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Mother’s Day Cooking Class
Sunday, May 14, 2017 Whole Foods Market, Portland 30 Guests, $25/ticket Join us at Somerset Tap House, Whole Foods Market Portland, for our Mother’s Day Cooking Class featuring April 2017’s recipe for...
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Maine’s Most Versatile Cheese?
A Cornell-educated anthropologist, Allison Lakin found her way to cheesemaking on a circuitous path that included working as a maritime museum food historian and indulging in regional cuisine during a...
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A Slice of Culture
The time for Maine-made cheese is now. By Virginia M. Wright Photographed by Adam DeTour The cheese wasn’t cooperating. No matter what Sarah Spring did, it wouldn’t ripen the way she wanted it to....
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Pettengill Farm
Situated east of downtown Freeport and accessible only by foot through a mile-long wooded path, Pettengill Farm has stood hidden from the modern world for over 200 years. The post Pettengill Farm...
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Cabin Fever
How an unassuming Maine homebuilder became a reality TV star. On a chilly afternoon, homebuilder Chase Morrill crouches in the crawlspace beneath a slim A-frame in Carrabassett Valley, installing an...
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At the Helm
Tara Regan is the first woman to run both MDI boatyards for the Hinckley Company — which counts Martha Stewart among its fans. After buying my home on Mount Desert Island, I wanted a boat for exploring...
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Sorrel So Real
The first greens of a Maine spring make a soup that’s bright, rich, and perfect for still-cool evenings. Just ask Martha Stewart. Leafy, sour-ish sorrel is as hardy as it is tasty, meaning you can...
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A Century of Skylands
Looking back at Edsel and Eleanor Ford’s landmark Seal Harbor home. By Sarah Stebbins Photos courtesy of Chuck Baker In 1922, John D. Rockefeller Jr. revealed himself to be something of a busybody. “My...
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NEW Spring Collection
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Gonzo Journal List
When Martha Stewart told us one of her favorite Maine reads was Chebacco, the journal of the MDI Historical Society, we took it as an excuse to shout out a few under-the-radar journals and membership...
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Our Favorite Letter
February 2017’s Where in Maine? My name is Becket Spencer. I am 11 years old. Right when I saw your picture, it brought back all of these memories. I knew right away it was Sugarloaf. I remember going...
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Friends in High Places
When we asked Martha Stewart where to send her honorarium for guest editing this issue, she asked that it go to Friends of Acadia, the national park stewardship group to which she’d recently made a...
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Martha’s CottageHope is the Key
We're proud to be sponsoring this important event. Attend Martha's Cottage's Hope is the Key: Benefit Event, its first annual fundraiser, supporting safe housing and support services to older victims...
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A Lunch to Remember
I won’t soon forget how impressed I was by the folks at Turner Farm on North Haven. Two schooners full of people arrived at the private dock of Congresswoman Chellie Pingree. We took a short stroll up...
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Garden Party
Green-thumbed friends gather among vegetable beds for a laid-back meal in a Phippsburg potting shed. By Sarah Stebbins Photographed by Douglas Merriam Styled by Madeline Macomber On warm evenings, the...
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Pumpkinhead Cupcakes
SPONSORED CONTENT Pumpkinhead Cupcakes 1 Cup flour 1 tsp of baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1/4 ginger 1/4 nutmeg 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2...
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Martha’s Maine Must-Haves
A longtime champion of local artisans and makers, Martha Stewart reveals her top product picks from around the state. ▲ So many readers ask me where they can find beautiful scrapbooks and journals. One...
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From our Archives April 1963
Bonding Over Begonias See more from this issue! From “Maine’s Merry Gardens” by George Taloumis, in our April 1963 issue. With her enterprise already started in 1946, Mary Ellen Logee went home to...
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Mother Hen
With a popular blog and three books, Lisa Steele is spreading the gospel of (pretty) backyard chicken keeping. We pay a visit to her Dixmont hobby farm and meet her garrulous brood. By Virginia M....
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Urning Their Keep
A Sullivan studio’s mammoth all-weather garden containers are popping up in gardens across the country. By Lucinda Ziesing Photographed by Jason P. Smith My directions to Lunaform, printed off the...
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