To the editor: I trust you will amend the recipe for gingerbread in the October issue (p. 25) in the next issue, before any of us waste all that good Crosby’s Molasses trying to make a cake with no flour, no leavening, no liquid. I’m pretty sure that wasn’t Sandy’s fault! Phillida Mirk Islesboro
The Long View – Sorting Out the Tax Mess
Maine is a state of small towns – 497 to be exact. Geographically speaking, all of the rest of New England can fit inside of Maine. Our 7,000 miles of saltwater coastline is compressed into 250 air miles as the crow flies from Kittery to Eastport. Throughout Maine’s history, communities along this highly indented coastline
Bubbling Mass
To the editor: I read each of your publications with interest and thank you for making them available. Of particular interest to me in this edition was “Journal of an Island Kitchen” by Sandy Oliver. Her reminisces about growing up amidst molasses use, flavor and scent (as I too remember) caused me to immediately prepare
Parallel 44 – Before election polls, there was Maine
Our state, with only two congressmen and four electoral votes, is usually ignored in national politics, but not this year. With the presidential race in a dead heat – and the Congress narrowly divided – both parties have been spending madly on advertising here, while the President, his wife, daughters, dad, and running mate have
Gingerbread, anyone?
Publishing recipes is risky business – one typo and you’re in deep. We’ve known that, of course, but with our dual appreciation of seafood and Maine culinary traditions, we’ve printed a lot of recipes and other food-related material since our first issue more than a decade ago. Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, however,
You Never Lost Your Pride, Grandmother
In 1999, four years after Dorothy Pendleton’s death, her granddaughter Robin wrote this poem: Grandmother, I remember when we visited you in that nursing home and you combed your hair and made your bed. You proudly showed us the new curtains around the woman with an oxygen tank and drooling old men doing religious paint-by-numbers.
Chatty Couple, Cherry Pie 2 Miles – “Gourmet Mom and Pop store” is a community institution
There’s no place quite like North Creek Farm. Where else would you find a horticultural nursery, grocery, gift shop, farm stand, cafe, ice cream shop and farm supply store all wrapped into one package? Where else could you find silk scarves created in Maine, and jewelry, clothing and accessories from Guatemala side by side with
Hijacking the Discussion
If Maine’s proposed property tax cap fails at the ballot box it won’t really be on the merits. Likewise for the referendum question to ban certain kinds of bear hunting. Even the presidential election, it appears, will turn not on the merits of the two candidates’ ideas for governing the country, but on how successfully
Wish List
To complete the sloop project, the Vinalhaven High School marine technology class still needs numerous items: · 8-18hp marine diesel engine · new batteries · a shaft · a propeller · a stuffing box · a circuit board · 2 manual bilge pumps · 1 electric bilge pump · a sink · galley pumps ·
VIRGINIA project moves forward
The project to reconstruct Maine’s first ship, the VIRGINIA, a 51-foot pinnace built at the Popham Colony in 1607, has taken giant steps. The Coast Guard has approved plans drawn up by naval architect David B. Wyman. Shipwright Robert Stevens, who was chosen to construct the pinnace, has built a seven-foot-long scale model; and Stevens