Wednesday — the premier of the Portland episode of Man vs Food on the Travel Channel, a wine tastings at RSVP and Old Port Wine Merchants, and Wine Wise is teaching a class at The Wine Bar.
Thursday — a wine dinner at Havana South featuring wines from Les Vins De Vienne.
Friday — a wine tasting at the Scarborough Wine Outlet.
Saturday — a wine tasting at the Black Cherry Provisions.
Sunday — Vignola and Cinque Terre’s 6th Annual Harvest Dinner at their farm in Greene, Maine, and Rippling Waters Organic Farm’s 6th Annual Soil to Supper event.
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.
Category: Events
This Week’s Events
Wednesday — the premier of the Portland episode of Man vs Food on the Travel Channel, a wine tastings at RSVP and Old Port Wine Merchants, and Wine Wise is teaching a class at The Wine Bar.
Thursday — a wine dinner at Havana South featuring wines from Les Vins De Vienne.
Friday — a wine tasting at the Scarborough Wine Outlet.
Saturday — a wine tasting at the Black Cherry Provisions.
Sunday — Vignola and Cinque Terre’s 6th Annual Harvest Dinner at their farm in Greene, Maine, and Rippling Waters Organic Farm’s 6th Annual Soil to Supper event.
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.
Cape Kitchen Tour & The Costs of Industrial Food
The Food & Dining section in today’s Press Herald includes articles on the kitchen tour taking place next weekend in Cape Elizabeth,
In this era when the average home cook has been whipped into a Food Network frenzy, kitchen tours have become a popular way for nonprofits to raise money. Foodies love to drool over other people’s Viking stoves, Subzero refrigerators and acres of counter space begging to be filled with Kitchen Aid mixers and Dualit toasters.
a Natural Foodie article on the real costs of the industrial food system,
“What we’ve got now are microbes, such as E. coli 0157:H7, that were not common in the past and seem to have originated in feedlots and are now ubiquitous in the environment,” said Russell Libby, executive director of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.
a reminder that Anna Lappe, author of Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It will be at Longfellow Books tonight at 7 pm for a reading and book signing,
and an article about the new Maine restaurant cook book by Michael Sanders and Russell French. For more on the cookbook see this June television interview with Steve Corry.
Cape Kitchen Tour & The Costs of Industrial Food
The Food & Dining section in today’s Press Herald includes articles on the kitchen tour taking place next weekend in Cape Elizabeth,
In this era when the average home cook has been whipped into a Food Network frenzy, kitchen tours have become a popular way for nonprofits to raise money. Foodies love to drool over other people’s Viking stoves, Subzero refrigerators and acres of counter space begging to be filled with Kitchen Aid mixers and Dualit toasters.
a Natural Foodie article on the real costs of the industrial food system,
“What we’ve got now are microbes, such as E. coli 0157:H7, that were not common in the past and seem to have originated in feedlots and are now ubiquitous in the environment,” said Russell Libby, executive director of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.
a reminder that Anna Lappe, author of Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It will be at Longfellow Books tonight at 7 pm for a reading and book signing,
and an article about the new Maine restaurant cook book by Michael Sanders and Russell French. For more on the cookbook see this June television interview with Steve Corry.
This Week's Events
Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching a class at The Wine Bar and the Grace wine club will be meeting to discuss/taste Summer wines.
Thursday — Cultivating Community is hosting one of their biweekly Twilight Dinners at their farm in Cape Elizabeth, and a wine tasting is scheduled to take place at Downeast Beverage.
Friday — there will be a wine tasting at the West End Deli, and the First Friday Art Walk is taking place. Restaurants will be busy so make your reservations early.
Saturday — there will be a wine tasting at the LeRoux Kitchen.
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.
This Week’s Events
Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching a class at The Wine Bar and the Grace wine club will be meeting to discuss/taste Summer wines.
Thursday — Cultivating Community is hosting one of their biweekly Twilight Dinners at their farm in Cape Elizabeth, and a wine tasting is scheduled to take place at Downeast Beverage.
Friday — there will be a wine tasting at the West End Deli, and the First Friday Art Walk is taking place. Restaurants will be busy so make your reservations early.
Saturday — there will be a wine tasting at the LeRoux Kitchen.
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 WSET Wine & Spirit Certificate Course
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust, will be offering their Intermediate Level 2 certificate class in Portland this October. The class is being taught by Adam Chase and Elizabeth George from Grape Experience. The program is aimed at anyone “who works in wine, wants a career in the wine industry or has a serious interest in the subject”. See the WSET website for a more detailed explanation of what the course covers.
The class ($700 per person including wines and course materials) is taking place over 2 days October 23-24 with the final exam scheduled for October 30. The organizers are holding an informational session this Thursday (11 – 1 at Havana South) for anyone interested in learning more about WSET and the class itself.
Portland WSET Wine & Spirit Certificate Course
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust, will be offering their Intermediate Level 2 certificate class in Portland this October. The class is being taught by Adam Chase and Elizabeth George from Grape Experience. The program is aimed at anyone “who works in wine, wants a career in the wine industry or has a serious interest in the subject”. See the WSET website for a more detailed explanation of what the course covers.
The class ($700 per person including wines and course materials) is taking place over 2 days October 23-24 with the final exam scheduled for October 30. The organizers are holding an informational session this Thursday (11 – 1 at Havana South) for anyone interested in learning more about WSET and the class itself.
This Week's Events
Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching a class at The Wine Bar.
Thursday — there will be an informational session for anyone interested in taking the WSET intermediate level wine certificate course this Fall, a wine tasting at Browne Trading, a beer tasting at the Public Market House and Bard Coffee is holding their monthly latte art competition aka the Thursday Night Throwdown.
Friday — the Fourth Friday Food Film series is screening the movie Fed Up! and there will be a wine tasting at Scarborough Wine Outlet.
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.
This Week’s Events
Wednesday — Wine Wise is teaching a class at The Wine Bar.
Thursday — there will be an informational session for anyone interested in taking the WSET intermediate level wine certificate course this Fall, a wine tasting at Browne Trading, a beer tasting at the Public Market House and Bard Coffee is holding their monthly latte art competition aka the Thursday Night Throwdown.
Friday — the Fourth Friday Food Film series is screening the movie Fed Up! and there will be a wine tasting at Scarborough Wine Outlet.
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.