Chefs Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier from Arrows in Ogunquit have won this year’s Best Chef Northeast award from the James Beard Foundation.
The pair were interviewed by the Press Herald,
“We are on top of the world,” Frasier said in a telephone interview from the awards ceremony Monday night. “After seven years, it is more than sweet.”
Boda has received 4 stars from the Taste & Tell review in today’s Maine Sunday Telegram.
But go at dinner hour and taste more of another kind of Thai food, more delicate in seasoning and yet rougher in texture, more exciting in flavor and meatier than the Thai dishes you are likely to have already encountered.
Today’s paper also includes a report on the opening day of the Portland Farmers Market.
Portland Phoenix reporter Leischen Stelter has published a piece on her recent vacation in Puerto Rico with the Corry family. Steve & Michelle Corry own and manage Five Fifty-Five.
During our adventures in Puerto Rico, meals were certainly milestones in the day, but I was surprised how unpretentious the Corrys were about dining out. Sure, there was discussion of acidity, steak temperatures, and atmosphere, but for the most part, it was really an opportunity to relax, take in the culture, and let someone serve them. And just so you know, they bribe their kids with french fries and chocolate cake, too.
Portland Phoenix reporter Leischen Stelter has published a piece on her recent vacation in Puerto Rico with the Corry family. Steve & Michelle Corry own and manage Five Fifty-Five.
During our adventures in Puerto Rico, meals were certainly milestones in the day, but I was surprised how unpretentious the Corrys were about dining out. Sure, there was discussion of acidity, steak temperatures, and atmosphere, but for the most part, it was really an opportunity to relax, take in the culture, and let someone serve them. And just so you know, they bribe their kids with french fries and chocolate cake, too.
Today’s Press Herald has an article about Maine Kosher Vaad, the kosher certification organization run by the rabbis from 3 Maine synagogues.
That’s when he placed a call to Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld of Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh in Portland.
“Long story short, I talked to him and he was at my place the next morning at 6 a.m.,” Gladstone said. “He went out of his way to try and help me.”
The result is that the Caviar of Maine blueberries now have the stamp of approval from the state’s only kosher-certifying organization, known as the Maine Kosher Vaad.
Today’s Portland Daily Sun includes a look at Portland Dine Around’s 2-1 deal in the context of a review of Casa Novello in Westbrook,
Price: $16.99 is the high end of the spectrum for the most popular 2-4-1 entrée of Casa Chicken Marsala. Casa’s version is an enormous portion of fresh chicken breast, onions, mushrooms, and marsala wine, sautéed with cream and oil. It is rich, and perhaps artery hardening, and well worth the extra 15 minutes on the tread mill (order it over penne so the sauce can get in the little ridges).
and a report on the Munjoy Hill Mimosa,
Beware, ye lovers of drink: The “Munjoy Hill Mimosa” gave me the smack-down. It’s a deceptive concoction, a vague mixture of Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, and orange juice, mixed to taste.
Today’s Portland Daily Sun includes a look at Portland Dine Around’s 2-1 deal in the context of a review of Casa Novello in Westbrook,
Price: $16.99 is the high end of the spectrum for the most popular 2-4-1 entrée of Casa Chicken Marsala. Casa’s version is an enormous portion of fresh chicken breast, onions, mushrooms, and marsala wine, sautéed with cream and oil. It is rich, and perhaps artery hardening, and well worth the extra 15 minutes on the tread mill (order it over penne so the sauce can get in the little ridges).
and a report on the Munjoy Hill Mimosa,
Beware, ye lovers of drink: The “Munjoy Hill Mimosa” gave me the smack-down. It’s a deceptive concoction, a vague mixture of Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, and orange juice, mixed to taste.
Hannaford has eliminated trans fat from their house brands.
The Scarborough-based grocery chain modified the recipes of 295 products over the past year to remove the fats, which help in the production and preservation of processed foods but clog the arteries of people who eat them.
The Portland Daily Sun has published an interview with Guy and Stella Hernandez on their purchase of the Hilltop Coffee Shop.
Deciding whether to expand seating in the cozy shop and offer live music are things the new owners have yet to decide on. “We don’t really know potential of space yet, but we wouldn’t rule anything out,” said Stella. “We want to figure out who our customers are, and what they like about it.”
The Portland Daily Sun has published an interview with Guy and Stella Hernandez on their purchase of the Hilltop Coffee Shop.
Deciding whether to expand seating in the cozy shop and offer live music are things the new owners have yet to decide on. “We don’t really know potential of space yet, but we wouldn’t rule anything out,” said Stella. “We want to figure out who our customers are, and what they like about it.”