Category: People

The founder of Mister Bagel, Eric J. Hartglass, has passed away.

Rick started Mister Bagel in 1977 on Forest Avenue; this location was the first and original bagel shop in the state of Maine. Today there are 12 successful franchises that he was very proud of.

For additional information read the Passages profile that appeared in the Wednesday Press Herald.

Mr. Hartglass learned how to make bagels from the renowned Ess-a-Bagel, Inc. in New York, his birthplace. He took what he learned back to the bakery in Maine, attracting people from throughout the area with his bagels.

The founder of Mister Bagel, Eric J. Hartglass, has passed away.

Rick started Mister Bagel in 1977 on Forest Avenue; this location was the first and original bagel shop in the state of Maine. Today there are 12 successful franchises that he was very proud of.

For additional information read the Passages profile that appeared in the Wednesday Press Herald.

Mr. Hartglass learned how to make bagels from the renowned Ess-a-Bagel, Inc. in New York, his birthplace. He took what he learned back to the bakery in Maine, attracting people from throughout the area with his bagels.

The Live Work Portland site has posted a video interview with two of the Portlandtaps.com founders, Cory Cronk and Caleb O’Connell.

Tuesday’s Portland Daily Sun included an interview with John Dennison, a longtime member of the Portland food community and creator of Portland Cooks.

In 2004 Dennison began blogging about Portland food on the international culinary site eGullet,( http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?/topic/73102-eg-foodblog-johnnyd/) pushing Portland’s potential as a town on the edge of great culinary things. In some weeks, he did as many as 200 posts, informing the avid food community that reads eGullet about the seafood, local produce and hard-working chefs that Portland can rightly boast.

Portland Phoenix restaurant critic Brian Duff recently met with some aspiring writers at the Telling Room’s Young Author camp.

I don’t know about them, but I learned some things. For example, if someone speaks past your snack time you can simply slump off your chair and lie listlessly on the floor and they will stop. I told them that the best way to write about food was to frame each review in some pseudo-profound malarkey that is both ridiculous and quite possibly true. They wanted to know if I had tried things they had tried. Mostly I had.

Peter Zinn, the owner of Po’Boys & Pickles, appeared on the Fox morning show yesterday to talk about his restaurant.

Peter Zinn, the owner of Po’Boys & Pickles, appeared on the Fox morning show yesterday to talk about his restaurant.

Chef Justin Rowe from the Chebeague Island Inn recently appeared on the Fox morning show to discuss the Inn and it’s restaurant.

Columnist Bill Nemitz has chronicled the back story of Eric Hughes and the launch of his food cart Eric’s Pizza Express in today’s Press Herald.

“At the end of the day, you feel good that you’ve done a full day’s work,” Eric said with a broad smile this week. “Especially when you haven’t worked in a while.”

Welcome to Eric’s Pizza Express, which opened two weeks ago at the corner of Marginal Way and Chestnut Street. It’s brought to you by, well, an entire community.

Columnist Bill Nemitz has chronicled the back story of Eric Hughes and the launch of his food cart Eric’s Pizza Express in today’s Press Herald.

“At the end of the day, you feel good that you’ve done a full day’s work,” Eric said with a broad smile this week. “Especially when you haven’t worked in a while.”

Welcome to Eric’s Pizza Express, which opened two weeks ago at the corner of Marginal Way and Chestnut Street. It’s brought to you by, well, an entire community.