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May 2013
Wild or farmed? Atlantic or Pacific? Maine-raised or jetted in from Scotland? Omega 3 or Omega 6?

May 2013 Ciao, Enio! A trattoria power couple returns. By Diane Hudson How many restaurants can fit onto Portland’s peninsula? Rachel’s Wood Grill was among the early birds to fly from the Old Port to Woodford Street before owners Bob and Laura Butler left Maine...

April 2013

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Renaissance Revival

April 2013
Portland has hotel fever–big, beautiful showplaces are in the works, with restaurants and event spaces. If we build them, will they come?

Français où Franco?

April 2013
We’re a food-crazy border state, so where are the starry Franco-American restaurants?

Zero Dark Seventeen

April 2013
We call it art when Oliver Stone and Katherine Bigelow fictionalize warfare and violence on screen, so why do we slap their wrists when Brunswick teen filmmakers do the same thing?

Unbridled Brides

April 2013
Your wedding, your way.

Turned Up Missing

April 2013 I love the phrase in film noir, “He turned up missing.” Or “She turned up missing.” It’s phenomenologically impossible. And yet the Beatles turned up missing on American Idol recently. Challenged to cover famous Lennon/McCartney hits, contestants shrugged...

Road Warrior: On the Equator

April 2013 A sleek, stylish Thai restaurant takes off in Boston’s South End thanks to the talent and hospitality of a daring Rangeley chef and his daughter. By Colin S. Sargent Equator glows from its trendy South End digs at 1721 Washington Street in Boston, a beacon...

February/March 2013

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Groucho’s Mojo

February/March 2013 Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes? Who knew the baseball that dribbled past Red Sox star Bill Buckner in Game 6 of the ‘86 World Series vs. the Mets was picked up by sweet, shy Charlie Sheen, pre-tiger blood, in 1992 for $93,000? In...

Fuel

February/March 2013 HAUTE OCTANE Fuel glows brightly with gourmet French cuisine in Lewiston’s historic Lyceum Hall By Diane Hudson We're fired up over Fuel. The Lewiston landmark is overwhelmingly popular–even at 5:45 on a Saturday, it’s packed. One of our quartet...