The Magazine profiles Portland's cultural and food scene and Rabelais makes a cameo. read more

A week from today, on Thursday July 8th at 4:00 in the afternoon, Rabelais will be speaking with Lucinda Scala Quinn about food and books. We are thrilled to be sharing the 'mic' with Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton of Canal House Cooking. read more

Maine Cookbook Store Owners Win Display Contest, Jet Off to Barcelona This past weekend, Don Lindgren and Samantha Hoyt Lindgren, owners of culinary bookstore Rabelais in Portland, Maine, left for an eight-day stay in Barcelona, courtesy of Actar D publishers. The Lindgrens won the publisher's display contest for their in-store... read more

Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo, chefs and owners of the Frankies Spuntino restaurants in New York City, are in the studio to talk about their new cookbook, "The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion and Cooking Manual." The two Franks will attend a book-signing and Q&A at Rabelais in Portland,... read more

"Samantha Hoyt Lindgren and Don Lindgren, owners of Portland's standout culinary bookstore Rabelais, have won first prize for the store's retail display for Food for Thought, Thought for Food." (click the link to read more) read more

Maybe bad-ass chefs like Anthony Bourdain and David Chang aren't really anything new. Restaurants have seedy, sometimes violent, underbellies. And sometimes, cooks get caught doing what they shouldn't. Four years ago, Dr. Lou Jacobs found a mug shot and started collecting original images from the dark side of the... read more

Rabelais, the obsessive Portland food and wine bookstore, is hosting an exhibit called Food Industry Mug Shots: 1899-1954. The bandits are a motley collection of food industry felons, from bakers to waiters to butchers, who committed crimes mostly in San Francisco, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Read More... read more

Williams College on the acquisition of a book they call "Transcendent Gastronomy, " an inscribed first edition of Brillat-Savarin's Physiologie du Gout, which they're calling "a true cornerstone of the [College's] culinary collection." read more

Paris' free daily newspaper calls Portland, "La Mecque de la gastronomie americaine!" "La scene gastronomique de Portland change tres vite. Des votre arrive, foncez a  la librairie culinaire Rabelais (86 Middle St). Don et Samantha vous donnerons leurs dernieres recommandations. Et ils parlent francais. ... Mais l'attrait principal... read more

"I was seriously blown away by the variety and seriousness of this spot. No New England home cook, chef or restaurateur should miss the opportunity to chat with Samantha Hoyt Lindgren and Don Lindgren, two very experienced food fans who have completed long stints in the industries for which they... read more