Issue 15 – Winter 2021

edible MAINE - Tying Up Loose Ends

Tying Up Loose Ends #15

Waste not, want not. It’s a tenet for sourcing, cooking, and eating sustainably. Here, the Edible Maine staff serves up ways to use up any special ingredient the recipes in

edible MAINE Issue 15 - Winter 2021

Letter From the Editor #15

I would always rather spend time with somebody who doesn’t realize how much she knows than somebody who professes to know it all. I prefer

edible MAINE - Twice-Baked Potatoes

Twice-Baked Potatoes

Make the cheese blue and top the potatoes with sautéed mushrooms and onions; stir in chopped chorizo sausage, roasted red pepper, and manchego cheese; or

edible MAINE - Hasselback Sweet Potatoes

Hasselback Sweet Potatoes

Swap out garlic, thyme, and lemon juice for bacon bits, chopped scallions, and minced chipotle chilies in adobo and chopped apples, walnuts, and maple syrup.

edible MAINE - Potatoes Pavé

Potatoes Pavé

Instead of the thyme and garlic listed in this recipe, you can switch things up and use rosemary to flavor the oil and serve with

edible MAINE - Stacked, Packed, and Hasselbacked

Stacked, Packed, and Hasselbacked

A work by Vachel Lindsay, an early 20th-century American singing poet, makes potatoes the life of the party. “Potatoes were the waiters, Potatoes were the

edible MAINE - Smokin’ Cocktails at Home

Smokin’ Cocktails at Home

Adding a subtle hint of smoke to classic cocktails raises the bar on what a home bartender can add to the party. There are several

edible MAINE - The Holiday Regifting Guide 2020

The Holiday Regifting Guide 2020

The modern holiday gift guide dates to the late 1950s when Neiman Marcus first published its Christmas Book, a luxurious selection of tortoiseshell printed all-terrain

edible MAINE - Ham Bones and Ice Cream

Ham Bones and Ice Cream

Celebrated pastry chef Ilma Lopez is no stranger to innovation. Her resume includes working at db bistro moderne in New York and El Bulli in

edible MAINE - Reimagining School Lunches

Reimagining School Lunches

At a bend in the Saco River just west of where it crosses I-95 and snakes into the Atlantic Ocean, longtime catering chef Rich O’Brien

edible MAINE - Artfully Messy Kimchi

Artfully Messy Kimchi

Catrine Kelty styled the picture of this recipe that appears in Eventide, the cookbook released by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Random House. The

edible MAINE - Food Stylist Catrine Kelty Influences Culinary Art from Her Buxton Home

Intentional Mess

Catrine Kelty went into food styling “kicking and screaming.” In 1998, a photographer friend asked her to bring her expert eyes and well-trained hands to

edible MAINE - Old Techniques, New Tricks

Old Techniques, New Tricks

Cheesemaking is alchemy. The maker changes milk into cheese via equal parts science, art, and magic. But even the magic part requires a degree of