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Category Archives: Cooking and Food
Apfelmus Uber Alles
“Applesauce for Everyone.” That was the title of a Cook’s Illustrated magazine article in their “Fall Harvest Recipes” special edition. Publishers are still publishing magazines and twice in the last year, I’ve impulsively thrown Cook’s Illustrated on the conveyor belt behind … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food
Tagged apples, Applesauce, Cook's Illustrated, Maine, Marjorie Standish, Thanksgiving 2020
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The Apocalypse Brisket
Friday was the first full day of Spring. It was overcast and damp; unlike many of my fellow Americans, I got paid. I did the duties of the intellectual sweatshop to the best of my ability, taking occasional breaks to … Continue reading
Posted in Abundance, Cooking and Food
Tagged Pat's Meat Market, whole packer brisket
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One of the Nicest Days of Her Life
On Sunday, November 26, 1972, Maine food writer Marjorie Standish’s column featured recipes for Ritz Cracker pizzas, broiled cheese on sesame rounds with onion salt, and Helen Robinson’s Seafood Newburg. Who was Helen Robinson? I don’t know, but I’ll find … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food, Weather and Seasons
Tagged bury my heart in Baumer's Field, Marjorie Standish, Ritz Crackers, Super Bowl Sunday
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Tips for Holiday Peace
My friend Perry says blogs are out of fashion. I wish I’d scribbled down his exact quote…it was something like “they’re so 2005.” As I look out over the ever-changing digital landscape, I can see that Perry could be right. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food
Tagged Grace Noll Crowell, History Happy Hour, Karen Schneider, Marjorie Standish, Pejepscot Historical Society, The Brunswick Inn
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Autumn Smoke and Thunder
Yesterday was the first day of autumn. It was also part of the “Global Week for Future,” a youth event focused on ending climate change. During the autumn of my college years, the hot topic was apartheid. I remember a … Continue reading
Posted in #showmesomethingbeautiful, Abundance, Cooking and Food
Tagged Antonio Brown, Dot's, Le Club Calumet, Lincolnville, Making lists, Pittsburgh Steelers, Sam Spence
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Do You Mind Playing in Severe Cold?
I’m marking today as the day we hit “peak January” here in New England. We are tired of hearing our furnaces run, the late December ice deposits are impervious to salt and calcium chloride, and a winter storm is sending … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food
Tagged #everythingwegot
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A Donut Placeholder
It’s been a busy week here, sending shoes and clothes to be repaired before the snow flies and ripping up carpet. Shopping for a snowblower and having lunch with a good friend. Getting an oil change. Working at the polls. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food
Tagged Cape Elizabeth, The Cookie Jar
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The Lutheran Binder
A few weeks ago, on October 15, 92-year-old Dorcas Reilly died. Never a household name in her lifetime, Reilly’s fame will live on in a simple and heartwarming recipe she created in 1955. While working in the Campbell’s Soup test … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food
Tagged Dorcas Reilly, Flux Restaurant, Jason LaVerdiere, Lutheran Binder, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Reformation Day
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A Day in Town
The Maine Historical Society’s current exhibit, Maine Eats: The Food Revolution Starts Here, opened on March 2, 2018. As an occasional food writer, I have longed for a spare minute to see this exhibit. I e-mailed a Southern Maine friend … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food
Tagged Amato's, Artist Robin Swennes, Maine Historical Society
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The Social Season
David Patrick Columbia, the founder and editor of the New York Social Diary, mused last Friday that September is the “transition month to autumn with New Yorkers getting out again.” He also mentioned today on his blog that his apartment … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food, Weather and Seasons
Tagged David Patrick Columbia, Fiddle-icious, Flux Restaurant, Jason LaVerdiere, New York Social Diary
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Julie-Ann Baumer 