In the new installment of Inside Immigrant Kitchens Lindsay Sterling learns how to cook Estonian Roast Beef and Root Vegetable Salad from Maili Kern.
Maili Kern learned this from her mother in a village on the Baltic Sea in Estonia. It’s a popular dish served on buffet tables at celebrations. The color, bright pink from beets next to bright yellow and white hardboiled eggs, is a stunning example of how powerful simple things can be in the right hands.
The Breakfast Club has made an “epic comeback reunion” to review the Miss Portland Diner. They praised the “quite exceptional for a diner” coffee as well as the “friendly and attentive” service, and recommend “waiting (if necessary) for a table in the train car” because it has “way more atmosphere than the addition that was built”
Portland Food Heads has reviewed a recent meal at Evangeline where he had the clabber-fed whole roast chicken.
The family-style, Sunday dinner feel of this meal was exactly what I had been hoping for, and, at this point, I wasn’t sure things could get much better.
That is, until I took a bite of the chicken. I’ll spare everyone the wasted time and say that this was flat out the best chicken I’ve ever had in my entire life. I probably roast about 20-30 birds a year, and never have I tasted a chicken with such buttery, “chickeny” flesh.
The clabber-fed roast chicken is now available at Evangeline provided you call ahead and give them 24 hour advance notice.
The ice cream window at Bonobo reopened last week. The operation is being run by Sara Lemieux and Kellen Tucker (shown above) who are leasing the space from the pizzeria. The ice cream they’re serving is from Smiling Hill Farm in Westbrook.
The weekly Food and Drink Trivia Contest is at Bull Feeney’s tonight, and on Tuesday the next Wine Flight 5k Training run is taking place. Both The Salt Exchange and Jones Landing are holding wine events on Wednesday. There are wine tastings this week at the Brighton Street Rosemont on Friday and Leroux Kitchen on Saturday. The Great Lost Bear is showcasing the beer from Magic Hat Brewing on Thursday. Farmers’ Markets are being held in Monument Square on Wednesday and at Deering Oaks Park on Saturday. For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
The Blueberry Files has reviewed a meal at Five Fifty-Five.
The service and atmosphere here were nice; our server was reserved, but attentive (I like me a sassy server), and I enjoyed the space’s warm coppery light. But we probably won’t be adding 555 to our ‘short list’ of frequented restaurants as I wasn’t blown away for the price point.
Martha Stewart was recently in Portland where she did some shopping and visited Duckfat.
Coincidentally, earlier this week Maine Food & Lifestyle‘s blog Plating Up published a review of Duckfat.
My friends admire the lengths I’ll go to for a good meal. But heading to Portland for French fries? Oh yes! No regrets. Truffled ketchup too, or a variety of interesting home made mayos, if that’s your pleasure.
According to a report on ILovePortlandMaine.com, the Got Milk? campaign’s Milk Mustache Mobile from will be visiting Portland later this summer, July 30 through August 2.
…with the opportunity to pose for a Milk Mustache photo like the many celebrities who have been featured in the popular advertisements. Further, there will be ice-cold milk and freshly made smoothies for all to enjoy.
A new local food site, DineInPortland.com, has been added to the blog list on the food map. DineInPortland.com plans on limiting its commentary to the “best of the best”. The narrower scope is balanced by continuing “to visit them to see how well they do in the long run.”
Original Portland is reporting that the Oak Street burrito shop Herb’s Gully “is gone for good.”