maine Breweries Tour — author Joshua Bernstein will be participating in a Maine Brew Bus tour of Maine newest breweries: Banded Horn Brewing, Bissell Brothers, Austin Street and Foundation Brewing on February 15th.
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 Portland Daily Sun has published a report on last week’s visit to Portland by cocktail expert Warren Bobrow,
Bobrow, who has published over 300 articles on food, wine and cocktail mixology and blogs at The Cocktail Whisperer, demonstrated the variety of bitters that can spice up a cocktail, often with unexpected results.
In today’s issue of the Sun Natalie Ladd writes about changes in automatic group tips.
Tuesday — it’s the opening night. at Miyake Diner, and the monthly Local Foods Networking Breakfast is taking place at Local Sprouts.
Thursday — it’s the first night of the Ice Bar at the Portland Harbor Hotel, the Bier Cellar is holding a Green Flash tasting, and Sierra Nevada will be the featured brewer at The Great Lost Bear.
Friday — there will be a wine dinner at BiBo’s Madd Apple Cafe, and it’s the second night of the Ice Bar.
Saturday — Allagash is releasing their cranberry stout Red Howes, there will be a Robert Burns Day party at Portland & Rochester, it’s the last night of the Ice Bar, and the Winter Farmers Market is taking place at the Urban Farm Fermentory on Anderson Street.
Sunday — chef Masa Miyake will be serving a sold out dinner at Flanagan’s Table, and chefs Chad Conley and Greg Mitchell are holding another test run at the Palace Diner 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.
Spoon and Shutter has posted a photo report from the Portland Taste Tours MBC progressive dinner that took place earlier this week.
Wednesday — Portland Taste Tours is running a Maine Beer Company progressive dinner.
Thursday — Piccolo is holding 4-course black truffle wine dinner, there will be a wine and cheese tasting at the Public Market House, and it’s Industrial Way vs Yeast Bayside at the Great Lost Bear.
Friday — there will be a wine dinner at BiBo’s Madd Apple Cafe.
Saturday — Browne Trading is holding a wine tasting, and the Winter Farmers Market is taking place at the Urban Farm Fermentory on Anderson Street.
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.