Tuesday — Barl Lola is hosting an Italian wine dinner and the new food and drink trivia competition series continues at Grace.
Wednesday — The PSO Wine Dinner & Auction is taking place at the Haraseeket in Freeport. This year the wine is from Argentina and chefs Jonathan Cartwright, Sam Hayward, Theda Lyden, Earl Morse and Lee Skawinski have designed the menu and will be preparing the meal.
Thursday —Browne Trading is holding a wine tasting.
Saturday — the first Deering Oaks Farmers Market of the season is taking place and Leroux Kitchen is holding a wine tasting.
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.
Month: April 2010
This Week’s Events
Tuesday — Barl Lola is hosting an Italian wine dinner and the new food and drink trivia competition series continues at Grace.
Wednesday — The PSO Wine Dinner & Auction is taking place at the Haraseeket in Freeport. This year the wine is from Argentina and chefs Jonathan Cartwright, Sam Hayward, Theda Lyden, Earl Morse and Lee Skawinski have designed the menu and will be preparing the meal.
Thursday —Browne Trading is holding a wine tasting.
Saturday — the first Deering Oaks Farmers Market of the season is taking place and Leroux Kitchen is holding a wine tasting.
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.
Vegetarian Dining
The Bowdoin Orient has taken a look at the “meat-free, taste-full food” at Silly’s and Green Elephant.
For vegetarians, having a wide array of culinary options is key. While Bowdoin provides its herbivores their fair share of delicious meat-free choices, when in need of dining out, Portland offers some exciting vegetarian hot spots.
Two restaurants in particular have garnered attention for their vegetarian-friendly menus: Silly’s in Portland’s East End and The Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro downtown.
Maine Farmers Planting Early
The Maine Sunday Telegram interviewed several farmers about how the early warm weather is impacting when they plant.
Spring arrived three weeks early this year, and it is driving some farmers a little bit crazy. Bamford and some other adventurous growers are throwing out all the tried and true farming maxims and betting one of the earliest, warmest springs in memory will continue.
They are hoping that they will be able to deliver strawberries, swiss chard and even corn to markets a little bit earlier than the competition.
Under Construction: Soju & Havana South
Some fresh under construction news:
- A new restaurant called Soju is planned for the old Thai Chef Buffet space on Congress Street. They plan on serving Japanese and Korean cuisine. You can see a draft of their sushi menu (page 86) in the supporting materials they supplied to the city as part of their liquor license application.
- Havana South has also applied for a liquor license (see partial draft menu, page 106). One of the more interesting things to note on Havana’s floor plan (below) is an area right along Union Street marked Butcher Shop.
- In related news, Chiang Mai which moved out of the the butcher shop space on Union Street looks like they’re getting close to reopening at their new location on Washington Ave.
Under Construction: Soju & Havana South
Some fresh under construction news:
- A new restaurant called Soju is planned for the old Thai Chef Buffet space on Congress Street. They plan on serving Japanese and Korean cuisine. You can see a draft of their sushi menu (page 86) in the supporting materials they supplied to the city as part of their liquor license application.
- Havana South has also applied for a liquor license (see partial draft menu, page 106). One of the more interesting things to note on Havana’s floor plan (below) is an area right along Union Street marked Butcher Shop.
- In related news, Chiang Mai which moved out of the the butcher shop space on Union Street looks like they’re getting close to reopening at their new location on Washington Ave.
Review of Bazkari Catering
Portland Eats has published a review of Bazkari Catering.
The “bocata de jamon y manchego” (ham and cheese sandwich) is a great example of letting high-quality ingredients shine…I love food like this: a good, simple, sandwich, composed with great care. My next deli ham and swiss sandwich is sure to pale in comparison.
Food+Farm 2010
Space Gallery has published the schedule (about half way down the page) for this year’s Food+Farm program:
May 20 – a screening of Dirt:The Movie and discussion with author William Bryant Logan.
May 21 – a screening of Ingredients, a “seasonal exploration of the local food movement”.
May 22 – in collaboration with Cultivating Community is hosting the Waking up the Farm Party at the Boyd Street Urban Farm in Portland in the morning, and in the evening a showing of Colony, a documentary about Colony Collapse Disorder.
May 23 – a screening of the documentary End of the Line, “the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans, we see firsthand the effects of our global love affair with fish as food.”
Miyake's Noodle Bar Field Research
Portland Food Coma has published a report on the Miyake team’s field research in NYC getting inspiration and ideas for the opening of Pai Mei Miyake in Longfellow Square.
To get us on the right track, Masa took the restaurant staff down to New York City for a full day of eating noodles and drinking recklessly. It was an experience that I will never forget, that I feel very fortunate to have been a part of. This is how it went…
Miyake’s Noodle Bar Field Research
Portland Food Coma has published a report on the Miyake team’s field research in NYC getting inspiration and ideas for the opening of Pai Mei Miyake in Longfellow Square.
To get us on the right track, Masa took the restaurant staff down to New York City for a full day of eating noodles and drinking recklessly. It was an experience that I will never forget, that I feel very fortunate to have been a part of. This is how it went…