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Islesboro Central School renovation wins praise
“I don’t miss anything about the old school,” asserted eighth-grader Krystal Randlett though some teachers, staff, and students did voice nostalgia for the intimate features of the old summer cottage mansion converted in 1954 to a school building. Physical Education teacher and Athletic Director Andrew Leach, who attended Islesboro Central School (ICS) from first grade
Journal of an Island Kitchen: The Vegetable Deluge
The Calm Phase The vegetables have me cornered by the middle of August. Several sorts of beans, summer squash, zucchini, and patty pans, pickling and slicing cucumbers, lettuces, spinach, chard, cabbage, beets, broccoli, cauliflower, late peas and early carrots all show up in the kitchen waiting expectantly, or else grow to extraordinary size on their
Islesboro students get eye-opening results from deer study
A recent and startling increase in tick-borne Lyme disease among Islesboro residents gave nine students in Islesboro Central School’s ninth grade, and two of their teachers, science teacher Heather Sinclair and business and computer education teacher Vicki Conover, a unique and perfect opportunity to combine classroom and experiential learning. To examine the connection between the
Journal of an Island Kitchen: On not eating locally
After the recent wild infatuation with local foods, the idea of eating locally (and sustainably) is, not surprisingly, now subject to some critical comment. Some people question what is really more environmentally helpful, cost-effective and low on food mileage-food from a radius close to home or from across the continent? This is a good question
Journal of an Island Kitchen: On not eating locally
After the recent wild infatuation with local foods, the idea of eating locally (and sustainably) is, not surprisingly, now subject to some critical comment. Some people question what is really more environmentally helpful, cost-effective and low on food mileage-food from a radius close to home or from across the continent? This is a good question
Journal of an Island Kitchen: The squash soup variations
April was, and the first part of May will be, marked by the consumption of the last two winter squashes. Then the asparagus and rhubarb takes over. This year our best keepers are scarlet kabochas, with bright orange skins and flesh. They stored beautifully, keeping solid long after the buttercups and butternuts got age spots
Islesboro Community Center celebrates opening
A potluck supper with 170 attendees, fitness center equipment demonstrations, and Sunday brunch in the café marked the opening on February 6 and 7 of the long anticipated Islesboro Community Center. The project has been in the works for 10 years. While the island school is being renovated, kindergarten through fourth grade have occupied a
Journal of an Island Kitchen: Growing endives in the bathroom
What a show-off stunt it is to grow endive. Practically a parlor trick. Of course, you expect people like four-season growing experts Elliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch in Harborside to go around growing endive. Or maybe the Belgians when they are not brewing beer or raising horses. But we do it, too, as our endive
Journal of an Island Kitchen: Yes, we can
Yes, we can. And pickle, and preserve, and cellar. In a normal year, whatever that may be, though almost everyone agrees that this growing season was not very normal, this is a powerfully busy time. Whatever I do put away to eat later this year is terribly more important than usual because we a running
My currant situation
Thank goodness currants are so waterproof, unlike a raspberry, which never met a drop of moisture that didn’t turn it into mush. In a waterlogged season like this one the currants swell marvelously, turn red or dark purple, depending on the variety, and hang patiently, shiny and brilliant, for a couple of weeks until I