Kurlansky Is Coming!
Saturday, July 12, 2008
On Saturday July 12 from 2 to 4 pm, Mark Kurlansky will be here at Rabelais to sign copies of his latest book,
The Last Fish Tale, The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America’s Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town.
Kurlansky is the James Beard award winning author of Cod, (a Slow Food Portland book group selection), Salt and The Big Oyster. We are very excited to be
A Rabelais Cookie Swap
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Rabelais will host its first ever Cookie Swap to celebrate the publication of Camden resident Elinor Klivans’ newest book, The Essential Chocolate Chip Cookbook, on Saturday June 14th from 2-4 PM. This is an invitation to any and all to bring in a batch of your favorite cookies. We’ll share recipes, tips and tricks with fellow cookie bakers, and with a published expert on the delicious little
Portland’s Wine Flight 5k Run
Friday, June 6, 2008
Fitness can include great food and wine – honestly.
Portland’s inaugural “Wine Flight 5k Run” will take place on Saturday, October 25th, beginning and ending at the Maine State Pier (Franklin Arterial Way & Commercial Street). The race is modeled after France’s Marathon du Medoc, an annual run which combines fitness with festive stops for light food, beer and wine. The emphasis is on having
Spices of Life: Scenes from India’s Himalayas.
photos by Stacey Cramp.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Please join us for the opening of a new show of photographs by Portland photographer Stacey Cramp. The show, titled Spices of Life: Scenes from India's Himalayas, includes photos of food in the life and culture of this northern Indian region. Also during the opening, you can sample teas from South Asia in a tasting organized by Sweet Leaves Tea House & Restaurant from Brunswick. You can probably
POSTPONED -
Steven Gdula talks about The Warmest Room in the House.
Saturday, May 17th 2-4pm
[Steven is unable to attend today’s signing because of flooding at his home in DC. We will reschedule and let everyone know when he is coming].
On Saturday May 17th from 2-4 PM we will host a book signing event with Steven Gdula, author of the new Bloomsbury title The Warmest Room in the House, How the Kitchen Became the Heart of the Twentieth-Century American Home.
Steven will be cooking
A Wine Dinner with Neal Rosenthal
Tuesday, May 13th, 6:30pm
On Tuesday, May 13th, Rabelais will host a wine dinner with Neil Rosenthal, the influential wine merchant, at Fore Street at 6:30pm. This will be a unique opportunity to share a meal and lively exchange with a world class wine connoisseur. There will be 30 seats available at $115 each (inclusive of wine, tax and gratuity). If you are interested give us a call or send us an email to make a
Barbara Damrosch’s Garden Primer
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Just in time for Mother’s Day, Barbara Damrosch will speak and sign copies of her new revised edition of The Garden Primer on Saturday, May 10th from 2-4 PM. Barbara is one of our local farming/gardening heroes, our old copy of The Garden Primer is thoroughly dog-eared and mud stained from repeated trips to the garden. The new edition of her work is all organic, as if revising and updating
The Milk Haul
April 25th - May 28th, 2008
Words by Peter Andrey Smith
Photos by Julia Thomas
From behind the wheel of a giant silver milk truck, a look inside Maine's dairy industry with 24-year old Jesse Haskell of Palermo, Maine. Originally published in Gastronomica, come see the whole series of photos and hear Peter talk about the travels of milk in Maine.
Opening reception, Friday April 25th, 5-7 PM. There will be milk and
A Puglian Afternoon at Aurora Provisions
Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 4:30-6.00pm
Nancy Harmon Jenkins will be signing books
Paolo Cantele will be pouring wine.
• At Aurora Provisions, 64 Pine Street in the West End •
In support of Slow Food Portland’s delegates to the international Slow Food conference Terra Madre, Nancy will be signing copies of Flavors of Puglia, her delicious (and hard to find) celebration of everything Puglia. Available for purchase will also be
Closing the Food Gap
Monday, April 14, 2008, 5:30 pm
Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap, Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty will be here to speak and sign copies of his book.
Closing The Food Gap tells the story of how we get our food: from poor people at food pantries, bodegas and convenience stores to the more comfortable classes who increasingly seek out organic and local products. Winne was the executive director of the
Closing The Food Gap tells the story of how we get our food: from poor people at food pantries, bodegas and convenience stores to the more comfortable classes who increasingly seek out organic and local products. Winne was the executive director of the
