Wine is subtle, wine is complex, wine can even be a transcendent experience. But sometimes wine … M Rosé d’Anjou is perfect with seaside lobster rollRead more
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Natalie’s winning Butter-Poached Lobster recipe
Prepared with grilled maitake and oyster mushrooms along with a corn-parsnip ragout, this is the recipe … Natalie’s winning Butter-Poached Lobster recipeRead more
Natalie’s celebrates lobster on its home waters
Natalie’s co-chef Shelby Stevens is a Mainer, but she’s not from lobster country. She grew up … Natalie’s celebrates lobster on its home watersRead more
Popping into Portland’s Danforth for Natalie’s popup
With nine handsome rooms in an 1823 Federal mansion, Portland’s Danforth Inn (danforthinn.com) is a nifty … Popping into Portland’s Danforth for Natalie’s popupRead more
Oceania’s ‘Marina’ features fine dining five ways
Experienced cruisers expect a Grand Dining Room—and that’s exactly what Oceania Cruises (oceaniacruises.com) calls its spacious … Oceania’s ‘Marina’ features fine dining five waysRead more
Poutine plays nicely with lobster and bacon
Poutine’s simplicity seems to spur cooks to increasingly baroque inventions. Think of a preschooler fantasizing about … Poutine plays nicely with lobster and baconRead more
Hawaiian food with a French twist
Perhaps it’s because he’s French, but George Mavrothalassitis, known to everyone simply as Chef Mavro, is … Hawaiian food with a French twistRead more
A prawn by any other name
Few things are as quite as confusing as the wonderful array of crustaceans available in southern … A prawn by any other nameRead more
Winning shellfish dish in PEI chef cookoff
Judging the final round of the Garland International Chef Challenge turned out to be a big … Winning shellfish dish in PEI chef cookoffRead more
Trying to judge the best shellfish chefs in Canada
I was honored to be asked to judge the Garland Canada International Chef Challenge, one of … Trying to judge the best shellfish chefs in CanadaRead more