reviewed by Diane Hudson May 2006 When young people leave the nightclubs in Saigon–our family has never called it Ho Chi Minh City– the whole city smells like pho," says Lien Luong, 37, cook at Thanh Thanh 2, a Viet-namese restaurant on Forest Avenue in Portland....

reviewed by Diane Hudson April 2006 Artemisia, like its namesake, 17-century painter Artemisia Gentileschi, the first women member of Florence’s fabled Academy of Design and the inspiration for the controversial film Arte-misia and Susan Vree-land’s The Passion of...

reviewed by Diane Hudson Feb 2006 Harding Lee Smith, former executive chef at Mims and sous chef at Back Bay Grill, is packing the house nightly at The Front Room on the crest of Munjoy Hill, conveniently opposite theater events at St. Lawrence Arts and Community...

reviewed by Diane Hudson Dec Feb/Mar 05 El Camino, in Spanish: "the way, the road." El Camino, in Maine: a hot new cantina in Brunswick just bursting with taste and absolutely full of fun. The menu, inspired by chef-owner Eloise Humphrey, is Mexican by way of...

Reviewed By Diane Hudson Dec. 2005 This year-round four-star restaurant goes to even greater lengths during Kenne-bunkport's annual Christ--mas Prelude festivities. Of-fering an exquisite holiday menu surrounded by sparkling, breath-taking decor, the Prelude show at...

reviewed by Diane Hudson Sept. 2005 Deep blue autumn skies in Maine provide the perfect canopy for dining al fresco at Mediterranean Grill in Free-port, fragrant with its delightfully different "little dishes." Reflecting the Turkish and Mediter-ran-ean tradition, the...

reviewed by Diane Hudson July 2005 I thought I died and went to heaven,” says chef Allan Fisher of leaving Manhattan to work at Chebeague Island Inn. “I get the best arugula I’ve ever tasted from Ted Sparrow’s farm in Gardiner” and “the freshest eggs ever from Ted’s...

reviewed by Diane Hudson - May 05 I was just six years old when I attended my first Yarmouth Clam Festival, says Stephanie Brown. Today, as owner of the trendy SeaGrass Bistro, her celebration is year-round. A chef for 16 years, Brown studied at New York's Culinary...

A feast of the unusual sparkles on the Portland waterfront. Reviewed By Diane Hudson 12/04 Mims, at 205 Commercial Street, is one of Portlandπs hottest restaurants, made even more popular by what owner Natasha Durham calls "a sharing menu," with portions designed for...

reviewed by Diane Hudson Nov. 2004 What to do if you own the legendary The Goldenrod luncheonette in York Beach? You guessed it! You wait 100 years and then come from out of nowhere to launch the most delicious steak restaurant Maine's ever seen at the site of the...

reviewed by Diane Hudson - Oct. 2004 Here at 849 Forest Avenue in Portland, Glaswegian Peter Haggarty dishes up the city's only "Brit-Indi" cuisine, a treasure-trove of spicy take-away delights fit for a rajah≠or Sebago-bound commuters. "Brit-Indi is the number one...

reviewed by Diane Hudson August 2004 Luxury. That word connotes our dining experience at Eve's at the Garden, the restaurant nestled inside the Portland Harbor Hotel. Here in the beautifully landscaped courtyard, spoiled by a first-class wait staff, youπre dining al...