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Tao Yaun's new chef de cuisine Leon Vuong introduced crispy rice balls studded with pork, Chinese sausage, and shiitake to the menu
Food & Drink

Brunswick’s Tao Yuan Has Mounted a Pretty Sweet Comeback

Closed for more than three years, the acclaimed restaurant is back — and as laudable as ever.
Pottle's menu surrounded by dishes of prepared food
Food & Drink

For Homey Fare, There’s No Place Like Pottle’s

Comfort food and a complete lack of pretense prevail at the cozy new pub in Liberty.
76-year-old Whiting resident Harold Crosby wearing his homespun skates made in 1961
Travel & Outdoors

76-Year-Old Harold Crosby Hopes You’ll Take a Skate on the Wild Side

For the lifelong Whiting resident, some things never change — not his Bean boots, not his skate blades, and certainly not his love of skimming up and down the ice on the Orange River.
cozy home in Rangeley, Maine
Home + Garden

4 Cozy Maine Homes Near the Slopes

Ever dream of owning a ski retreat? Draw inspiration from four diverse mountain dwellings with charm and gear-storage galore — and style as refreshing as a bluebird day.
Maine-Made

20 Maine-Made Gifts for Everyone On Your List

From clogs to craft kits to greeting cards, there’s a beautiful locally sourced gift for everyone who’s been good (for goodness sake).
A seal named Number 39, rehabbing at Marine Mammals of Maine
Land, Water & Wildlife

Seal Populations Are Booming, and So Are Rescues by Marine Mammals of Maine

With increasingly frequent run-ins between pinnipeds and humans, the nonprofit's passionate crew is constantly on call.
Boatyard owner Phil Dyer, who learned his trade from an earlier generation of Vinalhaven boatbuilders, made wooden lobsterboats, peapods, and other small craft.
Photography

Photographer Joel Greenberg’s New Book Is a Love Letter to Vinalhaven

In the 1970s and ’80s, he schlepped a bulky, old view camera all over Vinalhaven, capturing the island’s landscape and people. Now, he has compiled more than 100 of those images in a coffee-table book that is resonating with audiences in ways he didn’t see coming.
Jeffery Becton holding up a print of "Olivia's Room," one of his photomontages
Arts & Leisure

The Art of Being Jeffery Becton

Long content to toil in obscurity from his quiet perch on Deer Isle, the septuagenarian master of photomontage drives fast, takes chances, and wonders whether he’s getting somewhere.
Halibut with potatoes and carrots at Mountain Social in Bethel
Food & Drink

Bethel Is Experiencing a Restaurant Renaissance

And Mountain Social is case in point: creative cooking, cozy vibes, and bracing cocktails for the chilled and windburned après-ski crowd.
Food & Drink

Four Maine Fish Recipes Fit for a Family Feast

We asked Maine chefs to share seafood recipes using underappreciated Gulf of Maine groundfish. The results are hearty and delicious — and fortifying for local fisheries too.
Glass artist Liz Martone in her blinged-out studio
Maine-Made

Round Pond Artist Liz Martone’s Massive Mosaic Gems Are Simply Brilliant 

Her cut-glass creations, some nearly three feet tall, are designed to bounce color and light around a room.
The Crying Tiger, with grilled sirloin, garlic rice, and chili-garlic-lime and Jaew sauces.
Food & Drink

Mitr Ping Yang Thai Kitchen Is Connecting Its Guests to a Wider Range of Flavors

The menu at the new Portland restaurant skews toward Thai street food.
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