Dining Out

Joan Atkinson

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…

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). 

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…

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…

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…

Crissy's Breakfast & Coffee Bar in Damariscotta has been serving coffee and coffee drink specialties, delectable…

Peggy Farrell “Frozen Stream”

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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

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…

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…

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…

Lina Burley

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 -…

Lina Burley

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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…

Douglas Houle

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…

Douglas Houle

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.

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.

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.…

“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.…

“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…

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…

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…