Features

58 Acadia’s Cajuns
Maine’s culinary influence stretches to surprising places, famous faces, smoky New Orleans, and the ghost of Evangeline.
By Robert T. Witkowski

65 Peaks Prow
A shingle-style beauty on
Peaks Island sails onto the market.
By Colin W. Sargent

71 Chasing Molly
Actress Irene Bedard, the voice 
of Pocahontas, is ready to film the story of Penobscot sensation
Molly Spotted Elk.
By Colin W. Sargent

74 My 15 Minutes of Maine
Celebs dish on their favorite
Maine moments.
Compiled by Michelle Susan Twomey

87 Bottling Maine
Why be a wine spectator when you can be a wine participant?
By Judith Gaines

96 Worldly Walls
Grand Maine homes lead the trend in high-end wallpaper with their papered walls from the past.
By Brad Emerson

104 Pet Rocks
Rock climbing in Maine is all about dedication.
By Amber Cronin & Karen E. Hofreiter

108 Private Isles
When you want to go where no one knows your name…
By Donna Stuart

115 Homes of the Architects
See how they design them
for themselves.
By Paul S. Stevens

123 Pickin’ the Blues
Maine is known for its blueberries but remembered for far less
tangible delights.
By Frances Purcell Fanning

125 Finding Fortune
Artist Clara Fargo Thomas’s classic cantilevered paradise on Somes Sound.
By Brad Emerson

133 It’s Gonna Be Epic!
The infamous mile-long buffet at Bangor’s Hollywood Slots Hotel: fact or fiction?
By Judith Gaines

137 Moving Pictures
Discover the wealth of Maine’s beautiful landscapes for the price of a bus ticket.
By Henry Garfield

155 Lend Me a Mainer!
Actors and couple Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams discuss being Mainers, playing Mainers, and the health benefits of stage life.
Interview by Colin W. Sargent

In Every Issue

32 From the Editor
“MAINE: We’re the App For That!”
By Colin W. Sargent

36 Letters
Readers comment on Joan Whitney Payson, Dan Fogelberg, and, for one in particular, her fire-breathing son.

38 Imperatífs
What’s on the radar now.

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

46 Goings On

141 Performance
Dirty Dishes
By Todd M. Richard

145 Market Watch
Touchstones of the Authors
By Sarah Cumming Cecil

148 Restaurant Review
Bar Harbor Inn
By Colin W. Sargent

149 Dining Guide

158 2010 Guide to Wellness

197 House of the Month
West End “Block Party”
By Karen E. Hofreiter

202 New England Homes & Living

231 Fiction
“The Ferry”
By Lewis Turco

238 Flash