We noticed a new food stand in Freeport (that would be Maine) this year, advertising “wicked lobster rolls” for the bargain price of $19. What! At the most recent price here in lobster country, you could buy three whole live lobsters and cook them yourself. Which is precisely what we do. We boil them in [...]
Tags: lobster·Maine·sandwiches·tuna
A day on the water with a bag of Italians represents something of a culmination of our week here in South Freeport, Maine. Italians are to this part of the country what steak subs are to Philadelphia. We get ours from a local deli called Pat’s, this particular version being a soft hot dog roll [...]
Tags: Maine·picnics·sandwiches
It seems that any house near the water automatically attains “cottage” status here in Maine. But the cottages seem to be getting bigger and bigger, with more and more modern accoutrements, to the point that they are no longer distinguishable from what we landlubbers “from away”–as visitors are known–refer to as “houses.” Except, as I [...]
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers. 
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