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Islesboro artist puts Pendleton Yacht Yard Building to a new use
Islesboro artist puts Pendleton Yacht Yard Building to a new use As soon as the old Ralph Gray storage building at Islesboro’s Pendleton Yacht Yard was nearly emptied of boats in July, Brita Holmquist moved in several large canvases and set to work. Holmquist made this portrait of Corky Hall’s Mighty Mouse, formerly owned by
Jounal of an Island Kitchen: The List
When we islanders go to the mainland we are very organized about it. Between the time you drive or walk off the boat and the time you have to get back, there are just so many hours. If you hope to get everything done on your list, you have to keep your head about you
Islesboro explores options for its historic school building
Years of inadequate maintenance, a leaking roof and a declining school population have forced the Islesboro school board to re-evaluate the current school building and to determine whether the town will renovate the historic building, build a new school, or even turn the school into a private academy. Islesboro Central School is housed in the
Journal of an Island Kitchen: Pot Lucks and Plates
When I was little girl my mom brought our family’s own plates and silverware to pot luck suppers. I recall that she would set our places on one of the big rectangular tables, two settings on one side and two opposite. When we children were done running around the church or community hall and it
The Baked Bean Bonus
That cold spell in March that came just as I was beginning to give up on winter altogether and gird myself for mud season paid out a bonus in baked beans. Cheapskate Yankee that I am, there is something about long slow baking in an electric oven (with the meter running) that goes against my
Journal of an Island Kitchen: Carob Cake, Jello and Lydia
Lydia Rolerson, who died on Christmas Day in 2006, served me the first food I ever ate cooked in an Islesboro island kitchen. Jamie and I visited the island in June 1980, my first visit, though Jamie had spent time here earlier, and knew Lydia’s son Darrell. So we visited with her that trip, happening
Journal of and Island Kitchen: Cooking by Strategy
A couple years ago, all hell broke loose on these pages when the flour went missing from the gingerbread recipe we printed here. Trusting souls went bravely ahead flourless, bucking all their instincts and ending up rightfully dismayed when all they had to show for their time, ingredients, and effort was a pan of sticky
Journal of an Island Kitchen: Putting Food By
The best place in our house to keep our squashes and pumpkins happens to be under the bed in our guest room, a fact that some people find very amusing. There are a couple of reasons for storing them there. One is that hard shelled squashes need to be kept cool and dry and that
Journal of an Island Kitchen: Summer Cooking
You might think it was all about salad greens, blueberries, and lobster rolls, and in part it is. But there is more to it than that, the difference in summer island cooking and what happens the rest of the year. We first see it in the store. Fine little comestibles: fancy little cookies, crackers, a
Journal of an Island Kitchen: Watch Out for Mousse!
Most of us make supper every night, manage to assemble some kind of lunch everyday and certainly whiz through breakfast without the benefit of a recipe. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches don’t require one. Your average potato salad, hamburger, even a plain plate of spaghetti can be assembled without the helpful advice and guidance of