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Will Grunewald is Down East's editor in chief and has been with the magazine since 2016, after previously working at Washingtonian. He lives in Brunswick with his wife, Heidi, and a spunky little dog named Wally.
Adam Smaha's Maine Crab Dip, from Catch: A Maine Seafood Cookbook
Food & Drink

This Cookbook Is Good for Home Cooks — and Maine Fishermen

Catch: A Maine Seafood Cookbook features seafood recipes from coastal-community members to fancy-restaurant chefs.
La Mega, parked on Portland's Eastern Prom
Food & Drink

On Portland’s Eastern Prom, the More Food Trucks the Merrier

After neighbors complained, the city’s food-truck hub went downhill — and that’s not a bad thing.
Travel & Outdoors

The 8 Best Day Hikes in Maine’s White Mountains

Four gentle treks and four high-country rambles through Maine’s stretch of the Whites.
2018 Maine Sea Goddess Erin Dugan during the Maine Lobster Festival parade
Our Towns

The Maine Lobster Festival Returns for a Big Anniversary

A by-the-numbers look at the Rockland festival in its 75th year.
The Best (and Worst) of Maine-Food TV
Food & Drink

The Best (and Worst) of Maine-Food TV

Grading the food-centric travel shows that have filmed in the Pine Tree State.
"Celia Planted a Garden," a book about Celia Thaxter, by Phyllis Root and Gary D. Schmidt, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Arts & Leisure

Celia Thaxter’s Island Gardens Spring Up In a Colorful New Book

Its authors delight in reciting the singsong names of her sweet peas, hollyhocks, and foxgloves.
Arts & Leisure

See the Evolution of Maine’s Identity at Bowdoin’s Bicentennial Art Exhibition

At First Light: Two Centuries of Artists in Maine paints a complex picture of Maine’s history.
Old photo of members of the Brushians, a Portland-based painting group, are, from left, George Frederick Morse, Frank Louville Bowie, John T. Wood, and John Calvin Stevens
History

Meet the Old Whites Guys

The White Mountain Club of Portland was one of the first hiking clubs in the country — and among the earliest mappers and trailblazers of the Whites.
Some of the food at Jones Landing on Peaks Island
Food & Drink

Jones Landing Will Float Your Boat

From the food to the views, everything’s great at the dockside restaurant on Peaks Island.
kelp smoothie cubes
Food & Drink

Your Breakfast Smoothie Needs More Kelp

Atlantic Sea Farms’ seaweed cubes are good for you and for the environment.
An array of dishes from Elevation Sushi and Tacos
Food & Drink

Tacos and Sushi Become One in Bridgton

Jump between Mexican and Japanese flavors in one sitting at Elevation Sushi and Tacos.
$35 Lobster Rolls? Shelling Out For Maine Lobster Is Nothing New
Food & Drink

$35 Lobster Rolls? Shelling Out For Lobster Is Nothing New

Then and now, whenever the price of Maine lobster jumps, restaurants around the country feel the pinch.
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