Today’s Press Herald reports on the Maine Lobster Chef of the Year competition taking place October 22.
Bill Clifford, the new executive chef at the Portland Harbor Hotel, will compete for the title against Clifford Pickett, who is a banquet chef at DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant, and Kelly Patrick Farrin, who works at Azure Cafe in Freeport.
The three chefs will cook their lobster dishes next month in front of 200 people during the Harvest on the Harbor food and wine festival.
Delicious Musings has published some thoughts on the Urban Farm Fermentory and the apple cidering class taught there this week.
In Portland, Maine’s East Bayside neighborhood an all but abandoned single-story warehouse bay has been transformed into the Urban Farm Fermentory (or “Ferm” as we locals call it), which is a fermentation, education and engagement center for beverage (cider, and wine) and food (sauerkraut, pickles…) fermentations. Last night I attended a class there led by horticulturalist David Buchanan and Ferm founder Eli Cayer on planting a backyard orchard and making sweet and hard cider.
The Food & Dining section in today’s Press Herald includes a pair of articles on the large number of people who go to the Saturday market in Deering Oaks Park,
So have you been to the farmers’ market lately?
I’m talking about the Saturday market at Deering Oaks, the one that has become so successful (yay!) it’s now become a little stressful (boo!) to squeeze through the throngs of humanity, dodging the long lines and the illegal bakers and the lookie-loos – the people who are there only to socialize and excessively fondle the produce without spending a dime.
and the prices of the produce,
This year, I’ll have to find something else to do with the pecorino romano. Why? Because $2 is over my limit.
This year, those tiny bunches of basil at the farmers’ market jumped to $2 a bunch. In case you hadn’t been keeping track, that’s a 100 percent price increase from just a couple of years ago.
as we as an advance report on the food at the Common GroundFair which is taking place this weekend.
“The food vendors, more than any other vendors, really earn their place at the fair,” said Jim Ahearne, fair director for the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, which hosts the event. “We don’t make it easy for them.”
Common Ground organizers require that all the food served at the fair, which is now in its 34th year, be Maine-grown and organic whenever possible.
The Food & Dining section in today’s Press Herald includes a pair of articles on the large number of people who go to the Saturday market in Deering Oaks Park,
So have you been to the farmers’ market lately?
I’m talking about the Saturday market at Deering Oaks, the one that has become so successful (yay!) it’s now become a little stressful (boo!) to squeeze through the throngs of humanity, dodging the long lines and the illegal bakers and the lookie-loos – the people who are there only to socialize and excessively fondle the produce without spending a dime.
and the prices of the produce,
This year, I’ll have to find something else to do with the pecorino romano. Why? Because $2 is over my limit.
This year, those tiny bunches of basil at the farmers’ market jumped to $2 a bunch. In case you hadn’t been keeping track, that’s a 100 percent price increase from just a couple of years ago.
as we as an advance report on the food at the Common GroundFair which is taking place this weekend.
“The food vendors, more than any other vendors, really earn their place at the fair,” said Jim Ahearne, fair director for the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, which hosts the event. “We don’t make it easy for them.”
Common Ground organizers require that all the food served at the fair, which is now in its 34th year, be Maine-grown and organic whenever possible.
Both PortlandTown and Portland in a Snap have published photos from the 15th Annual Epicurean Auction that took place at Merrill Auditorium last night.
Tuesday — David Buchanan and Eli Cayer will be teaching a class on apple selection and usage for making cider at the Urban Farm Fermentory. Many local restaurants are participating in Portland Ovations’ 15th Epicurean Auction Benefit.
Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching a class on Chardonnay at The Wine Bar.
Thursday — there will be beer tasting at the West End Deli.
Friday — To kick-off their Grand Opening weekend for the new store, Rosemont is having an Italian wine tasting. It’s the first night of the NERAX cask beer event at Novare Res (30 cask beers), and the first day of the Common Ground Fair taking place in Unity, Maine.
Saturday — The ribbon cutting for the Rosemont is taking place in the morning and there’s another wine tasting at the store that night, the 7th Annual Lakes Brew Fest is taking place in Casco, Maine, the NERAX event at Novare Res continues into its second day as does the Common Ground Fair.
Sunday — the last day of the Common Ground Fair.
Farmer’s Markets — the traditional series of Farmer’s Markets are taking place Monday (Monument Square), Wednesday (Monument Square) and Saturday (Deering Oaks Park). Cultivating Community is running their new series of markets Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at various locations around the city.
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.
Tuesday — David Buchanan and Eli Cayer will be teaching a class on apple selection and usage for making cider at the Urban Farm Fermentory. Many local restaurants are participating in Portland Ovations’ 15th Epicurean Auction Benefit.
Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching a class on Chardonnay at The Wine Bar.
Thursday — there will be beer tasting at the West End Deli.
Friday — To kick-off their Grand Opening weekend for the new store, Rosemont is having an Italian wine tasting. It’s the first night of the NERAX cask beer event at Novare Res (30 cask beers), and the first day of the Common Ground Fair taking place in Unity, Maine.
Saturday — The ribbon cutting for the Rosemont is taking place in the morning and there’s another wine tasting at the store that night, the 7th Annual Lakes Brew Fest is taking place in Casco, Maine, the NERAX event at Novare Res continues into its second day as does the Common Ground Fair.
Sunday — the last day of the Common Ground Fair.
Farmer’s Markets — the traditional series of Farmer’s Markets are taking place Monday (Monument Square), Wednesday (Monument Square) and Saturday (Deering Oaks Park). Cultivating Community is running their new series of markets Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at various locations around the city.
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.
Portland Town has published a set of photos from the 7th Annual Harvest Dinner hosted by Cinque Terre and Vignola at their farm in Greene, Maine.
Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching a class on Merlot at The Wine Bar.
Thursday — there will be wine tastings at Kitchen & Cork in Scarborough and Leavitt & Sons in Falmouth, and Cultivating Community is holding one of their biweekly Twilight Dinners.
Friday — an Italian wine tasting is scheduled to take place at the Rosemont Market on Munjoy Hill.
Saturday — there will be a wine tasting at the Black Cherry Provisions.
Sunday — the next 20/20 wine tasting/charity event is being held at the Snow Squall in South Portland, Wine Wise is coordinating a sailing wine class aboard the Casablanca, and Cinque Terre is holding their 3rd Annual Eco Appetito to raise funds for the Ferry Beach Ecology School.
Farmer’s Markets — the traditional series of Farmer’s Markets are taking place Monday (Monument Square), Wednesday (Monument Square) and Saturday (Deering Oaks Park). Cultivating Community is running their new series of markets Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at various locations around the city.
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.
Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching a class on Merlot at The Wine Bar.
Thursday — there will be wine tastings at Kitchen & Cork in Scarborough and Leavitt & Sons in Falmouth, and Cultivating Community is holding one of their biweekly Twilight Dinners.
Friday — an Italian wine tasting is scheduled to take place at the Rosemont Market on Munjoy Hill.
Saturday — there will be a wine tasting at the Black Cherry Provisions.
Sunday — the next 20/20 wine tasting/charity event is being held at the Snow Squall in South Portland, Wine Wise is coordinating a sailing wine class aboard the Casablanca, and Cinque Terre is holding their 3rd Annual Eco Appetito to raise funds for the Ferry Beach Ecology School.
Farmer’s Markets — the traditional series of Farmer’s Markets are taking place Monday (Monument Square), Wednesday (Monument Square) and Saturday (Deering Oaks Park). Cultivating Community is running their new series of markets Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at various locations around the city.
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.