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Photo Of The Week: Fiddleheads at The Farmer’s Table
From Shutter: Unlike some of my recent “Photo of the week” this one is not full of technical and lighting information. This photo is more about the food and composition. With great window light in...
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London meets Nashville at the James Beard House
From Spoon: One of the high points of a media trip I participated in last month to the “Whiskey Trail” in Tennessee and Kentucky happened the very first night, when we stayed at The Hutton Hotel in...
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Cherry Oh Cherry Oh Baby!
The cherries came back. The bright red fruit covering the tree in our front yard that caught me so by surprise exactly two years ago has – oh happy day – returned. And this time, there’s no guessing...
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Photo Of The Week: Pizzaiola At Porta Restaurant, Asbury Park, NJ
From Shutter: This week’s photo of the week is of Freddi Vilardi, Pizziaiola of Porta Restaurant in Asbury Park, NJ. I recently was doing a story for The Record, of Bergen County, NJ, As regular...
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Sweet Remembrance of Andy Griffith
Loaded Goat Blueberry Cheescake Yellow cake mix crust From Shutter: Normally Spoon does the writing here but this time I am taking the lead. First, she is a bit busy with a new venture she is...
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Makin’ bacon: Yes you can cure and smoke your own
Ted’s bacon raises the classic BLT to the next level of deliciousness. Spoon & Shutter is BACK!! It’s been about a year since our last post, when we decided to take a break from blogging because of...
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Greenhead Lobster: Stonington, Maine – Photo of the week
From Shutter: I recently had an assignment a bit out of my normal work arena. I was asked to spend a few days “behind the scenes” of the Maine lobster industry chronicling a visit from four South...
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Wild Maine Blueberry and Lemon Scones
From Spoon: Blueberries are synonymous with summer in Maine, but the local berries take a while to make their annual appearance. It will be a few more weeks until they start showing up at farmers...
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Maine Craft Distilling: Photo of the week
This week’s photo of the week is from a story I recently photographed on gin — primarily the gins produced in Portland, Maine. The newest member of the locally produced gin family is “Alchemy” made by...
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Michele Ragussis gets it right at The Pearl in Rockland, Maine
At the end of a pier on Rockland harbor, The Pearl is perfectly situated to be the quintessential Maine waterfront restaurant. Star chef Michele Ragussis' presence in the kitchen means that the great...
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Smoked salmon: Easy to make at home
Yes, you can make smoked salmon at home. Invite your friends for brunch and impress the hell out them.
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Roasted Tomato and Onion Soup
It's soup weather, in July! This easy roasted tomato and onion soup brightens up a rainy summer day.
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Cozy Harbor, Maine: Photo of the Week
Sunset on Cozy Harbor, Maine (or is it Cosy?) Either way, it's beautiful.
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Swordfish with vegetables and Maine shrimp
Swordfish with a bevy of vegetables makes a fresh, light, yet satisfying summer dish.
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Rum Pie with Coconut Crust
A 1950s Junior League cookbook is the source of this creamy, cool, boozy, rich rum pie.
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Roast Chicken: Photo of the Week
Roast Chicken photographed for D’Artagnan Foods From Shutter: Every week when it is time to post a Photo of the Week I try to choose a photograph that has either a good story or some technical...
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Skillet-braised chicken with tomatoes and rosemary
As the days have grown shorter and the weather cooler, we've settled into a weekday routine of cooking at home, with fresh ingredients from the Portland farmers market. A whole chicken from Sumner...
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Spoon & Shutter is now on MaineToday.com
MaineToday.com needed a food blog; we needed to simplify our lives — a big part of the reason we moved to Maine. We hope you'll follow us there as we bring you recipes from our kitchen and more food...
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Healthy lunch: chicken salad with avocado-Caesar dressing
Chicken Caesar salad is one of my favorite things for lunch, but traditional Caesar dressing is not a dieter's friend. Avocado — one of my best food friends — came to the rescue.
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Sampling the flavors of Longfellow Square with Portland Taste Tours, Maine...
The clean, crisp flavors of Maine Beer Company's beers were perfect matches for the distinctive dishes served at each stop on Portland Taste Tours' progressive dinner in Longfellow Square.
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