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February 2016
The Magazine of Maine Editor's Note by Kathleen Fleury When I was a little girl, my mom used to take me for breakfast at the Freeport Café. That’s the restaurant perched on the hill that you can see...
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A Blizzard of Snowy Owls
Recent winters have given Mainers an opportunity to see a rare guest from the Arctic. By Kristen Lindquist The sharp increase in snowy owl sightings suggests an overpopulation of young birds, some of...
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Julia at Rest
A cabin on Mount Desert Island served as Julia Child’s home away from home. By Kathleen Fleury When Julia McWilliams first came to Maine one summer after World War II it was to meet the family of her...
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Boyd in the Hood
Big mountain snowboarder and committed globetrotter Colin Boyd comes home to a South Portland fixer-upper. Two winters ago, Colin Boyd was living in paradise. That’s how he describes Wanaka, New...
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Maine’s Best Breakfasts
Wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey! And, um, a whole lot more. We got up early and ate our way across the state to bring you this definitive list of Vacationland’s 30 most mouthwatering breakfast dishes —...
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Filmed (Not) on Location
As the set-in-Maine Tumbledown hits theaters, filmmakers and others wonder, should Maine be enticing more Hollywood hotshots? By Clark Shepard Desi Van Til and Sean Mewshaw approach the counter at...
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Down East Trips
Choose your adventure for the Ultimate Maine Experience 3rd Annual Penobscot Bay Food Cruise July 17–22 Once again, Down East has teamed up with the schooner Stephen Taber to offer our readers an...
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This Old New House
A nontraditional farmhouse pays homage to the past, but is designed for today. By Melanie Brooks Photographed by Meredith Perdue Judy and Mark Tollefson’s home stands on almost the same spot that...
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Baked Bean Soup
From Maine Home Cooking — 175 Recipes from Down East Kitchen by Sandra L. Oliver Baked Bean Soup Serves 3 to 6 Rowman & Littlefield You can easily make baked bean soup by adding sautéed onion,...
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Our Favorite Letter
Where in Maine? December 2015 Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from December. On November 6, 1960, I was a 17-year-old from...
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A Fish Tale
Collections of Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media In 1927, finding a whale carcass would have been a bit like discovering a bag of money on the beach, which may explain why Albert Doughty and...
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Maine Tiny Houses
Six homeowners find big-time pleasure in their tiny retreats. By Cynthia Anderson Photographed by Irvin Serrano Pint-Size Pre-Fab Natural light and waterfront views abound in this intimate retreat....
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Where the Loons Call
Three decades ago, Maine’s loon population was in free fall. Now, the birds are doing so well that we’re about to start exporting them. Virginia M. Wright went peenting to learn more. Photographed by...
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What harbinger of spring do you most look forward to?
Blooming forsythia, the smell of thawing Maine earth, no more parking bans — what harbinger of spring do you most look forward to? Email us yours. Photo: Cape Harbor sunset, first day of spring this...
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Fogged Over
Foghorns will likely sound less often on the Maine coast this year. For some, the nostalgia is already as thick as pea soup. Few sounds evoke the Maine coast as readily as the low, steady thrum of a...
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The Cool Hunter
Sarah Cellier scours Maine’s thrift and antique shops for rare haute couture to please a growing (and international) clientele. By Lorry Fleming Photographed by Cait Bourgault One Mainer’s trash: Sarah...
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A Life in Verse
A new book for young teens traces the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Those of us who live on Maine’s midcoast know well the first four lines of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s famous poem, “Renascence”...
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Vote by April 30!
Cast your ballot for your favorite donut, museum, brewery, media personality, theater troupe, and more in our 2016 Best of Maine reader poll! → downeast.com/readerschoice2016/ The post Vote by April...
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Our Favorite Letter
Where in Maine? February 2016 Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from February. I came to Maine as a single United States Navy...
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Country Way
Farming isn’t making a comeback on Whitefield’s Townhouse Road. It never went away. By Virginia M. Wright Photographed by Meredith Perdue Specializing in local products and great food, Ben and Tarn...
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