Tag Archives: maine
Liberty Brewing launches a new brewpub
Change up your shrimp with grits!
I’m back from six days in South Carolina, whose state slogan is “beautiful places, smiling faces.” It’s true, it’s true. Everyone who passes says with a smile, “How’re y’all doin’?” And the places? Three words: Isle of Palms. Yes, I’m still in love with Maine, but frankly, after this winter, “the way life should be” […]
Get out of the snow and cook Lowcountry
Last year at this time I was blogging about my month in Italy with my husband, who teaches there for Colby in January. This year I didn’t get to go (#challengingdognopettsitter), so our deal was that I’d get a week in Charleston, South Carolina in February visiting my daughter Samantha. Well, Mainers, I know you […]
Beer here…and there. Finding new suds is part of the fun
Sugar Darling Marshmallows: clouds of fluff
Every adult has a kid lurking inside, and my inner kid loved marshmallows. Well, my inner kid loved anything that contained butter, sugar, chocolate or mayonnaise. My friend Rachel Attwood Mistler, a producer by day has allowed her inner kid to turn a secret obsession into a new business. Let me introduce Sugar Darling Artisinal […]
Get cooking: without a stove?
It’s October 1st and I’ve been without a stove for exactly two weeks. How have I been getting along? Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh….. Does that convey my frustration well enough? Frankly, though, because I’ve been working with “go with the flow” for so long, not always successfully, mind you, I’m going to be okay. Even though we will […]
Beer flows freely at Friday’s Beer Camp Across America in Portland
This Friday, August 1st, Maine’s own Allagash Brewing Company will join over 119 craft brewers from all over the region to pour their creations at the Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America, New England Edition. Touted as the biggest beer event in Maine’s history, the Beer Camp is a celebration of Sierra Nevada’s opening of […]