The Inn At Ocean's Edge blog

Just a few more days to get your Kitchen Tour ticket for the pre-sale price of $25. A day of touring beautiful kitchens and dining on delictable treats for $25, what a deal!

Stop in at any one of these local shops to buy your ticket: CAMDEN: Once a Tree, Party Fundamentals, Stonewall Kitchen; ROCKPORT: The Market Basket; ROCKLAND: Atlantic Baking Company; LINCOLNVILLE: Dot’s Market; BELFAST: The Good Table; WALDOBORO: The Well Tempered Kitchen.

You can also call the Merryspring office, (207) 236-2239, to reserve a pre-sale priced ticket to be picked up on the day of the tour.

Fireplace in the Tantalus Lounge at The Edge

We’re hosting a Tweetup at The Edge tomorrow night, Thursday, at 7pm. PopTech sessions end around 6:30, so c’mon over. Find us on Twitter @InnOceansEdge

The Edge at night

When: Thursday, 10/22, 7pm

Where: At The Edge Oceanfront Restaurant at The Inn at Ocean’s Edge, 4 and 1/2 miles north of the Camden Opera House. Plug in 2268 Atlantic Highway, Lincolnville, ME into your GPS – detailed directions

This week’s menu if you want to grab a bite – dining, casual, sweets, drinks

Farmers’ Fare just opened in the neighboring town of Rockport. In the open letter greeting visitors on their site, they welcome us, “We at Farmers Fare want to bring a contemporary interpretation to traditions that have always enriched our lives. We will host Sunday suppers, pig roasts, pumpkin carvings and other fun events. We pledge to provide a welcoming atmosphere, and scrumptious local food and products of highest quality. We will provide rooms for lectures and informal meetings about food, cooking, and growing healthy crops.” We visited one afternoon last week to check it out. One open large space serves as a market and a cafe. One of the walls has been painted with chalk paint, where many a recent visitor has left his mark.

Along the southern wall of the room stand coolers stocked with drinks and meats. The last one in line says, “Pay It Forward”. Hmm? What a wonderful idea! One can help themselves to a sweet frozen treat and, optionally, leave a dollar – “feed the cow”. Or put a buck in now and pick up your treat another time. Treats come in a variety of flavors including lemon, multi-berry and one labeled “???” – mystery flavor! Yum!

Stop by and visit our new neighbors, on Route 90, within a half mile of its northern intersection with Route 1 in Rockport.

The weather held up, allowing for the Gala Tasting Dinner of Maine Fare Weekend to be held partly outside on Friday night at the charming Camden Yacht Club. Proceeds went to MOFGA, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. Restaurants from around the state participated, including the local Francine Bistro and Natalie’s of Camden, our very own The Edge of Lincolnville and Chase’s Daily from Belfast. Festivities continue today and Sunday – check events schedule on their site.

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Our very own The Edge Restaurant will participate in this year’s Maine Fare – an event held here in Camden, Maine to benefit the Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association. For a full schedule of events, refer to the Maine Fare website. And enjoy!!

“Maine Fare showcases many events including chef demonstrations, panel discussions, workshops, food and beverage tastings, author signings, and dinners, Maine Fare investigates the history, present and future of Maine’s wonderful food, from farm to table. The goal of the event is to communicate the importance of preserving, protecting, and sharing Maine’s storied culinary history and its rich and developing resources. Maine Fare honors every aspect of our state’s gastronomic profile.

Gala Chefs Tasting, Under the Stars
Friday evening, September 11, at the Camden Yacht Club. Wonderful Maine restaurants paired with Maine’s wine makers, distillers and brewers, combining talents to produce a special dinner — and the official start of Maine Fare. Proceeds from this meal benefit MOFGA. Buy tickets here

Participating Restaurants:
Chase’s Daily (Belfast)
Cleonice (Ellsworth)
El El Frijoles (Sargentville)
Fore Street – (Portland)
Francine Bistro (Camden)
Fuel Restaurant (Lewiston)
Lily Bistro (Rockland)
Natalie’s at Camden Harbour Inn (Camden)
Sea Glass Inn by the Sea (Cape Elizabeth)
Solo Bistro (Bath)
Stonewall Kitchen Cooking School (York)
Supper at Nebo (North Haven)
Table (Blue Hill)
The Burning Tree (Mt Desert)
The Edge Restaurant (Lincolnville)
The Farmer’s Table (Portland)

Featured Wines, Beers and Spirits
Bartlett’s Winery (Gouldsboro)
Blacksmiths Winery (Caso)
Cellardoor Winery (Lincolnville)
Cold River Vodka (Freeport)
Maine Mead Works (Portland)
Oak Pond Brewing (Skowhegan)
Penobscot Bay Brewing (Winterport)
Shipyard Brewing Company (Portland)
Sweetgrass Winery (Union)
Winterport Winery (Winterport)

Friday, September 11, 6-9 p.m.
All inclusive tickets: $75/person   
Dress: Creative Casual
Buy tickets here

Wikipedia informs us that one of the ways to celebrate Father’s Day “typically involves gift-giving and special dinners for dad.” This weekend, June 20 & 21 – celebrate Father’s Day by bringing dad to the inn and we’ll treat him to dinner at The Edge. Saturday is our regular dining menu and Sunday is pizza night. Please reserve at the inn.

