Portland, Maine
Offered in partnership with Terri Maultsby of think.eat.grow
SEPTEMBER 8th to the 11th
Accommodations THE PRESS HOTEL
$1500 per person double occupancy
Single supplement ($510)
Includes all ground transportation, all admissions and trip-related fees, three nights accommodation (double occupancy), two dinners and one brunch
Excludes Airfare, airport Transfers, and Alcohol
Thursday September 8th
Tour begins at 1:00 p.m.
Lunch :: Duckfat
Can’t improve on their own description: Duckfat is a small sandwich shop that has it all: classic Belgian fries made with local Maine potatoes Fried in duck fat, panini, soups, salads, charcuterie, sodas and milkshakes all made in house.
Culinary Walking Tour
We walk off lunch with a 2 hour plus tour of the food scene in Portland--and what a food scene it is! Bon Appetit’s “America's Foodiest Small Town”; a New York Times ‘food destination’ and one of USA Today’s "Six small cities with big food scenes," we taste our way through central Portland best provisioners
Oyster Tutorial :: Eventide Oysters
Here we’ll have our half shells along with an education in all things oyster-y…and even for those of you who do not count oysters as reason enough to keep on living if all else fails there are plenty of other items on this fabulous menu from lobster rolls to clam chowder all with that certain Eventide twist
Dinner :: Central Provisions
This is it the newest and already perhaps the brightest star in Portland’s culinary scene—and, lucky us, it’s a small plates place. Pick a few luscious favorites to sample, share and linger over before we amble back to the lovely Harbor Hotel
Friday September 9th
Our Day on the Road
This is our day to hit the road and see firsthand some of the dairies, farms and
breweries that supply Portland with its amazing bounty
We start with a visit to Sunflower Farm Creamery where we will not only tour
their award-winning facility but we get to roll up our sleeves for our own class
in cheese making. We then head to the coast for lunch on the rocks
at The Lobster Shack. Next we tour Jordan's Farm, a 5th generation family farm committed to sustainability in all things.
To round things off we head to Allagash Brewery for a tour--and a tasting of course!
Dinner :: Fore Street
Still extraordinary after all these years; Fore Street has shown up on
the best farm to table restaurants for two decades now.
If any one restaurant can be said to be the source of all that
has lead to Portland’s current food scene it is most definitely
this wonderful restaurant
Saturday September 10th
We begin our morning out on Casco Bay with a
Working Lobster Boat Run
Then it’s back in time to visit the Portland Farmers Market where
we select ingredients to be used in our afternoon cooking class at
Open evening
Sunday September 11th
Brunch :: Five Fifty Five
We wrap things up with one of the newest stars in Portland’s culinaryheavens—
The excellent Five Fifty Five
Tour Ends at Noon