Lake Region's first brew pub handcrafting the freshest brews and the finest food in the casual atmosphere of a turn of the century Victorian farmhouse. Bray's offers an everchanging array of small batch ales.  Serving Lunch & Dinner with chalkboard specials. Open Daily, Year Round. Live entertainment weekends.
 
Bray's BrewPub & Eatery
678 Roosevelt Trail (at the light)
Naples, ME 04055
 
207-693-6806
www.braysbrewpub.com
 
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Suffice it to say that we were blown away by the volume, and the intimacy, of the responses we received to our question of “What is your idea of the real Maine?” Some of the most poignant responses are published in our January 2011 issue (available on newsstands December 21, or click here to buy a copy), but the printed page simply couldn’t accommodate all of the letters we wanted to publish. Here are some more particularly wonderful ones. Feel free to add your own response by submitting a comment at the bottom of this page. — The Editors

Lobster Bisque

2 medium lobsters, undercooked
2 cups water
1 quart milk
6 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups oyster crackers rolled to a dust
1 teaspoon salt
few grains cayenne

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From the Introduction of A Healing Touch

“…a collaboration between half a dozen writers and a group of extraordinary people who shared with us their remarkable stories, so we could share some of them with you… There’s pain and loss, yes, but also laughter and love, faith and hard-won understanding. Life, in other words.” 

--Richard Russo

An Amazing Deal on an Important Book

By Leslie Bridgers

Since the early 1990s, crime writer Gerry Boyle has been unraveling mysteries in his series of novels written from the perspective of Jack McMorrow, a former New York Times reporter who lives in Maine.
Boyle, 53, recently released his ninth novel of the series, “Damaged Goods.”