Abundant, and exquisitely fresh fish and produce makes Maine the ideal place to enjoy sushi. At the Maine Fare, foodie event in Camden a couple of weeks ago, the very popular Suzuki’s Sushi Bar in Rockland demonstrated how to roll sushi. Looks really easy!
Suzuki’s Sushi Bar, 419 Main Street, Rockland, 207-596-7447.
It was a drippy, July day. Fried clams sounded just right. And they were much more than that, at The Boathouse in Rockland. The dessert was the panoramic view.
Thanks to @danamoos for the recommendation.
The Boathouse, 58 Ocean Street, Rockland, is open seven days a week. Lunch is served from 11:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. and dinner from 5:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. On Sunday, in addition to regular dinner hours, the restaurant offers brunch from 11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. 207-596-0600.
This particular species of folk art fish is thriving in their natural habitat — Patti & Bruce Westphal’s garden on Rockport Harbor.
Within the gorgeous gardens on Maine’s garden tours, the architecture, art, history, and people, can amaze as well.
Here are just a few glimpses of the Camden Garden Tour on a very overcast, and sometimes drippy, last Thursday. (Getting used to a new camera.)
Fantastic fish swim on the boathouse of the Patti & Bruce Westphal’s Garden on Rockport Harbor. The home was filled with a very amusing folk art collection that expanded into the garden.
Andre the Seal loved visiting this lobsterman’s house. Fish (the edible variety) were of interest to him as well.
Nancy & Ben Allen’s lovely renovated Victorian home and overflowing perennial garden in Lincolnville.
The fences at the Berwick Hill in Rockport are as classic as the gardens.
The pool at Berwick Hill surrounded by luscious flora at the home of Dyke Messler & Rickey Celentano.
Apologies for spelling, grammar and context errors recently. Rushing too much is the excuse.
The acclaimed artists called Christo might be impressed with these interesting nets that magically appeared all along the Union River in Ellsworth, Maine. Here is their ‘Running Fence Project.’ They have a ‘River Project’ in progress as well.
But these nets are not fishing for acclaim, they are fishing for the very elusive elvers.
Hatched in the Sargasso Sea, elvers (young eels) amazingly find their way from the Atlantic Ocean, up the Union River to Ellsworth, Maine, and other fresh water rivers in North America. The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) has a catadromous life cycle, which means that they spawn in the ocean and migrate to fresh water to grow to adult size.
They are relatively rare and are one of the highest per pound catches in the world. Japan and Korea are lucrative markets. It’s a slippery business as this market attracts those who are interested in short term, high risk investments. And they are not day traders, they have to harvest their catch at odd hours only during the night. The season continues until May 31.
If you go to Ellsworth to check them out, stop in Rooster Brother to catch some good food. They appear to be important to the life cycle of elver fisherman and other hungry folks as well. Besides, they have refined the high art of roasting great coffee beans.
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