Summer is unarguably the best time of year to drink beer — at picnics and ballgames, on boats and at barbecues, at sunny, seaside beer gardens. Whatever the setting, these five brews are eminently quaffable.
Food & Drink
Chef-owner Cara Stadler had a 10-year plan when she was 16. In 2014 she was named one of Food & Wine's best new chefs. Here are the "wrapped treasures" we discovered upon dining at Bao Bao Dumpling House.
Maine's craft beer scene enables full-throttle entrepreneurship. Get a behind the scenes look at our photo shoot at Allagash Brewing Company with some of the personalities of the Maine beer world.
Salt Water Farm's Annemarie Ahearn treats us to an early summer frittata.
A marine biologist, a doctor, a pastor, an oyster farmer, and a lawyer walk into a bar . . . and visuals editor Mark Fleming is there to shoot them.
Our May issue includes an oversized guide to Maine's busiest season, so everyone can pick and plan their perfect summer itinerary.
Ports of Italy 47 Commercial St., Boothbay Harbor 207-633-1011, portsofitaly.com By Meadow...
At home in Freedom, chef Erin French of the Lost Kitchen is rebuilding a restaurant — and a life.
Presenting our 31 favorite Maine restaurants to have opened in the last two years. Hope you're hungry.
Blaze is setting Bangor's restaurant scene on fire.
Know your seaweed: when it's in season, what it tastes like, and how best to use it in the kitchen.
Recipes and inspiration for adding seaweed to your diet.