This could be dad!

This spring Chef Bryan Dame teamed up with Lincolnville’s own Cellardoor Winery to offer an early evening cooking class on Sunday, April 26 from 4 -7pm. Guests learned to prepare, present and pair a fabulous dinner with Bryan at the vineyard. Guests took part in this han’s on class, from preparing and plating the menu to dining on four courses featuring local ingredients paired with Cellardoor wines. We were thrilled to hear that the class sold out quickly and even had waiting lists. For those who were unable to attend the class, Chef Dame wanted to share a delightful dish for spring that he presented to the class.

Warmed Asparagus & Spring Mushroom Salad

Dressing

4 – Egg Yolks

4tsp Lemon Juice

1 tsp Soy Sauce

2 Tbsp + 1 tsp Clarified Butter

Blend all ingredients together to emulsify

Bread Crumbs

1 Stick of Unsalted Butter, melted

2 Cups Panko Bread Crumbs (Japanese bread crumbs)

3 Tbsp Parsley, chopped

Mix melted butter, bread crumb and parsley together

Warmed Vegetables

1 Lb Asparagus, blanched, stalks whole or cut in half

1 Small Red Onion, julienne

2 Cups Assorted Spring Mushrooms, sautéed in butter and seasoned with salt & pepper

8 Slices Cooked Crispy Bacon, chopped or whole slices for garnish

Mâche, Tender Tiny Lettuce Leaves or Italian Parsley Leaves for garnish

To Prepare

Combined bread crumb mixture, asparagus, onion and mushrooms in a large casserole dish and bake at 450°f until nicely browned and slightly crisp.

Divide roasted vegetables and bread crumbs onto four plates and drizzle dressing over salad , garnish each plate with bacon and greens, season with sprinkle of sea salt and fresh ground black pepper.

For Chef Dame’s class hosted at Cellardoor Winery, Winemaker Aaron Peet selected a chilled white wine to be served with this warm salad.

Cellardoor Winery’s Perfect Stranger: Made from the Cayuga white grape, this wine has aromas of beach roses with flavors of juicy pears and a finish that is both spicy and sweet. Perfect Stranger is available at The Villa on Route One now open 11-6 and at The Winery on Youngtown Road, 10 -5. Both locations tasting rooms are open 7 days a week.

Enjoy!

Natasha

I just received the latest copy of Portland Magazine (Maine's Award Winning Magazine!),
and found that The Inn at Ocean's Edge was included in in the "Local Flavor" section of
the April 2009 Issue.  In an article called "Waiter, Can You Bring Me a
View?", Allison Richards profiles over a dozen local "hotels offering
five-star cuisine and drop-dead beautiful views".  The article begins:
"The wonderful thing about Maine's ocean and lakeside hotel restaurants
with wrap around views is, beyond the steaming hot-boiled lobster, the
sweet ears of butter-sugar corn, the strawberry shortcake – or say, at
[petite] dejuener, blueberry muffins true as a morning in July, we are
able to feast our eyes.  That is, the view is the floor show."

Here's
what they say about The Edge Oceanfront Dining, our 4-Diamond restaurant: "… 180 degree view
treats diners to the full expanse of West Penobscot Bat. Looking up to the bay to the east, we showcase the ferry and ferry terminal of Isleboro, Seven Hundred Acre Island, and, of course, the length of Isleboro itself… Local Lincolnville lobster boats pull traps off the beach by day, and the Maine Windjammer Fleet sails by each evening, snuggling into Dark Harbor. Heighten the experience with Fire Roasted Lobster brushed with olive oil, sprinkled with sea salt and roasted in our wood-fired over, followed by Flourless Chocolate Cake S'mores."

Photo by Jessicafm

Herald Gazette, (formerly VillageSoup) our local paper, reports this morning on the "Historic Inns of Rockland Chocolate March" which took place over the weekend:

"Beyond the yummy chocolate delights provided at the Berry Manor Inn,
the Captain Lindsey House Inn, the Granite Inn and the Limerock Inn,
were chocolate demonstrations held throughout the downtown and in
waterfront eateries. The demonstrations ranged from how to make
chocolate candies, chocolate ganache, Irish cream tarts, whoopie pies
and chocolate canolis, to a chocolate Reuben tasting and a hot
chocolate massage."

Mmmm… Bring it on! Too bad The Edge couldn't participate because we're in Lincolnville. Bryan makes a pretty memorable flourless chocolate cake.

-Olga
Innkeeper

Happy to report that the Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Chamber of Commerce has published the newest edition of the annual Jewel of the Maine Coast guide. Applause to publication manager Diane Norton for this newest production! Vacation planner, events calendar, well organized listings in lodging, restaurants, services, etc. – the Jewel is the epitome useful information and accessibility. If you're looking to visit Midcoast Maine for a getaway vacation, this is the place to start.

The Chamber, which also serves as the downtown visitors' center, mails free copies of the Jewel upon request. Inquire at (207)236-4404, or view it as a PDF here.

-Olga

Innkeeper