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Bubble Pond
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Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from April’s photo of Bubble Pond.
The Portland Ballet - The Firebird
Travel & Outdoors

Old Flame

The Portland Ballet tiptoes its way to reimagining The Firebird.
Fiddleheads
Food & Drink

Lessons from a Day Picking Fiddleheads in Maine

What does a veteran forager know about Maine’s iconic fiddleheads that you don’t? Curl up with Michael Burke’s tale of a tagalong day in the field.
lobster claw
Issues & Politics

Bait and Switch

In a tug-of-war between lobstermen and regulators over catch reporting, Mainers didn’t get the deal they expected.
growth rings
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Growth Rings

Seems like yesterday: everything sharply detailed and in focus, more vivid now in memory than it was then in fact.
Maine-Made

Foreside Finds

Kittery’s peppy pocket neighborhood has shops as eclectic as its chow.
outdoor room over the garage, furnished with comfy seats, a fireplace, and heat lamps
Home + Garden

Maine Goes Prefab: 6 Homes We Love

In their quest for affordable, energy-efficient homes, some Mainers are thinking outside the site-built box.
layers of Dysart’s buttery, flaky crust
Food & Drink

Anatomy of a Joke

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

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.
Anchorpak
Maine-Made

A Better-Built Bag

The first time I put on an Anchorpak, it felt different from any bag I’ve ever used. It felt right.
A shareable meal of lamb meatball curry, palak paneer, and butternut-squash and beetroot curries.
Food & Drink

Serendib

A husband-and-wife team spices up the Ellsworth restaurant scene with their lip-tingling Sri Lankan cooking.
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Three new books with unique connections to Maine to add to your reading list.
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Doughnuts in Maine: From Inception to Perfection

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Can You Name This Maine Mountain?

My Final Days on the Maine Coast


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