Yup, it's a wonderful time of year for food, and we're not the only ones enjoying it. This year's Harvest on the Harbor celebration is coming up in Portland, and the schedule looks amazing. Not-to-be-missed events will be happening all day long starting on October 21 and continuing all weekend. Make sure you head to www.HarvestontheHarbor.com and learn about all the fun that will be happening in Portland. We've highlighted a few cool events below.
 
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Harvest on the Harbor's kick-off event showcases a pristine spread of local seafood samplings from smoked salmon to steamed mussels, succulent fresh scallops, and oysters shucked-to-serve from the Maine Aquaculture Association. Explore what your favorite seafood restaurants have to offer with sushi from Benkay Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar, tasty lobster sauce from Cook's Lobster House, succulent shrimp and crab from Old Port Sea Grill, authentic Maine lobster rolls and chowder from Portland Lobster Co.,and more!
 
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This amuse-bouche ("pleasing to the palate") event, sponsored by Inn by the Sea, features twenty of the region's premier culinary establishments, and more than one hundred wines from Maine and around the world. At this signature event on Portland's picturesque waterfront, guests will whet their appetites while sharing the rare opportunity to interact with esteemed chefs and beverage connoisseurs. A signature dessert will be presented by Sweet Marguerites, as well as gourmet coffee from Port Bean, and live music by North of Nashville.
 
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Good Maine Food is the most comprehensive cookbook of Maine recipes ever written. Packed with more than 1,200 authentic recipes, for everything from chowder to cookies, this dense volume, originally published in 1939, offers the modern Maine cook tried-and-true techniques for foods that have fed Mainers for generations. Plus this new edition features notes by food historian Sandra Oliver, author of Salwater Foodways and editor of Food History News.
 
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Cooking Down East is the best-selling Maine cookbook ever: More than a hundred thousand copies have been sold since it was originally published in 1969. This compelling new hardcover edition features more than 350 recipes filled with New England cooking traditions and Maine ingredients. Plus, chef Melissa Kelly, the James Beard Award-winning chef of Primo, has added more than fifteen new recipes to the mix. No Maine kitchen is complete without this regional classic, and Kelly's expertise adds a modern twist to this cherished tome, making it even more essential for the contemporary Maine cook.
 
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