Maine a la Carte caught up with Dan Shelton, one of the organizers of The Festival, to learn more about the international beer event that is coming to Portland this summer.
The article includes a list of about a dozen brewers that have already signed on: Cantillon, Drie Fonteinen, Nogne, Twin, etc.
Tandem Coffee and Speckled Ax were included on the Eater National list of the hottest new coffee shop in the US that launched in the past 12 months.
Map & Menu has published a review of The Cheese Iron in Scarborough.
I’d highly recommend making the trip out to The Cheese Iron. If work doesn’t allow you to make it for lunch on a weekday, make the trip on a Saturday, and justify it by adding some dinner wine and cheese – if the meal doesn’t justify itself.
Photo courtesy of Map & Menu.
The Portland Phoenix has published a review of Zen Chinese Bistro.
Zen the concept is not about transcendence, but rather about deepening the quality of our worldly presence. Zen the Chinese Bistro is not exactly transcendent, but it does enhance the quality of Chinese cuisine in Portland. The menu does not veer far from the beaten path of Americanized-Chinese, but it executes those classic dishes well, with fresh ingredients. That is enough to put Zen among the upper tier of Chinese restaurants in town.
Organizers of The Festival, an event centered around small beer brewers and cider makers from around the world, have announced that the 2013 edition of the event will be taking place in Portland on June 21-22.
You can find a copy of last year’s participating brewers on their website.
For additional reporting see the Press Herald.
The Press Herald has published a review of Three Buoys.
Let me get the location comments out of the way, and I truly say this with respect. The corner of Cumberland and Washington avenues in Portland is not where I expected to find a wonderful haven — a diamond in the rough, if you will — of delicious dining. But guess what? That’s exactly what I found, and shame on me for having that attitude in the first place.
The Portland Phoenix has published a profile of Chris McClay and her business the Modern Vegan Cooking School.
McClay, 38, is the proprietor of Portland’s new Modern Vegan Cooking School and the Maine representative for the Wellness Forum, a national for-profit dietary-education organization. She’s been eating a plant-based diet since 1992, when a college course piqued her interest in vegetarianism and then full-on veganism. She hasn’t eaten any animal-derived products since then — really. No meat, no cheese, no dairy products. And, perhaps most remarkably, no cravings.