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Bodum BISTRO Santoku Knife and Mixing Bowl GIVEAWAY!

by Malcolm Bedell April 16, 2013

As we’ve mentioned on the site before, we don’t have a ton of fancy cooking tools. We seem to have about 60 wooden spoons, some scratched up skillets from T.J. Maxx that at some point purportedly had nonstick properties but are now just slowly poisoning us with flecks of peeling Teflon coating, and a set [...]

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Designing Our Dream Kitchen with Sub-Zero and Wolf (Plus Giveaway!)

by Malcolm Bedell April 1, 2013

No matter where we live, the kitchen is the heart of our home. Especially because we have yet to settle down and plant deep roots, because we’ve spent the last decade as hopeful nomads, traveling, renting houses and apartments before and after expatriating South of the Border to buy and remodel a house on the [...]

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Creativity and Self Expression, Part Two (PLUS GIVEAWAY!)

by Jillian Bedell February 13, 2013

I took the test and met my archetype. It was fun, like taking a Sassy magazine quiz, but more thoughtful. The results were not so much surprising as they were, well, inconclusive. But that is me, I guess, I should have learned by now. A dilettante. Some of this, a little of that. The results [...]

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Kettle Brand Chips Dip Pairing: French Onion Soup Dip PLUS $100 Giveaway!

by Malcolm Bedell November 13, 2012

Growing up, we were a dip-eating family. My dad was a huge fan of thick, crunchy, kettle-cooked potato chips and dip. I can still imagine him sitting in “his” red reclining dad chair in the evenings, dragging potato chips though a single-serving bowl of clam dip, or in a pinch, an open plastic tub of [...]

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March Giveaway: “Maine Classics” Cookbook

by Malcolm Bedell March 1, 2012

This month, we are very pleased to be giving away a FREE hardcover copy of “Maine Classics: More than 150 Delicious Recipes from Down East,” by Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier. From the publisher: “Maine food is about putting on a bib and getting messy with lobster in the summer. In the winter, it’s about [...]

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February Giveaway: “Good Maine Food”

by Malcolm Bedell February 1, 2012

This month, we’re doing things a little differently. On March 1st, one lucky winner from the ranks of our Pinterest page will be selected as the winner of “Good Maine Food: Ancient and Modern New England Food & Drink. This book, featuring recipes originally published in the 1930s, is an ode to the history of [...]

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January Giveaway: “Notes from a Maine Kitchen”

by Malcolm Bedell January 2, 2012

This month, we are very pleased to be giving away a FREE hardcover copy of “Notes from a Maine Kitchen: Seasonally Inspired Recipes,” by Kathy Gunst. From the publisher: “There’s nothing better than settling into a nice, warm, home-cooked meal at the kitchen table. Kathy Gunst takes us into her own kitchen, introducing us to [...]

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December Giveaway: $100 Stonewall Kitchen Gift Card

by Malcolm Bedell December 1, 2011

Last year, to celebrate the New Year, we gave away a $50 gift card to Stonewall Kitchen. How can we top that? We can DOUBLE it! This year, we’re helping you start your 2012 off with a bang (and by “bang,” I mean, “ton of jelly,”) with a $100 gift card to Stonewall Kitchen. You [...]

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November Giveaway: “Maine Classics” Cookbook

by Malcolm Bedell November 2, 2011

This month, we are very pleased to be giving away a FREE hardcover copy of “Maine Classics: More than 150 Delicious Recipes from Down East,” by Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier. From the publisher: “Maine food is about putting on a bib and getting messy with lobster in the summer. In the winter, it’s about [...]

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October Giveaway: Whoopsies! Whoopie Pies

by Malcolm Bedell October 3, 2011

The wonderful folks at Whoopsies! Gourmet Whoopie Pies are sponsoring this month’s Giveaway, and have offered a DOZEN of their world-class gourmet assorted whoopie pies to this month’s winner! These whoopie pies are packed in a decorative gift box, can be shipped anywhere, and feature all natural, modern ingredients, in flavors such as “Vanilla Latte” [...]

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