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Category: Journal of an Island Kitchen

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Some good news, some bad news

By Sandy Oliver Some people can see the upside of almost any bad situation; they’d keep a good attitude going even in a nuclear holocaust. I am not one of those. I can find a cloud around almost any silver lining you have. Still, when something good happens, when a… SEE MORE
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And they might make good Christmas presents, too

By Sandy Oliver Whole stores are dedicated to helping cooks do their job. Right after bookstores, and just before yarn shops, kitchen stores are my favorite places to browse, though goodness knows there is not much time for that these days, what with taking fewer mainland trips and many more… SEE MORE
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​In praise of hearing aids

Usually, I write about food, and hearing aids have nothing and everything to do with the kitchen, the garden, cooking, and eating because no matter what I am doing, I want to hear.  I have hearing aids in both ears, and yes, they were costly (about $3,200—I’ve paid less for… SEE MORE
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Breakfast variety multiplies with visitors

Do you eat the same thing for breakfast every day, day after day? Some people eat no breakfast at all, or get by on a piece of toast and a cup of coffee. If you do eat breakfast, chances are very good that you, along with several million other Americans… SEE MORE
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A plethora of peaches

The peach deluge is over for this year. For two weeks from the end of August into the second week of September a flood of peaches and a surge of panic fill the house while the three peach trees in my life deposit their fruit on the ground, in waiting… SEE MORE
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The cold comfort of summer food

It’s hot and I think differently about cooking and food when the weather turns stuffy and warm. I want cold comfort. Oddly, lately, I have thought about childhood summers and the food we ate and cold things we drank.  Like potato salad, just bite-sized bits of boiled potato with bits… SEE MORE
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The Islesboro ferry lands on the island.

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Planning for my apocalypse pantry

It isn’t the zombie apocalypse yet, but it’s a good dry run for one.  My car-and-driver ticket on the ferry from Islesboro to Lincolnville went from $13.75 to $30. Fortunately, I never did have a need to go to the mainland all that often anyway, and when I did, the… SEE MORE
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Sourdough starter

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​Wild Miss Islesford comes to Islesboro

Wild Miss Islesford, Barb Fernald’s now-famous and well-traveled sourdough, came to Islesboro last August, when Barb, who lives in Islesford, gave some to me and Courtney Naliboff of North Haven. We all had gathered in Rockland for a panel presentation at the Island Institute and Barb arrived with plastic containers… SEE MORE
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The columnist's kitchen "island."

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Islands I like, others that are navigational hazards

Obviously, I like islands. I live on one and find that I like to vacation on them—Cyprus, England, the Orkneys off Scotland’s north coast, Hawaii, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Key West, St. John in the Virgin Islands, and I aspire to visit Iceland. I just don’t like islands… SEE MORE
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House on a hill on Islesboro.

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A five day return to the 19th century

Oh, sure, the power will probably go out, for a little while anyway, so I suppose it would be a good idea to fill a few empty milk jugs with water for drinking and cooking, and I’ll put some in a spackle bucket for the ducks and chickens. And it’s… SEE MORE
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