If you recognize this last shade of blue, you’ve most likely had a great meal in Rockport.
(You’ll find this glittery blue in the bathroom.)
Archive for the ‘food’ Category
Shades of blue.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011Provisioning in Southwest Harbor.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Local markets are part of the charm of being in Maine.
Often they’re combined with a gas station, and they vary from just offering basics to gourmet havens.
In Southwest Harbor you’ll find a gem right on the main drag, so you’ll have to get your gas elsewhere.
Sawyer’s Market has been serving Mt. Desert Island since 1946 and you can find the best of almost everything delicious on their shelves.
From fine Italian olive oil to local fish.
If you are lucky enough to have a boat, or are chartering from Hinckley, Sawyer’s Market should be in your address book.
Sawyer’s Market, 344 Main St., PO Box 461, Southwest Harbor, ME 04679, (207) 244-3315
Lunch at Cleonice.
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Hothouse of ideas.
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
October 1 was the last day for the Farm Stand at Four Season Farm in beautiful Harborside, Maine.
The workers were heading back to their classes and the season was switching gears.
The Farm began during the hippie days of the “Back to the Earth” movement by Helen and Scott Nearing on an unlikely plot of land on Cape Rosier.
After helping the aging Helen Nearing, Eliot Coleman took over in the 1970s, and had a different vision. He wanted to farm in all four seasons, including winter, on this small piece of dirt on the rugged coast of Maine.
It’s now operated by Coleman and his wife, Barbara Damrosch, who have become much sought-after experts in small farming. They write books, newspaper columns and are often the subject of interviews. They were hosts of the TV series, Gardening Naturally, on The Learning Channel.
Coleman and Damorsch have perfected ‘eking out a living on a hardscrabble farm’ into creating a successful business with innovative ideas.
Including creating very clever tools and farming methods.
Fans come from all over the world to tour this little agriculture gem. Ironically, what began with the Nearings hippie lifestyle, self-sufficiency intent, has become a viable business model for small entrepreneurs.
Four Season Farm, 609 Weir Cove Road, Harborside, ME 04642
Hot Diggity.
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
What started as way for Keith Wasse to pay for college in 1972, has turned into a classic Maine tradition.
His midcoast hot dog stands offer a simple menu and simple prices.
He gave up on college, but has earned a Phd in Classic Hot Dog. (Which just might be much more valuable than many other high priced degrees!)
So get in line for one of life’s best simple pleasures, hot off the griddle in Rockland, Maine (or in Belfast in Reny’s parking lot.)
Wasses Hot Dogs, 2 North Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841, and in the Reny’s parking lot in Belfast at the intersection of Routes 1 & 3.
Here’s their facebook page.
