The Boston Globe has published a profile of Two Fat Cats bakery on India Street.
The demand for traditional American confections was there, and [Dana] Street was anxious to back the project. He needed a partner to run the place. That’s where [Kristen] DuShane came in, with her two portly feline pets, Jacq and Lily, who could often be found snoozing in the building’s upstairs apartment, where DuShane lived until recently. “There was nowhere that just made a good, from-scratch cake,’’ she says.
Tuesday’s Portland Daily Sun includes a report on Shima’s new lounge area,
Feel like sweet-roasted red pepper? How about Maine shrimp fritter, sauteed prawns or calamari “a la plancha”? The list goes on, including additional entrees and appetizers, ranging from antipasto to cheese plates, from Japanese roast pork to salmon and haddock.
and a profile of the “foot sanctuary and teahouse” that is Soakology,
I’m brought a black almond tea, steamed with milk and honey and “Four Feet” of chocolate. Footprint-shaped wafers of chocolate from Coastline Confections in Cumberland are melted on slices of baguette and sprinkled with seasalt, the perfect internal reinforcement for the detoxifying that the Belgian cocoa is supposedly doing to my blissed out tootsies.
Tuesday’s Portland Daily Sun includes a report on Shima’s new lounge area,
Feel like sweet-roasted red pepper? How about Maine shrimp fritter, sauteed prawns or calamari “a la plancha”? The list goes on, including additional entrees and appetizers, ranging from antipasto to cheese plates, from Japanese roast pork to salmon and haddock.
and a profile of the “foot sanctuary and teahouse” that is Soakology,
I’m brought a black almond tea, steamed with milk and honey and “Four Feet” of chocolate. Footprint-shaped wafers of chocolate from Coastline Confections in Cumberland are melted on slices of baguette and sprinkled with seasalt, the perfect internal reinforcement for the detoxifying that the Belgian cocoa is supposedly doing to my blissed out tootsies.
There have been some new additions to the dining scene in South Portland:
The new issue of Working Waterfront includes a profile of Pearls Seaside Market and Cafe which is run by Steve and Johanna Corman on Cliff Island in Casco Bay.
Johanna prefers to work the cafe. While neither she nor Steve had formal restaurant experience, Johanna grew up on Apple Acres Farm in South Hiram, where she ran the gift shop and created gourmet apple products that were eventually picked up by Dean & Deluca. In the morning she bakes goods like cinnamon rolls and egg sandwiches-without a stove. “We don’t have the right ventilation system for an oven, so I do it all on a griddle!” she says. Other highlights on her menu are homemade pizza (the feta and spinach pie was delicious) and the B.L.L.T, a classic bacon, lettuce, lobster and tomato sandwich.
The newspaper also features an examination of the intersection between locavorism and island living by food historian Sandy Oliver.
slanders, and everyone else, used to be so much better at producing food for themselves, especially vegetables, milk and eggs. Pigs, cows and chickens dotted our landscape, as well as the occasional beef critter. In this, we were hardly different from mainlanders. Some of this urge is creeping back, at least here on Islesboro, and a fine looking steer moored to a spike graces the yard of a neighbor about a mile away. We hear about chicks being hatched and, despite last year’s disastrous gardening seasoning, a few new gardens have been created and fenced in.
There’s some new material on Havana South, the Wharf Street restaurant that opened earlier this week:
The Portland Daily Sun has published a profile of Local Sprouts,
People have become members of the community-supported kitchen, and they are often excited to preserve their access to local foods “and excited about the educational work that we do as well in addition to just cooking food. We’re more than just a restaurant, we’re really about teaching people and connecting the community and really also building a movement for local foods and local control in our communities,” [worker-owner Jonah] Fertig said.
The Food & Dining section in today’s Press Herald includes a profile of Local Sprouts Cafe/Bomb Diggity Bakery,
The counter service restaurant is sure to give both ventures a boost. While anyone can walk in and purchase off the menu, those who plan to be regulars may want to consider investing in a community-supported kitchen membership. When members dine at the cafe, their meals are deducted from the paid-in-advance balance, and they receive a 10 percent discount.
and a feature article on a couple in Central Maine that are growing/raising all of the food that will be served their wedding this September.
“But then we also really just like providing for our own needs,” Davis said. “We make our own maple syrup and we brew our own beer and we’ve smoked our own bacon. We cut our own wood. We’re not the kind of people who just sort of sit around. We like to be active and doing things, so we thought this would be a good project for the summer.”
The paper also published a survey of the food and drink to be had at last nights celebration/commiseration parties held by gubernatorial candidates.
Some candidates went frugal – opting to gather in the campaign office and munch on chips – while others spared no expense at posh destinations with lavish drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
The Food & Dining section in today’s Press Herald includes a profile of Local Sprouts Cafe/Bomb Diggity Bakery,
The counter service restaurant is sure to give both ventures a boost. While anyone can walk in and purchase off the menu, those who plan to be regulars may want to consider investing in a community-supported kitchen membership. When members dine at the cafe, their meals are deducted from the paid-in-advance balance, and they receive a 10 percent discount.
and a feature article on a couple in Central Maine that are growing/raising all of the food that will be served their wedding this September.
“But then we also really just like providing for our own needs,” Davis said. “We make our own maple syrup and we brew our own beer and we’ve smoked our own bacon. We cut our own wood. We’re not the kind of people who just sort of sit around. We like to be active and doing things, so we thought this would be a good project for the summer.”
The paper also published a survey of the food and drink to be had at last nights celebration/commiseration parties held by gubernatorial candidates.
Some candidates went frugal – opting to gather in the campaign office and munch on chips – while others spared no expense at posh destinations with lavish drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
The Munjoy Hill News has published a Business Beat profile of Harbor Scoops, the new ice cream shop at the corner of Cumberland and Washington.
There was a steady stream of customers this afternoon when Harbor Scoops officially opened for the summer season. Jordon Fischer, “lead” ice cream scooper kept busy on his first day on the job. The much anticipated ice cream shop had a “soft opening” several weeks ago and is now fully staffed and selling the local favorite – Smiling Cow Farm Ice Cream.