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.
The Press Herald has published a feature on the kosher BBQ taking place this weekend to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Levey Day School in South Portland.
Why is a rabbi getting so close to a barbecue smoker, a device that is most often used to cook decidedly unkosher pork? This particular smoker, built by Doors Services Inc. (owned by a Levey alum) and never used before, will make its debut Sunday at a kosher barbecue at the school on Deering Avenue. A kosher barbecue is an event so rare that organizers could find reference to only one other like it in the whole country.
For more info see the event listing on leveydayschool.org.
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.
Maine a la Carte has reported on a preview dinner at Chebeague Island Inn prepared by their new chef Brandon Hicks.
Hicks moved to Maine from ilili Restaurant in New York City, where he spent the last three years as chef de cuisine. Before that, he worked at several New York restaurants, including a stint as chef de cuisine at Brasserie 8 1/2; maitre fromager at Artisinal Restaurant; and chef de partie at Picholine.
Hicks is also a certified master sommelier, and shared some of his knowledge about wine – as well as a bottle or two from his own cellar – during the course of the evening.
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.
Tuesday — the Local Foods Networking Breakfast is taking place at Local Sprouts, and Vinland is holding a Passover Seder.
Thursday — the Bier Cellar is hosting Foundation Brewing for a tasting and to kick-off the store’s retail growler program, The Great Lost Bear will be showcasing beer from Magic Hat.
Friday — Michele D’Aprix will be the featured guest at a Rosemont’s Bordeaux wine dinner.
Saturday — there will be a salmon and gin tasting at the Sweetgrass retail space on Fore Street, and the Winter Farmers Market is taking place at the Urban Farm Fermentory on Anderson Street.
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.
Wolfe’s Neck Farm is collaboration with Miyake, Gather and Frontier on a Farm Dinner series:
For more information visit wolfesneckfarm.org.