Could Spring Almost Be Here?
Submitted by Ari Meil on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 8:21am.
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COULD SPRING ALMOST BE HERE?
March 16, 2010
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We don't want to jinx it, and you may call us naive, but it seems like the worst has passed and spring is on its way.
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The Smell of Hope by Kathy Gunst
Although we still have several weeks until local foods begin to emerge here in Maine, I found gorgeous asparagus at the market. When I was a kid, asparagus and artichokes always meant spring was just around the corner. My mother would steam them and melt butter and we would feast on them for weeks. In honor of this first sunny March day, I bought a pound of asparagus and rediscovered this favorite recipe.
Asparagus "Bundles" Wrapped In Chives with Lemon-Garlic Butter with a Parmesan Cheese Dusting
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Julia Child in Maine
When Julia McWilliams first came to Maine one summer after World War II it was to meet the family of her then-boyfriend Paul Child. The Childs resided in a partially constructed rustic cabin on the quiet side of Mount Desert Island. There was no indoor plumbing. No electricity. Only the most rudimentary of kitchens.
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How a Maine Guide Inspired America's Twenty-Sixth President
When Theodore Roosevelt went into the Maine woods with legendary Maine Guide Bill Sewall, he was a sickly, asthmatic city boy. When he emerged several trips later, he was a robust, confident outdoorsman—the kind of man who could be president. This book describes the lifelong friendship between the twenty-sixth president and the lumberman from Island Falls, and explores how that bond changed Roosevelt (and the nation) and why it matters today.
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