A new magazine, Zest, has been under development in Maine for the last few months, and the first issue is now out.
With this quarterly magazine, we invite you to fish and forage, eat and drink, cultivate and discover as we do. With recipes from your favorite chefs and barkeeps, insightful long-form nonfiction, intriguing profiles and destinations—and the occasional how-to—we mean to keep it fresh and fun; a place for everyone who loves Maine to come and be inspired through the seasons.
The first issue includes:
- Profiles of and recipes from some of Maine’s top chefs
- Cocktail improvisations on a theme from bartenders at Hunt & Alpine, Eventide and Central Provisions
- A profile of Rabelais Books in Biddeford
- An article about Bresca and the Honey Bee
- A narrative on smelting in Maine
Zest is being published by Nancy Gordon, who was the founder Maine Home and Design, and edited by Michael S. Sanders, author of Fresh from Maine, From Here You Can’t See Paris, and numerous other books and articles.
I picked up my copy at Longfellow Books. You can find Zest across the state at select culinary stores, bookstores and restaurants.