Sharon McDonnell, a travel writer for the Napa Valley Register, arrives in Maine for lobster and desires full immersion. So she digs into a lobster roll at Two Lights Lobster Shack just outside of Portland, heads out on a lobster boat with a newly licensed lobsterman who waited seven years for the right to trap the creatures in Maine’s cold waters, and endures a purification process before visiting a lobster processing facility. Along the way, she tells us what she learned about the life of these prized sea bugs. Read her story here.
Category: Portland
A Morning Menu of LAF-Style Food News and Stories to Begin Your Day
HAPPY NATIONAL BAKED SCALLOPS DAY!
An Interview with Owners of Portland’s Standard Baking
Sweet Water Cafe Part of Marquette Restaurant Week
VA’s Orlean Market Owner Takes On Partners, Plans Changes
NOLA’s Boucherie Moved Around Corner; Plans for Old Space
A Morning Menu of LAF-Style Food News and Stories to Begin Your Day
HAPPY NATIONAL BANANA CREAM PIE DAY!
Regional Hot Dog Guide
Oaks Theatre of Berkeley CA May Reopen with a Bakesale Betty Cafe
Incredible Breakfast Cook-Off Kicks Off Maine Restaurant Week
Have a Whoopski Beer with Your Whoopskidawg
A Morning Menu of LAF-Style Food News and Stories to Begin Your Day
HAPPY NATIONAL CHOCOLATE MINT DAY!
Gus’s Fried Chicken Going National
Dining Out in Snowy Portland ME
The Best of Carolina BBQ
The Best American BBQ Cities
A Morning Menu of LAF-Style Food News and Stories to Begin Your Day
HAPPY NATIONAL HOT PASTRAMI SANDWICH DAY!
Portland Pie Comes to Biddeford, ME
Braise & Brew at Middleton Place of Charleston, SC
Chicago’s Ann Sather Replaced by Giordano’s
Abner Silver, Owner of Jim’s Steaks on South St. in Philly, Has Died
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
A Dozen Great American Food Cities
Best Cheesesteak in Philly
Becky’s Diner of Portland ME Hoping to Offer Health Insurance This Year
Guns N’ Roses N’ Deli
We’re pretty confident in saying that no one is going to travel to the picture-perfect village of Woodstock, Vermont to eat a sandwich in a 24-hour gas station convenience store. No matter what we say here. And that’s probably as it should be. Still, our first experience with an Amato’s Italian sandwich was better than we expected. Quite good, in fact. First, the backstory: Continue reading
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
Eat Pizza, Drink Beer, Help the Community
The Portland Pie Co., based in Portland, Maine, was founded in 1997. PPC offers four kinds of dough, including basil, wheat, garlic, and beer, and exotic combinations of toppings. They also like to be good community citizens. They work with area groups by often designating one evening, usually a Thursday, when they donate a portion of their receipts to a designated charity or community group. Usually the donation is something like a buck a pizza. Continue reading