This January and February, we're busy moving Rabelais from the shop in Portland to a new larger office space in Biddeford, Maine, a dozen miles away. While we get set up in the new space, we're temporarily not selling online. Once we're all organized and the boxes unpacked, we'll be up online with even more great culinary books. Thanks for your patience. And watch the site for information on our grand opening in late March or early April.
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Here's what the press has been saying about our shop, and about the fantastic food that can be found in our small city:

LIVE Q&A with the Washington Post

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

December 14th we went live on the Washington Post's 'Free Range' column with Joe Yonan and other WP writers to discuss cookbooks, cooking and more. Here's the text: read more

Rabelais Picks Bon Appetit's Cookbooks of the Year, 2011!

Saturday, November 19, 2011

"The Best Cookbooks of 2011 No one sees more cookbooks than the owners of Rabelais, the quirky culinary bookstore in Portland, Maine. So who better to pick the year's top titles? Here are their favorites..." Read More http://www.bonappetit.com/tipstools/slideshows/2011/12/best-cookbooks-of-2011#ixzz1eDTam5he read more

Publisher's Weekly Asks Three Questions

Friday, November 18, 2011

"Samantha Lindgren, who co-owns cookbook shop Rabelais in Portland, ME. with her husband Don Lindgren, spoke with Tip Sheet about the hot culinary titles of the holiday season." read more

The Best Culinary Bookshops in America

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

"Think your bookshelves are well stocked? Think again. These seven dedicated cookbook stores have the goods you never knew you always wanted. Go on, geek out." Read More http://www.bonappetit.com/blogsandforums/blogs/badaily/2011/11/best-culinary-cookbook-stores-in-country.html#ixzz1e62vu9U9 read more

An Italian take on Portland's food and Rabelais

Monday, October 24, 2011

"...e la area urbana e circondata dalle fattorie di piccoli agricoltori che producono formaggi, bacon, carni d'agnello, burro, frutta e miele di eccellente qualita." from Internazionale read more

New York Magazine/Grub Street

Friday, October 14, 2011

Mastering the Art: How Cookbooks Are Pushing the Publishing Industry Forward by Hugh Merwin ..."I do think the cookbook can hang in longer than other printed material," Don Lindgren of Rabelais books in Portland, Maine, told me, "because it's used differently." Lindgren and his wife Samantha are the proprietors... read more

Portland Press Herald - Rabelais Moving

Thursday, October 13, 2011 - Thursday, October 13, 2011

"Rabelais, the food-centric bookstore that helped bring national attention to Portland's food scene, is moving to a new loft space in Biddeford's North Dam Mill." read the full article by Meredith Goad in the Press Herald read more

Cookbooks from Britannia Rule, in The Wall Street Journal

Saturday, October 8, 2011 - Saturday, October 8, 2011

"And while in the U.S. we were only just awakening, or reawakening, to the importance and obviousness of seasonal cooking, that was already a backdrop to these books. As was the value in sourcing ingredients from quality producers, and of having a relationship with those producers: the butcher, the fishmonger,... read more

Boston Magazine "Best of New England Travel"

Monday, August 1, 2011

Boston Magazine has chosen Rabelais for inclusion in its Best of New England Travel 2011, calling us, "the refuge of dinner dreamers everywhere." read more

Portland on CNBC

Monday, February 7, 2011 - Monday, February 7, 2011

Rabelais gets a heads up as CNBC declares Portland one of America's best food cities, and with an interesting formula too (check it out in the article). A city's food appeal is not just measured by fine dining or Michelin stars; you have to also consider the everyday... read more