Features

33 “[Maine] Itself Is a Binge”
Before we had Martha at Skylands, we had Julia Child in Blue Hill Bay. Join the doyenne as she approves the proofs of her groundbreaking French cookbook on her beloved Mount Desert Island, as well as delicious accounts of her popping up unexpectedly at a host of Maine restaurants: “Get out! Is it really her?”
By Judith Gaines

37 Thinking Outside the Frame
Speedballs for the eyes…
Meet three Maine artists who need no borders.
By Caley Bryce Ostrander

43 Old Port, You’re the Bomb!
What would happen if a radiological dispersal device were dropped in the Old Port?
An inquiring filmmaker wants to know…
By Bonnie Paige

45 Hammer Time
Investments 2009: Stocks 6, Maine Art5. Auction prices for stars including Robert Indiana, Rockwell Kent, Berenice Abbott, and Andrew Wyeth go through the roof.
By Michelle Susan Twomey

49 Fanning the
Creative Flame
Hey, how can my kid get a chance to serenade Judy Collins?
By Bonnie Paige

71 Fast Track
Anna Willard has a need for speed and a world championship.
Interview by Luci Pike

In Every Issue

18 Letters
We hear from you about long lost love, the monster cookie, and the illustrated man and wife.

20 Goings On

29 Chowder
A tasty blend of the fabulous, noteworthy, and absurd.

66 Restaurant Review
“Provençal Poetry”
98 Provence serves “French cuisine of the highest calibre.”
By Diane Hudson

66 Dining Guide

83 House of the Month
“Southern Comfort”
For $1.295 million, you can own this Calvin Ryder masterpiece in Belfast.
By Colin Sargent

86 New England
Homes & Living

93 Fiction
“The Twitter @ Red’s”
By Neil Turitz

96 Flash

Departments

16 From the Editor
Harvest on the Harbor Experience
By Colin Sargent

50 Cuiscene
People are talking about fresh Maine oysters the way they talk about fine wines.
By Judith Gaines

55 Talking Walls
A restoration notebook for the Lady of Highland Lake
By Brad Favreau

60 Performance
Amanda Gervasi: My bags are packed, I’m ready to stay
By Todd M. Richard

62 Market Watch
Rare, fair Mauchlineware
By Sarah Cumming Cecil

64 Personal Shopper
“Love Shack”: Robert Indiana weighs in on LOVE mirrors, LOVE bomber jackets…
By Amy Louise Reynolds

74 2009 Guide to Wellness