Here's what the press has been saying about our shop, and about the fantastic food that can be found in our small city:
The Lee Brothers on cookbooks and cookbook stores in Travel & Leisure
Friday March 22, 2013The Lee Brothers talk about collecting cookbooks in this month's Travel & Leisure, and list cookbook stores around the world. We're glad to see Biddeford, Maine right there with New York, Pasadena, Montreal, and Paris. Click the link for the article. read more
Portland Press Herald's Book Talk
Tuesday January 29, 2013Sharon Kitchen, of the Portland Press Herald's The Root, interviewed us about our books, the shop in Biddeford and more. Click the link for the full interview. read more
3191 Miles Apart visits Rabelais in Biddeford
Monday November 12, 2012Always great to see MAV of 3191 Miles Apart and More & Co. Among the great photos of books she took, there's a good one for those of you who might be missing our dog Raleigh. read more
Rabelais at the Boston Book Fair, in the Boston Globe
Saturday November 10, 2012"This Saturday the Back Bay will be a sweet spot for those who love to have or simply hold old books. That’s when close to 200 dealers will converge on two book shows. " read more
JBF's Delights & Prejudices drops in
Wednesday September 12, 2012"Formerly housed in the Eventide space, this absorbing collection of new, rare, and out-of-print cookbooks and other culinary collectibles recently relocated to a larger space in Biddeford, about 20 minutes south of Portland. The shop is open on Saturdays and by appointment only during the rest of the week, so... read more
Food & Wine visits Maine's Nebo Lodge and Rabelais gets a nod
Sunday July 1, 2012 - Tuesday July 31, 2012Food & Wine talks with Chef Amanda Hallowell of North Haven's great Nebo Lodge. read more
Delicious Musings visits Biddeford
Saturday June 23, 2012The wonderful Sharon Kitchen of Delicious Musings makes an early visit to the new home of Rabelais in the North Dam Mill in Biddeford. See you again soon Sharon! read more
Nice Notes from More & Co.
Thursday June 14, 2012The inimitable MAV from More & Co. and 3191 dropped by to see us and took some lovely photos. Hope to see you again! read more
The William Brown Project
Wednesday June 6, 2012More lovely pictures from the style/design/lifestyle personal blog, The William Brown Project. Thanks! read more
Map & Menu joins us for the re-opening of Rabelais
Monday May 14, 2012Springtime in Maine can be an overcast and dreary affair (last week, I heard that 16 of the previous 18 days had been rainy!), but every now and then, the weather and the weekends cooperate, and the budding trees and flowers become a vivid reminder of new beginnings and good... read more
Christian Science Monitor
Friday April 20, 2012"Last September, we traveled to Maine for a long weekend, one our first times away from our then 11-month old. We had a ball (as you can imagine) even though it rained virtually the whole time. In our last hours in Portland, we ran to seek cover from the rain... read more
"I'll Take Mine Rare" Bon Appetit and Rabelais at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair
Tuesday April 17, 2012Rabelais is joined by Bon Appetit at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair to talk about rare cookbooks and more. read more
Rabelais at the NY Book Fair, in the NYTimes
Tuesday April 10, 2012The wonderful Florence Fabricant was kind enough to mention that we will be at the NY Book Fair this coming week, and that we'll be bringing a Joy in a Jacket. read more
10.5 Ways Local Bookstores Beat Amazon
Friday April 6, 2012"At Rabelais, which specializes in food and drink titles (it’s reopening later this month in Biddeford, Maine, 207-774-1044, rabelaisbooks.com), there’s a collection of culinary ephemera, from pamphlets to printed menus, and a deep selection of out-of-print and rare cookbooks." read more
LIVE Q&A with the Washington Post
Wednesday December 14, 2011December 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