The Food & Dining section in today’s Press Herald includes a report on employee gardens at two local companies.
For the second year, Patty Cook is gardening on company time.
A manager at Idexx Laboratories, Cook is one of hundreds of employees cultivating crops for local food pantries behind the global veterinary testing company’s sprawling corporate headquarters in Westbrook.
According to a report in Mainebiz,a new Maine law will help farms that offer public events.
Avalon is one of a growing number of small farms in Maine that are diversifying traditional farm activities with public events. Called agritourism, it includes everything from u-pick strawberries to fall corn mazes and even farm vacations, when guests spend a weekend or longer getting hands-on knowledge of farm activities (for more, see “Farm stays”). For small farms, agritourism’s benefits are twofold: teaching an increasingly curious public how their food is made, and providing much-needed supplemental income. For some, agritourism is the only way they can stay afloat.
Wednesday — the 3rd Cloak & Dagger dinner is taking place, there will be a wine tasting at Old Port Wine Merchants, and the Monument Square Farmers Market is taking place.
Thursday — Bard Coffee is hosting this month’s Thursday Night Throwdown latte art competition, Bresca is holding a vegetarian wine dinner, and The Great Lost Bear is showcasing a selection of beers from the Tuckerman Brewing.
Friday — wine tastings are being held at Rosemont on Brighton and the West End Deli, The Salt Exchange is holding a Bourbon Tasting and it’s the First Friday Art Walk.
Saturday — there will a wine tasting at LeRoux Kitchen, and the Deering Oaks Farmers Market is taking place.
Sunday — it’s Maine Lemonade Day.
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.
Carmen at the Danforth is set to open tonight. For some insight on the menu read this article on The Daily Meal, and for info on chef Gonzalez check out her website or earlier articles in Portland Magazine and the Press Herald.
You can make a reservation for tonight on OpenTable.
From Away has published a review of Amato’s in the form of an open letter to the Meatball Parmigiana Sandwich.
Can you believe it’s been almost three years since we met? I have to confess that it wasn’t exactly love at first sight, if I can even find it within myself to believe in such a thing anymore. When we first met, I was going through kind of a weird time in my life, and there you were, ready to fill the emptiness inside of me…
Maine beer is quite well represented in Boston magazine’s list of the Best Craft Beer in New England. Shipyard Old Thumper, MBC’s Mean Old Tom, Allagash White, Baxter Brewing Paloma Pale Ale made the list.
Boston also made recommendations on where to eat, drink and go for a very beery visit to Portland.
Joe Ricchio and Alex Steed appeared on the MPBN Maine Calling radio show to talk about Food Coma TV.
The Portland Phoenix has published a survey of eateries on the islands of Casco Bay.
The islands of Casco Bay may seem remote (especially in the winter), but some are as close as a 20-minute ferry ride. As summer approaches, take a break from Portland’s busy foodie scene and treat yourself to the tastes of the islands — after a breezy, salty boat ride across the ocean.
The Boston Globe has assembled a list of the top clam shacks in New England and it should come as no surprise that many of the venues listed are from Maine. From the immediate Portland area the list includes The Lobster Shack at Two Lights, Harraseeket Lunch & Lobster and Portland Lobster Co.
Today’s Press Herald includes an interview with Michelle Goldman, the founder of Sea Change Cooking School.
The first class she held focused on gluten-free baking and took place in December at the Danforth Inn in Portland. Since then, she’s offered classes on a variety of topics in a number of different locations.
Beginning tonight, Goldman will be hosting a series of classes around the state.