Looking for an excuse to try one of our many great Midcoast Maine restaurants? When you buy a $20 ticket to Midcoast Conservancy’s Live Edge Music Festival, to be held on Aug. 20 at Hidden Valley…
Dining Out
There's a new takeout food stand on Route 1 in Newcastle.
Carol Heaberlin and her daughter Mindy Jones are joint owners in the business, making and selling their gourmet sandwiches and…
Cameron Clan Kettle Corn has been selling its popcorn in downtown Wiscasset for over a year. The shop opened in May 2016.
Since then, word has spread, and business has been good, according…
St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset, will be holding a series of three suppers. The proceeds will be applied to the Steeple Fund matching grant. The first supper, spaghetti, is Monday,…
On Saturday, June 24, from noon to 3 p.m., join us for a celebration of Damariscotta River oysters at the Darrows Barn, DRA Round Top Farm, 3 Round Top Lane, Damariscotta.
Come meet the…
Damariscotta River Grill hosts three new artists, with three distinctly different styles and mediums, to welcome the summer art season at the Grill. The show opens Monday, June 12 and will be on…
Red’s Eats, the iconic roadside take-out stand at 41 Water Street in Wiscasset, has earned one more in its long list of accolades. Known far and wide for its famously huge, fresh Maine lobster…
A selection of new oil paintings by local artist Susan Bartlett Rice will be on display at Savory Maine of Damariscotta May 23 through July 3. The Savory Maine venue is a chance to see Rice’s body…
Ever wondered how McDonald’s got its start?
A man from Boothbay, Robert Devine, can tell you. He worked for the company — considered one of the most successful…
If you think the bread and pastries at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club were good last summer, you're in for a treat when you dine there, and at the new Boothbay Harbor Oceanside Golf Resort's…
From the very beginning, before Ken and Jane Solorzano were sure, their community was sure: Sure the Solorzanos should buy The Alna Store. Sellers Mike and Amy…
Lobsters, buoys and boats, water reflections and door knobs are easily recognizable by Paul Sherman’s unique watercolor style that combines abstract elements…
There's been a lot of speculation around Boothbay Harbor over the winter about what will become of the former Rocktide Inn & Restaurant. In January, the almost 50-year-old resort at 35-37…
On Eating and Loving Food
I wrote about brunch a few weeks ago, when I celebrated my year anniversary of this column, at the Carriage House…
Robinson's Wharf in Southport has been spruced up a bit over the past few months.
The restaurant, closed since Jan. 1, is open again, and you'll notice a nice difference when you enter the…
On March 13, there was a post on Facebook: “Hey everyone! Saturday (the 18th) we'll be set up at 441 main St in Damariscotta hanging out with Girl Scout Troop 144 again…
On Eating and Loving Food
I know I’ve written about burgers and fries before, but some things never get old. That combination is the most popular lunch in America, plus I had one of the best burgers I’ve ever had last…
Spring must be here! The American Legion Post 36 breakfasts resume Sunday, April 2 at the Legion Hall in the Boothbay Industrial Park.
As in the past, they will be held every other week…
If you’ve eaten at Little Village Bistro in Wiscasset more than once, and you like a cocktail before dinner, chances are you’ve met, or at least seen, Marilyn Gorneau. She’s the bartender, and she…
The Damariscotta River Grill welcomes spring March 21 with a profusion of colorful photographic flower and nature studies by Joan Atkinson, Kathryn Simpson Bean Davis and Lisa Mossel Vietze. Each…
St. Giles Episcopal Church in Jefferson will host the last of its free 2017 wintertime suppers for Midcoast residents Saturday, March 11 beginning at 5 p.m. No…
Savory Maine
The Damariscotta Open Mic is now at Savory Maine and the next one is a benefit for the Lincoln County Animal Shelter (LCAS). …
It's only right that the new owners of the Penalty Box Pizza & Pub in Damariscotta met there.
