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Custom Deluxe
Custom Deluxe Northcountry Kitchen 140 Main St., Biddeford 207-494-7110 By Joe Ricchio Photographed by Meredith Perdue For many chefs, the composition of a small menu poses far more challenges than an...
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Pitching In
Stonewall Kitchen’s new CEO has embraced the company’s festive culture. Loyal Stonewall Kitchen customers may have blanched last fall when the company announced that founders Jonathan King and Jim...
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100 Years of Quietude
Chewonki’s chief academic explains why the idyllic midcoast campus has attracted campers, students, and seekers for a century. When Wiscasset’s Camp Chewonki first welcomed campers in 1915, counselors...
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A Man and His Clothes
Call it a fashion faux pas, but this Mainer is standing by his utterly predictable L.L.Bean wardrobe. Photo by Mark Fleming After getting the news that Leon Gorman had died, I found myself doing an...
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Preview the December Issue
The December digital edition of Down East is now available. Preview it on your desktop or tablet. The post Preview the December Issue appeared first on Down East.
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Put a Bow On It
Shop at these stores for Maine Made gifts. Alone Moose Fine Crafts 78 West St. Bar Harbor finemainecrafts.com Archipelago 386 Main St. Rockland thearchipelago.net Artisan Maine 178 Lower Main St. Ste....
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Plenty of Good Water
A grandfather’s lesson: Maine has room for all kinds of neighbors. By Ron Joseph On a sunny July day in 1965, two recent Harvard University grads in peculiar clothing marched across a Maine hayfield to...
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December 2015
Editor's Note Every year, we consider this issue a giant Christmas card and holiday greeting from all of us here at Down East to you, our readers. We like to envision you sitting in front of the fire...
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Stuffed Maine Lobster
Stuffed Maine Lobster By Chef Barton Seaver 4 1 ½ lb Maine New Shell lobster 1 stick butter 10 oz brioche, cut into ¾” cubes 1/3 cup pinenuts 1/3 cup finely diced dried apricots 1 ½ cups diced celery,...
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Holiday Special Offer
Use code HOLIDAY20 to save 20% on your 2016 Down East calendar order. They make great gifts for the lovers of Maine on your list. The post Holiday Special Offer appeared first on Down East.
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Just Believe
The pages of a beloved children’s book come to life on the Portland waterfront. By Meadow Rue Merrill Photographed by Douglas Merriam On a frigid December Saturday on Portland’s eastern waterfront,...
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Snow Comparison
This year, Portland Stage’s biennial production of The Snow Queen comes on the heels of the Frozen phenomenon. When Portland Stage announced four years ago that it would shelve its stalwart holiday...
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40 Maine-Made Gifts
Let your best year of holiday shopping begin. No more ugly ties. No more blankets with sleeves. No more impulse buys from the discount aisle. Our annual Maine-made gift guide is your ticket to stylish,...
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Does Maine Need Coyotes?
A chat with the species’ wiliest ally, biologist and author Geri Vistein. After spending decades in Maine as an educator and a nurse, Geri Vistein left for the University of Montana in 2002 to indulge...
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Sunshine State
There are many reasons solar energy is on the rise in Maine, but one of the biggest is ReVision Energy. By Virginia M. Wright Photographed by Brian Fitzgerald It’s a brilliant fall day on the Boothbay...
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Our Favorite Letter
Where in Maine? October 2015 Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from October. Your Where in Maine? challenge in the October...
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Family Trees
The best part about having a real Christmas tree? Putting your boots on and heading out to find it, of course. We asked readers and friends to share their traditions and stories about going out each...
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The Christmas Farm
Anne and Matt Ware find a longed-for Currier & Ives lifestyle in Durham. By Meadow Rue Merrill Photographed by Erin Little Styled by Janice Dunwoody Six years ago, Anne Ornatek and Matt Ware went...
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Portland Pâtisserie
Portland Pâtisserie and Grand Café 46 Market St., Portland 207-553-2555, portlandpatisserie.com By Grace-Yvette Gemmell Photographed by Meredith Perdue New World cuisine that appropriates Old World...
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Down East Trips
Choose your adventure for the Ultimate Maine Experience 3rd Annual Penobscot Bay Food Cruise July 17–22 Enjoy everything you’ve come to love about the food cruise, now on a tandem sail. Two schooners...
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