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Swan’s Island Cooks feast together
During the cold, wet days of the past several months, residents on Swan’s Island stayed indoors to cook. The “Swan’s Island Cooks” have swapped stories with their neighbors over steaming plates of a lentil, rice and caramelized onion dish called mujaddara. They have shucked clams, baked holiday bread, made pickled beets, and learned how to
Revitalizing an ancient tradition: salt from the sea
Ranquist draws his water from coastal upwelling currents between Mount Desert Rock and Swan’s Island, and then evaporates his catch in solar salt sheds on the island’s glacial ledges. After six years, he has finally acquired the financial backing from Machias Savings Bank to expand a project that has gained interest from consumers, locally and