I did not think Maine would inspire with doughnuts—but then, Maine is full of surprises. The Willow Bake Shoppe opens early, to close at noon, in the accepted local practice of quirky business hours, and I walked in last Monday morning to the smell of baking, of warm classic buttermilk and molasses doughnuts, some rolled [...]

Sunday began at the Hope General Store in Hope, Maine, where Keryn and I found local mead to pair with the final course for Salt Water Farm‘s Sunday Supper that evening. On our way to Belfast, Maine for brunch at Chase’s Daily, we stopped at Keryn’s friend Ladleah’s house, and she showed us how her [...]

Last Thursday evening, I delivered homemade ramp butter from my Brooklyn kitchen safely to my wonderful friend Keryn’s house in coastal Maine. Ever the fabulous hostess (I am finding it hard to leave Maine), there was a table filled with food and wine and very good company, the perfect end to a day’s drive through [...]

The rest of the trees in Brooklyn have caught up with spring, and the market on Wednesday offered those gifts we wait for after winter, spring asparagus, ramps (the farmers tell me we may have a banner few weeks for this fleeting wild allium), and at the Bread Alone stand I found beautiful Geneva cakes [...]

For the past month, Storefront for Art and Architecture has presented “Landscapes of Quarantine,” an exhibit from the fall symposium of the same name curated by FuturePlural (the united talents of two of my favorite bloggers, Nicola and Geoff). On Saturday and Sunday night, the Storefront space held a banquet in six courses exploring quarantine, [...]