They were both…
Savory Maine
“Maine Oasis,” an exhibit of the work of Georgetown artist Léa Peterson, opens Feb. 21 at Savory Maine Dining & Provisions in Damariscotta. The public is invited to a reception to meet the…
Crissy's Breakfast & Coffee Bar in Damariscotta has been serving coffee and coffee drink specialties, delectable…
To help chase away the winter doldrums, the walls at the Damariscotta River Grill showcases a variety of artists, subjects, style and mediums. Art at the Grill hosts 19 of the Pemaquid Group of…
On Eating and Loving Food
I used to call it Czechoslovakian curried chicken. I Googled Czechoslovakian because I wasn't sure how to spell it. Try finding that word on the internet. You can, but…
On Eating and Loving Food
So, it’s the day after Christmas.
I woke up this morning and resolved to stop eating crap for the foreseeable future.
I headed to the kitchen and started dictating this column to the…
Kraut's ready.
For years, during the fall, those two words in a tiny newspaper ad hung on the door of the Kraut Haus in Waldoboro. Now the kraut, from Morse’s Sauerkraut, is always ready,…
On Eating and Loving Food
I rarely order a sandwich when I go out to dinner. I want dinner at dinnertime. With a manhattan before and wine with. Sandwiches are for lunch.
But lately I've been known to order a…
On Eating and Loving Food
Speaking of comfort foods (soups and chowders over the past couple weeks), have you had a chicken pie from Wiscasset General Store lately? No? Okay, don't say I didn't warn you. If you're trying…
Just in time for the holidays! A new show opens at Damariscotta River Grill Tuesday, Dec. 6 showcasing three New England artists - Lina Burley (East Boothbay) and from Massachusetts -…
The Morris Farm, 156 Gardiner Road, Wiscasset will host a Community Thanksgiving potluck on Wednesday, Nov. 16. There will be two seatings — at 5 and 6:30 p.m.
Come feast and help us give…
On Eating and Loving Food
Hot chowder on a cold day: The ultimate comfort food. Seriously. Imagine taking a long walk — like 10,000 steps — on one of these cold days. Like Angie McLellan, Julie…
On Eating and Loving Food
I used to pick mussels off the rocks in front of the cottage in Cushing at low tide.
We had them way too often when I was a kid. They…
Damariscotta River Grill hosts three new artists, exploring a number of themes in three distinctly different styles and viewpoints from Oct. 24 through Dec. 6. Meet artists Gay Freeborn, Douglas…
On Eating and Loving Food
Remember Crepes Suzette? I think back when I first heard the word “crepe” it was never mentioned without the last name, Suzette.
…
“Hands across the water, heads across the sky.”
Remember those words from Paul and Linda McCartney's song “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey?” I always thought it was “hands across the sky,” too.…
On Eating and Loving Food
Back in the mid ’70s I was a soda jerk at Mitchell's Drug Store on Townsend Ave. It was during my first winter in Boothbay Harbor after I came back from sailing to the Caribbean with my first…
Think having breakfast in a Mexican restaurant is weird?
Think again.
A new little restaurant in…
Area residents are invited to eat out next Thursday for United Way’s annual Extra Helping Event. On Thursday, Sept. 22, Midcoast residents can dine at a variety of…
On Eating and Loving Food
“For decades we've been trucking our super fresh, delicious scallops to out of state processing centers where they're mixed in with the stuff from the Federal fishery…
The Wiscasset General Store isn't exactly in downtown Wiscasset. It's what some might call out in the boonies, but in reality it's less than a five-minute drive from…
Music, cocktails, an ice cream-tasting and book signings tipped off Harbor Fest 2016 at a party held at the Rocktide Inn in Boothbay Harbor on Friday, Sept. 2. Additional tastings were held at…
On Eating and Loving Food
OK, so as I said last week this column has been dragging on for half a year now. I just counted 25 food columns! Yikes! Time flies.
I’…
On eating and loving food
So, on the off chance any of you were freaking out because my food column didn’t appear in last week’s Boothbay Register, Wiscasset Newspaper and Penbay Pilot, relax, I…
Elizabeth Evans has rubbed elbows with some celebrities.
These days she can usually be found at the East Boothbay General Store, at…
