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Maine Summers Are Made for Pies on Porches and Iced Teas

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Coffee Flour on List of Top 2017 Food Innovations

Well, good morning! At least it’s morning as I write this. If you’re reading this at another time of day, I hope your day has been manageable at the least and amazing at best. Sunshine and spring...

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Bill Hall’s American Classic Tea

While vacationing, I took advantage of opportunities to interview inn and restaurant owners; chefs; and the owner of the only tea plantation in America. This week I share my interview with the owner of...

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July 4th and Summer are Occasions for Food and Festivities

It’s 6:30 am, and the air is fresh after a nighttime rain. I’m marveling at the glistening moisture on my backyard trees. Rather large spider webs are joining cedar to cedar and look as though they are...

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Pour Over Coffee Perfection

This past weekend we took an opportunity to “get out of Dodge” and went to visit my daughter and her family. I took a freshly, baked loaf of “Nona” bread and homemade butter. I love that my...

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No Bake Company Macaroni and Cheese

It’s National Mac and Cheese Day! When someone asks me to list favorite comfort foods, macaroni and cheese is on my list! Anything pasta and cheese seems to be comforting. The solidness of pasta with...

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A Grand Food Adventure in Kennebunkport

It’s 6:30 am, and I’m at home on my back deck trying hard to not let Mother Nature distract me from my writing. A cup of coffee is at my side. The song of morning birds provides a backdrop for the tap,...

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The Bitter Debate of Sir Hans Sloane’s Chocolate Milk

This week I took a trip down memory lane, compliments of a weekly Twitter chat, aptly called #NostlagiaChat. NostalgiaChat was the brainchild of Beki Winchel. Recently, she turned the reins over to...

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Balancing Chakras with Colorful Food Choices

Last week was a tough week. However, much of the fracas with the week could have been spared had we slowed sooner by choice, rather than by necessity. One of the calamities was my coming down with...

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Celebrate National Ice Cream Sandwich Day with Herbicide

This week we celebrated National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. Wow! I remember loving ice cream sandwiches! What’s not to love? The tender, chocolate or vanilla cake holding in place vanilla ice cream is...

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Renegotiate NAFTA to Create National Food Sovereignty

This may be one of the hardest columns I’ve ever written and maintained objectiveness. This week formal talks began in Washington, DC to renegotiate NAFTA. I wasn’t in favor of the original NAFTA...

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Raw Food is Good – Raw NAFTA Deal for Farmers and Consumers is Not

It’s a beautiful, sunny day with a cleansing breeze gracing the earth. The morning air was a bit heavy after a rainstorm, but it has cleared out nicely. This week I’ve been busy preparing several...

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The Ending of Summer and Beginning of Tomato Things

My intention this week was to write the last of a series on NAFTA as it relates to food production, but more research is needed. I really wanted to write about tomatoes anyway. Summer is winding down...

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Move Over Pumpkin Spice – Make Room for Maple

It’s hard to feel balanced when so much is happening in the world that makes us feel unbalanced. Hurricane Harvey has consumed our interest in recent days, and Hurricane Irma made its way through the...

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Sitting to Eat – An Act of Solidarity and Safety

I try to make a practice of taking time for reflection. Sometimes that time goes as deep as one may call meditation. Most often I simply steal a moment here and there and allow my mind to relax and...

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Autumn Customs Make Right with Relationships

This is the time of year when there is no shortage of things to write about in regard to anything that has to do with food. This week particularly has interesting cultural events. Mabon is officially...

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Delightfully Light 1926 Chiffon Pie

Summer has settled in nicely. I know this well by taking inventory of dust accumulating on the furniture; mail that has not been shredded or filed; and on the upside, outdoor planters filling out with...

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A Tale of Two Pots

It’s another hot and humid day in Maine which is remarkable because we are nearing the ending of September when we usually are donning sweaters and rain jackets. We had a very rainy springtime with...

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Culinary Terms to Help You Talk Cookery

In spite of the incredibly high heat and humidity which has been September, I have been thinking about the holidays ahead that will, much to my pleasure, require copious amounts of baking. As I age, I...

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The Integrity Principle of Self-Care Applied in the Caregiving Role

Self-care is essential to keeping life in balance, right? Practicing self-care means keeping all plates spinning, right? If all plates are spinning, we must be doing everything right. Not necessarily,...

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