Category: Events

Tuesday — The Bearded Lady’s Jewel Box will be the featured guest at this month’s Tandem/Rosemont Bar Night.

Wednesday — Vinland will be preparing an 8-course UFF Dinner, Allagash is holding an event to benefit the Preble Street Resource Center, the 15th Annual Best of Portland Awards Show is taking place, and the Monument Square Farmers Market is taking place.

Thursday — the Great Lost Bear is showcasing beer from Baxter Brewing, and there will be an Austin Street tasting at the Bier Cellar.

Saturday — the Deering Oaks Farmers Market is taking place.

Sunday — there will be a screening of Symphony of the Soil followed by a panel discussion including author Eliot Coleman at the Museum of Art.

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.

Blue Rooster is gearing up for a summer long series with some of the most talented chefs in the city. Each week starting on Fridays BRFC will feature a new over the top hot dog special designed by that week’s guest chef.

I’m looking forward to some pretty amazing things to show up on a bun as the chefs try to out do one another throughout the series.

Here’s the full line-up:

• May 30 – Cara Stadler, Tao Yuan
• June 6 – Ricky Penatzer, Portland Hunt & Alpine Club
• June 13 – Fred Eliot, Petite Jacqueline
• June 20 – Steve Corry, Five Fifty-Five
• June 27 – Matt Brown, Good Shepherd Food Truck
• July 4 – David Levi, Vinland
• July 11 – Erik Desjarlais, Weft and Warp
• July 18 – Jason Loring, Nosh
• July 25 – Mike Wiley, Eventide/Hugo’s
• August 1 – Joe Ricchio, Food Coma
• August 8 – Andrew Taylor, Eventide/Hugo’s
• August 15 – Cheryl Lewis, El Rayo
• August 23 – Rob Evans, Duckfat

Watch the Blue Rooster facebook page for complete details throughout the summer. I’ll be posting photos of my favorites on the PFM Instagram account.

Both From Away and The 207 Foodie has a posted a report from last weekend’s Street Eats food truck festival.

For those of you who missed it another food truck gathering is scheduled to take place this weekend in South Portland. Gustos, Brothers Burritos, PB&Me, The Wicked Good Truck, El Corazon, Pizza by Fire and Love Cupcake will all be there.

Monday — Ana’s Mobile Cafe will be back on the road.

Wednesday — all drinks at Speckled Axe will be just $2 in celebration of their 2nd anniversary, the Blue Spoon will be hosting Rob Stuart for a Oregon Wine dinner, the Bier Cellar is holding a Banded Horn tasting, Black Tie is teaching a cooking class,  and the Monument Square Farmers Market is taking place.

Thursday — there will be a UFF Kombucha tasting at the Brighton Rosemont, and a beer and cheese tasting at the Public Market House.

Friday — it’s the first day of the Portland Kitchen Tour.

Saturday — The Bearded Lady’s Jewel Box will be holding a cocktail party at Space, winemaker Roberto Damonte is leading a tasting event at Rosemont on Commercial, it’s the second day of the Portland Kitchen Tour, and the Deering Oaks Farmers Market is taking place.

Sunday — Black Birch is the featured restaurant for a dinner at Flanagan’s Table.

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 — it’s the last day you can vote in the Phoenix Readership Poll (food blog category), the Maine Brew Bus is leading a Sebago beer dinner, GMRI is holding a lecture on “How Warming Waters are Bringing New Species to the Gulf of Maine“, and the Monument Square Farmers Market is taking place.

Thursday — it’s the first night of 6th Annual Belgian Biere Fest at Novare Res, and The Great Lost Bear will be showcasing beer from Run of the Mill.

Friday — the 2014 Slow Money Maine Regional Gathering is taking place, and the Travel Channel show Food Paradise will be filming at Five Fifty-Five.

Saturday — El Rayo is kicking off a 2-day Cinco de Mayo celebration, the Deering Oaks Farmers Market is taking place as is the Street Eats Food Truck Festival, LeRoux is holding a wine tasting, and chefs Sam Hayward, Nathan Nadeau and Ken Thomas are serving a dinner at Flanagan’s Table.

Sunday — Piccolo is holding a Star Wars Dinner, Elsmere is preparing a Kosher BBQ dinner to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Levey School in South Portland, and Grace is hosting the 2nd annual Chopped Challenge.

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.

Chefs Masa Miyake and Rob Evans are collaborating on a 6-course dinner, a “celebration of Maine-raised pure breed heritage pork” featuring American Guinea, Red Wattle, Berkshire and Mangalista hog breeds. Tickets are $90 per person with optional pairings from Oxbow, Allagash and Sebago for an additional $35. The dinner is scheduled for May 18 and tickets go on sale May 1 (call 207-871-9170).

Wednesday — Washington Post food editor Joe Yonan will be teaching a cooking class at Stonewall Kitchen, and Black Tie is teaching a cooking class.

Thursday — there will be a Maine Craft Distilling tasting at the Public Market House, and The Great Lost Bear will be showcasing beer from Sheepscot Brewing.

Friday — Joe Yonan will be teaching a 2nd cooking class at Stonewall Kitchen.

Saturday — The first Deering Oaks Farmers Market of the season is taking place, and Wine Wise is leading a Sparkling Wine Walk.

Sunday — Vinland is teaching a cooking class.

Star Wars Dinner — Piccolo is holding a Star Wars dinner on May 4 (aka May the Fourth Be with You day).

Taste of the Nation — tickets for the 2014 Taste of the Nation dinner are now on sale.

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.

Knack Factory has published a report from Sunday night’s Indonesian Family Feast.

We can genuinely say that the food and the event itself were both spectacular. We were seated at a table with Arlin Smith and Roxanne Dragon of Hugo’s Restaurant, Jessica Sueltenfuss, [Jason] Loring and others—all worthy judges of spectacular food—and we were collectively impressed plate after plate. Not only was the food worthy of celebration, the communal atmosphere that Pisha-Duffly stresses is imperative to this experience was in full effect and everyone was in the best of spirits.