February/March 2010

Features

26 The Wild & The Tame
Is that a nasturtium in my soup? From roses to rockweed, gourmet flora adds a touch of spice and dash to a host of exciting restaurant specialties.
By Molly MacLeod

31 Dream Boat
Should the aircraft carrier USS Kennedy become a boffo tourist attraction on the Portland waterfront?
By Jason Stevenson

36 Turf & Surf

What draws us to the rough beauty of riot gardens flirting with the ocean’s edge?
From Staff & Wire Reports

41 Page Surfer
Oprah Book Club star author Anita Shreve dishes on Biddeford Pool, Body Surfing, and Maine’s 
multiple personalities.
Interview by Colin W. Sargent

45 Eat, Stay, Love
Ready, set, get out your Blackberries! Chart a mouth-watering course through 2010’s exciting docket of gourmet food & wine tastings (eat); lavish lodging at food festivals (stay); and decadently delicious special attractions (love), from celebrity chef appearances to culinary tours. That’s right–you’ve entered “The Foodie’s Guide to Planet Maine,” Chapter 2.
By Judith Gaines

69 I Walk the Line
It used to be divide and conquer. But Mainer Oriana Farley is conquering the Continental Divide.
By MacKenzie Rawcliffe

Departments

12 From the Editor

14 Letters

16 Goings On

23 Imperatifs

25 Chowder

54 Talking Walls

59 Performance

62 Market Watch

64 Dining Guide

65 Restaurant Review

Special  advertising section

73 Maine Guide to Wellness

83 House of the Month

86 New England
Homes & Living

95 Fiction

96 Flash