Chef Andy Bennett and Master Sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier from Michelin-starred New York restaurant Rouge Tomate will be holding a pop-up dinner at Vinland on October 29th. Tickets for the 5-course dinner are available online at brownpapertickets.com.
The dinner is part of Vinland’s ongoing pop-up series.
The 2nd Annual Heirloom Apple Tasting took place yesterday. 85 different varieties of apples sourced from about a dozen orchards in Maine and New Hampshire were part of the event that I helped organize along with friends Sean Turley and Cecilia Ziko.
A few of my favorites were Ashmead’s Kernel, Esopus Spitzenburg, Hudson’s Golden Gem, Frostbite, Sundance, Ribston Pipppin, Pitmason Pineapple and Red Astrachan.
Nearly all of the apples were purchased in a single day on Saturday within a few hours drive of Portland. It’s encouraging to realize that so many great heirloom varieties are out there if we just take a bit more time to explore.
For those of you without cars, Rosemont Market is the best in-town source of unusual apple varieties. There’s also a rare apple CSA that is run each fall called Out on a Limb run by Maine’s preeminent apple expert John Bunker.
Update: Here’s a complete list of the apple varieties we had on-hand for the tasting. It includes information of which orchards we bought them from, and interesting details on their origin and apple genealogy.
Wednesday — the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Thursday — Slab is holding a Gneiss Brewing tap takeover.
Friday — a Maine wine event is taking place at the Custom House, and The Sinful Kitchen is serving a Filipino Feast.
Saturday —Rosemont is hold Harvest in the Hood at their store on Brighton, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Sunday –The Thirsty Pig’s 4th Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest is taking place, and Masa Miyake is the featured chef at a Flanagan’s Table dinner.
For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
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The Hunter’s Bend and The Honey Paw are collaborating on a mushroom dinner later this month. The dinner will feature “eight courses of fantastic vegetarian food highlighting locally foraged, cultivated and imported mushrooms”.
The Hunter’s Bend is a super club/catering operation run by Frank Anderson & Rebecca Ambrosi who are both part of the team launching Jason Loring’s tiki bar, Rhum.
Ticket for the mushroom dinner are on sale on Eventbrite.
The menus are now up and ticket are on sale for two dinners at the Jame Beard House in New York being headlined by Portland talent:
Tuesday — there will be an Italian wine tasting at Otherside Deli, an elderberry syrup workshop at the Portland Coop, and Julia & Craig Dilger are holding a meeting at CIA Cafe to talk about the new brewpub they have under development in Knightsville.
Wednesday — the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Thursday — Rising Tide is holding a launch party for Waypoint a coffee porter made with Tandem beans, there will be a cider and cheese tasting at the Public Market House and a wine tasting at the Brighton Ave Rosemont.
Friday — Bissell Brothers is teaming up with CN Shawarma, Mami, Locally Sauced, Fishin’ Ships and High Roller Lobster on an outdoor beer dinner at Thompson’s Point called Patio to The Point.
Saturday — LeRoux Kitchen is holding a wine tasting, Blue Point Brewing is holding a Boatyard Bash on Union Wharf, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Sunday –the Portland Symphony is teaming up with Novare Res for a new edition of Symphony + Spirits. For $20 you get a ticket to the PSO concert and a post-concert Oktoberfest beer at Novare Res with 70+ other 21-40 year olds who participate.
For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
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Five of Maine’s best chefs—all women—are coming together in October to co-produce a dinner at Flanagan’s Table. Ilma Lopez from Piccolo, Melissa Kelly from Primo, Krista Kern Desjarlais soon from The Purple House, Cara Stadler from Tao/Bao Bao and Kim Rogers from Hugo’s are teaming for a Flanagan’s Table dinner in October to benefit the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.
The chefs will be joined by Briana Volk from Hunt & Alpine who will be providing the cocktails, Tabitha Perry from Crush Distributors who will provide the wine and Alex Wright from Flanagan’s who donated the space for the fundraiser, as well as Briana Holt and Kathleen Pratt from Tandem serving baked goods with the pre-dinner cocktails and coffee respectively, and Catherine Eliot from Portland Patisserie who will supply the take home baked goods.
Tickets are on now sale On the Flanagan’s Table website. (Update: The dinner sold out in 3 minutes on Wednesday)
On a side note, today’s Press Herald interviewed 4 of the chefs about what it’s like to be a woman working in a restaurant kitchen today.
Tuesday — Piccolo is collaborating with Roustabout on a preview pop-up dinner, Ed Lutjens will be giving a coopering demonstration at Maine Craft Distilling.
Wednesday — the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Thursday — 953 Congress Street is holding a Grand Opening, and a women’s Whiskey and Chocolate Truffle tasting is taking place at Grace.
Friday — there will be a wine tasting at the West End Deli, and it’s also First Friday Art Walk so restaurants will be busy – be sure to make your reservations soon.
Saturday — The Thirsty Pig is holding their 3rd annual Oktoberfest, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.
The Sinful Kitchen – is kicking off a Filipino dinner series on October 16th.
For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
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Monday — Don Lindgren, owner of Rabelais Books, will be speaking at Boston University. His talk is part of the Pépin Lecture Series in Food Studies and Gastronomy and is titled Anatomy of a Cookbook; Brian Hill, chef/owner of Francine Bistro and Shepherd’s Pie, will be the featured chef at tonight’s Flanagan’s Table.
Tuesday — The Honey Paw will be in Boston to prepare a dinner in collaboration with Kaki Lima.
Wednesday — Pulp+Wire will teach a workshop on launching a food brand, Salvage BBQ is hosting a launch party for Beer 101 (Banded Horn x Owl & Whale brewing collaboration), and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Thursday — the Public Market House is holding a wine and cheese tasting.
Friday — Rising Tide is kicking off their 5th Anniversary celebration with a beer and oysters event that will feature Mockingfish on draft, and it’s the first day of the Common Ground Fair.
Saturday — it’s the second day of the Common Ground Fair, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Sunday — it’s the last day of the Common Ground Fair.
For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
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Tuesday — the local foods networking breakfast is taking place at Local Sprouts.
Wednesday — the Maine Farm and Sea Cooperative is holding a launch party at Broadturn Farm, and the Monument Square Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Thursday — Rostabout is holding a pop-up dinner at Tandem Bakery, Phoenix Fare is taking place in East Bayside, and Maine & Loire is holding a Louis Dresner wine tasting, and C Salt is holding a wine tasting.
Friday — the West End edition of Harvest in the Hood is taking place.
Saturday — Novare Res is hosting the 2015 Cantillon Zwanze Day release, it Maine Open Winery Day, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.
Sunday — Damian Sansonetti and Ilma Lopez are the featured chefs for the last Cultivating Community Twilight Dinner of the season, the 16th Annual Trail to Ale is taking place as is the 2nd Annual Noshbow street festival, and Rosemont is serving a dinner at Wolfe’s Neck Farm in Freeport.
Rabelais at BU — Rabelais owner Don Lindgren will be speaking at Boston University on September 21st. His talk is part of the Pépin Lecture Series in Food Studies and Gastronomy and is entitled Anatomy of a Cookbook. “Beyond the recipes, cookbooks reveal a great deal about the authors who write them and the cooks who use them. This presentation will look at clues cookbooks reveal about social and cultural context, and consider how evidence of reader use illuminates issues of ownership, succession, revision, criticism, navigation, and more.”
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.