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Where in Maine?

Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from the September photo at Sebasco Harbor Resort.
Malcolm Gladwell Likes Bad Food and Is Wrong About Bowdoin College
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Malcolm Gladwell Likes Bad Food and Is Wrong About Bowdoin

The longtime New Yorker writer butchered his takedown of the Polar Bears’ cafeteria. Here’s how.
Braised duck with Turnips and Apple Brandy
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November’s Other Bird

Crown the holiday table with a rich and savory roast duck.
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Against the Grain

The co-founder of Maine Grains grinds out a niche — and revives a local tradition — at her Skowhegan gristmill.
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November 2016

The table of contents from the November 2016 issue of Down East.
Dispatches
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Down East Dispatches

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine
Sorcha Cribben-Merrill
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Peace and Quiet

On her third record, Portland singer-songwriter Sorcha Cribben-Merrill gets intimate.
Kittery
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Where-to-Eat Town: Kittery

In 180 paces (we counted), you can traverse the nucleus of Kittery’s snug Foreside district, passing eight restaurants, a whole-animal butcher, an import market of Euro delicacies, a dim craft-cocktail bar, and a coffee shop with the best vibe (and crullers) for 50 miles in any direction.
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Out of the Shadows

Underground puppeteers take center stage at a bawdy annual slam in Portland.
George J. Mitchell and Bob Dole in 1990
Issues & Politics

Straight Talk

We asked George J. Mitchell, Maine’s Democratic U.S. senator from 1980 to 1995, for his thoughts on political rhetoric in 2016. He graciously complied.
Where in Maine?
Travel & Outdoors

Where in Maine?

The ravine spanned by this mottled stone footbridge cleaves a property once owned by one of Maine’s first families.
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