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April 2025 cover of Down East magazine: A bouquet of poppies and beets.

Food & Drink

Flounder Recipe

Flatfish Feast

In Maine, flounder is plentiful this time of year. For a simple take, just pan-fry our flat, finned friend and add a squeeze of lemon. The delicate fillets taste even better dressed up with capers and parsley, and a side of potatoes and asparagus rounds out a perfect spring meal.
layers of Dysart’s buttery, flaky crust

Anatomy of a Joke

Food editor Joe Ricchio wants you to take Dysart’s buttery, flaky crust seriously.
Fiddleheads

Douglas Merriam’s Fiddlehead Salad Recipe

A longtime chronicler of Maine’s farm- and forage-to-table scene, Down East contributing photographer Douglas Merriam left the 'Learn the Fern' shoot with a pile of freshly harvested fiddleheads and made this magnificent salad. Get the recipe.
A shareable meal of lamb meatball curry, palak paneer, and butternut-squash and beetroot curries.

Serendib

A husband-and-wife team spices up the Ellsworth restaurant scene with their lip-tingling Sri Lankan cooking.
Maine-brewed Beer

Funk Tradition

Three Maine breweries are doing what, a mere decade ago, conventional brewers’ wisdom said was impossible: making spontaneously fermented beer outside the climes of Belgium’s Senne River Valley.
Pork and Beans "Bean supper" recipe

Pork and Beans

Mainers have been coming together over pork and beans for centuries.
A is for Allagash, masters of yeast

Alpha-brew

Around the time that new contributor Carla Jean Lauter was reporting this month’s story on the nascent reboot of Maine’s august D.L. Geary Brewing Co. she was also penning and designing a fond tribute to Maine’s many breweries in the form of a vintage children’s alphabet primer.
maple brunch

Holy Maple!

The thaw is on and the sap is flowing, heralding Maine Maple Sunday, with pancake eat-a-thons at sugarhouses around the state. So how much maple can you pack into one meal?

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April 2025 cover of Down East magazine: A bouquet of poppies and beets.