Five Portland bartenders are competing in the Speed Rack competition this Sunday in Boston: Sylvi Roy and Kristen Mixter from Hunt + Alpine, Charlotte Stanton from Little Giant, Alexa Doyer from Opium, and Crystal Pomerleau Central Provisions.
Speed Rack is al all female bartending competition that evaluates participants on speed, accuracy, and drinks to name a winner to go to the national finals in NYC. Briana Volk will also be participating as a judge.
Monday – Maine Restaurant Week continues.
Tuesday – Other Side Deli is holding a wine tasting at their East Deering location, 5-7 pm.
Wednesday – Dr. Luci Benedict from the University of Southern Maine will give a talk on The Chemistry of Brewing.
Thursday – Buy Local is hosting a lecture by Jeff Milchen entitled Uncoding the Experience Economy.
Saturday – It’s the opening night of Walkers Maine in Cape Neddick, there will be a wine tasting at LeRoux Kitchen and an Oakleaf Dinner at Fork Food Lab.
Sunday – The Lost Kitchen plans to announce their process for taking reservations for the 2018 season, and LB Kitchen is launching their pop-up dinner series.
For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
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Monday – Solo Italiano’s Paolo Laboa will be teaching a (sold out) pasta making class, it’s the grand opening of Tally’s Kitchen (website, instagram) located at 84 Marginal Way, Linda Kate Lobster will be featured in an episonde of Travel Channel show Booze Traveller this morning at 9am, and American Sommelier is holding a sherry tasting.
Tuesday – American Sommelier is holding a port and madeira tasting.
Wednesday – the Maine Restaurant Week Incredible Breakfast Cook-off is taking place and there will be a Maine Beer Co tap takeover at The Honey Paw.
Thursday – Maine Restaurant Week officially kicks-off.
Friday – Maine & Loire will hold a book signing with acclaimed author Alice Feiring, it’s the opening of the Maine Eats exhibit at the Maine Historical Society, the West End Rosemont is holding a wine tasting.
Saturday – the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place, and there will be a tasting at the Old Port Wine Merchants.
Sunday – Tandem is teaching a series of coffee brewing classes, Foley’s is teaching a baking class and Flights & Bites is taking place at Lone Pine Brewing.
Walkers Maine – March 10th is the opening of Walkers Maine in Cape Neddick. The restaurant is owned by Justin and Danielle Walker formerly from Earth at Hidden Pond.
For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
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After receiving 10,000 reservation phone calls in 24 hours last year, The Lost Kitchen chef/owner Erin French began thinking about a different way to handle the enormous interest in dining at her 40-seat restaurant in Freedom, Maine.
French plans on opening the 2018 reservation book on April 1st and will be announcing the new TLK reservation process March 11th. Stay tuned for details.
Plans for the inaugural Portland Wine Week (website, facebook, instagram, twitter) have been released. The new week-long summer festival will take place June 18 – 24 at various venues across the city.
Crafted as a boutique experience for wine enthusiasts of all types—from the casual wine lover to the serious oenophile—this week of world class wine, learning experiences, and award-winning food will launch you into summer with style. Activities will include pairing and performance events, incredible wine dinners, tastings, educational classes and seminars, special menus, a passport tour of dozens of local restaurants and their wine lists; and other happenings that feature wine, food, art, and fun.
Nearly 20 events are already on the schedule with more are being added as plans are worked out. They include:
Portland Wine Week will wrap up with a Cabernet Cabaret Gala in collaboration with Circus Maine and food from five acclaimed female chefs (including recent Beard award semifinalists Ilma Lopez and Krista Kern Desjarlais). Proceeds from the gala will benefit Portland’s Preble Street Teen Center.
Follow PWW on your favorite social media platform to stay informed as the event program continues to grow: facebook, instagram, twitter.
Get Involved – If you’re interested in becoming a Portland Wine Week vendor or sponsor contact info@portlandwineweek.me.
Portland Food Map is proud to be a sponsor of Portland Wine Week.
A new exhibit called Maine Eats is set to open at the Maine Historical Society on Friday March 2nd.
From iconic lobsters, blueberries, potatoes, apples, and maple syrup, to local favorites like poutine, baked beans, red hot dogs, Italian sandwiches, and Whoopie Pies, Maine’s identity and economy are inextricably linked to food. Now, a food revolution is taking us back to our roots toward the traditional sources, preparation, and pleasures of eating food that have sustained Mainers for millennia.
Using historical and contemporary stories of individual people and communities, Maine Eats: The Food Revolution Starts Here, tells the Maine food story. Throughout the interactive exhibition, visitors are invited to engage their senses and to think deeply about the past, present and future of Maine’s relationship with food.
James Beard award-winning author and the ‘godmother’ of the natural wine world, Alice Feiring, will be at Maine & Loire on March 2nd 5:30pm for a reading/signing of her new book The Dirty Guide to Wine.
We are thrilled to announce that journalist and book author Alice Feiring will be here next month to read from and sign copies of her latest book, The Dirty Guide to Wine. An award-winning writer for magazines and newspapers, such as the New York Times, Alice was the sole voice in natural wine writing for almost a decade, and is called everything from “The Patty Smith” to the “Godmother” of the natural wine world. The Feiring Line, her indispensable blog-turned-newsletter is as much a lightning rod of inspiration as it is a valuable resource. Alice is also the author of the books Battle for Wine and Love, Living with Wine, Naked Wine and For the Love of Wine.
As part of the event Maine & Loire will also be pouring several Muscadets from Domaine de l’Ecu, imported by Paul Chartrand.
Tuesday – Italian winemaker Marco Sara and importer Matt Mollo will be at Maine & Loire for a wine tasting.
Wednesday – Solo Italiano is holding a wine dinner with Italian winemaker Marco Sara, there will be wine tastings at Little Giant and the Old Port Wine Merchants.
Thursday – Amanda Beal from the Maine Farmland Trust will be giving a talk at Saint Joseph’s College entitled Envisioning and Building a Vibrant Food System in Maine and Beyond, there will be a spirits tasting at Bow Street Beverage, and a wine dinner at Petite Jacqueline.
Friday – Black Tie is holding a Graze dinner in Yarmouth, and there will be a wine tasting at the Rosemont on Brighton.
Saturday – Nikaline Iacono will be holding a Vessel & Vine cocktail pop-up at The Bearded Lady, Maine Craft Distilling is releasing their Whipple Tree Apple Brandy, Allagash is screening the movie Fish People, and the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Sunday – Zen Chinese Bistro is holding a Chinese New Year dinner.
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.
Duckfat has launched a weekly Thursday dinner series at Oxbow Brewing.
The main course for this week’s sold out dinner chicken pot pie. Stay tuned to the Duckfat Beergarden instagram account for more details.
Tuesday – the 23rd Annual Fat Tuesday Cajun Cookin’ Challenge is taking place.
Wednesday – it’s Valentines Day.
Thursday – The James Beard Foundation will release the long list of semi-final nominees for this year’s chef and restaurant awards – check back midday to see if your favorites made the cut . Highroller, Eaux and Lone Pine are teaming up on a Mardi Gras menu, and there will be a wine tasting at the new Bow Street on Forest Ave.
Friday – It’s the first day of the Flavors of Freeport, and there will be a wine tasting at the Rosemont in the West End.
Saturday – The MRA is holding the Maine ProStart Invitational, and the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Sunday – The Bramhall is hosting the Empanada Club, and Foley’s is holding a baking class.
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.