Category: People

Joe Fournier, manager of the Munjoy Hill Rosemont Market, has begun a video blog called Between the Tinez (website, Facebook) where he posts informal and somewhat random conversations with local food vendors. The discussions can range anywhere from GI Joe to sightings of wild boars in Western Maine to just about anything under the sun.

In the latest episode Joe talks to Ned Swain (Devenish Wines) about…well it’s hard to exactly say but it involves hatless Communists, Ninja’s, a green Ford Expedition and run through the Old port.

Heritage Radio Network interviewed chefs Andrew Taylor and Mike Wiley from Eventide/Hugo’s about the restaurants and Eventide’s participation in the Lobster Roll Rumble.

The Maine Restaurant Association has posted a pair of videos on Youtube:

• Dave Evans, winner of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, talking about the founding of The Great Lost Bear
• Melissa Bouchard, winner of the 2013 Chef of the Year, talking about her career at DiMillo’s

Dispatch has published an interview with bartender Kaite Welch.

Bartending how long: Since she was tall enough to stand on a box and pour beer, professionally one year
Where to find her: Slainte
Why she’s cool: She’s a five foot tall bad-ass who is sweet on the outside but knows when to lay down the law (in a nice way)!

Speckled Ax owner Matt Bolinder has authored an article entitle Tending the Firebox for Roast Magazine.

“But why roast with wood?” I’m frequently asked…the drum roasters being used by many roasters today do not look or operate very differently from those used in production 150 years ago. Indeed, many of us prefer old machinery. Quality drum roasters with a century of service on them are not liabilities, but precious commodities. So while roasting with wood may not be “simple,” in a field with a larger than normal percentage of professional Luddites, preferring pour-over to push-button drip and manual paddles to super automatics, roasting with wood in the 21st century is not as anachronistic as it might seem.

Heritage Park Radio has aired an interview with Sarah and Karl Sutton, owner of Bite into Maine about their food truck business, their love of Maine and their upcoming competition in the Lobster Roll Rumble.

Congratulations to chefs Andrew Taylor and Michael Wiley who have one the Food & Wine People’s Best New Chef contest for New England.

See this article from the Press Herald for additional info.

“I think it’s fantastic,” Taylor said. “We had such stiff competition – wonderful chefs in the region – and we’re pretty psyched to come out on top in the region. It really speaks volumes about all the people that supported us.”

If you’ve been missing Natural Foodie columnist Avery Yale Kamila while she’s been on maternity leave then listen to the latest Dr. Lisa Radio Hour. Avery talks about growing “up on an organic farm in Maine and became a vegetarian while working at a fast food restaurant as a teenager.”

Dispatch has published a Q & A with Jessica Cunningham Candage from Spread.

Do you have a favorite drink to make? 
My favorite drink to make is pretty much anything I can muddle fruits in. I love muddling, I love the flavors that come out of fruit, and other things like jalapenos.