Gifford’s launches Muddy Bean Boot for L.L.’s 100th

If you’re used to buying Gifford’s Maine Deer Tracks, now you can order some Muddy Bean Boots to go along with it.

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, L.L. Bean is partnering with Gifford’s Ice Cream to create the special-edition flavor. The ice cream, according to Gifford’s, is the company’s Old-Fashioned Vanilla criss-crossed with sweet caramel ripple and tossed with chocolate brownie bites.

A portion of the proceeds from Muddy Bean Boots will be donated to Healthy Hometowns, a non-profit program that promotes active, healthy lifestyles through outdoor recreation.

The new flavor will be for sale at Gifford’s five ice cream stands in Maine beginning Friday, and at 1,500 other locations in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

PORTLAND

Gelato Fiasco celebrates new store with new flavor

The Gelato Fiasco will release a new limited-edition flavor Tuesday, the first day of spring, in honor of Portland and its new store in the Old Port.

Sweet Resurgam Gelato, named for Portland’s motto, will be a burnt sugar almond gelato with swirls of salted caramel and chocolate chips. Resurgam is Latin for “I will rise again,” a reference to the fires that have destroyed the city during its history. The gelato is made with Maine milk and locally-harvested sea salt.

There will only be 2,400 pints of the gelato made, and once they are sold, the flavor will be retired. One dollar from each pint sold will be donated to a national grassroots job-creation program created by the founder of Starbucks called Create Jobs for USA. The Gelato Fiasco received a low-interest loan from the program for its new store at 425 Fore St.

The gelato maker will host a free tasting of the flavor at Rosemont Market on Brighton Avenue from 2 to 5 p.m. March 24. Another tasting will be held at Whole Foods Market from noon to 3 p.m. March 31.

 

French movie nights to resume at Petite Jacqueline

French bistro Petite Jacqueline will resume its free French movie nights on Sunday, but only on certain Sundays throughout the next few months.

The films are played with English subtitles, without sound, during regular dinner service.

The movie this Sunday will be “Delicatessen.” On March 25, the restaurant will show “Children of Paradise.”

In April, the movies will be “La Femme Nikita” (April 1); “Mostly Martha” (April 22) and “Three Men and a Cradle” (April 29).

Petite Jacqueline is located at 190 State St. For more information, call 553-7044.

 

East End Cupcakes marks Girls Scouts’ centennial

East End Cupcakes, 426 Fore St., will be selling cupcakes inspired by Girl Scout cookies in honor of the organization’s centennial.

Over the next month, a different Girl Scout cookie cupcake will be sold each week, and will be available on Mondays and Saturdays only.

The first cupcake, which premiered Monday, is based on Thin Mints. The second cupcake will be based on Peanut Butter Patties, and the third will be inspired by Caramel deLites.

Alysia Zoidas, owner of East End Cupcakes, said she has not yet decided on a fourth flavor.

The cupcakes will sell for $2.50 each, $14.50 per half-dozen or $28 per dozen.

 

Brian Boru, Bull Feeney’s cook up St. Patrick’s fare

Looking for something to do on St. Patrick’s Day besides drinking green beer?

Brian Boru, 57 Center St., will be serving a traditional Irish breakfast beginning at 6 a.m. Saturday.

At Bull Feeney’s, 375 Fore St., Irish food will be served all day, beginning with a traditional Irish breakfast and other fare from 6 a.m. until 2 p.m. From 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., the pub will serve a corned beef and cabbage special, shepherd’s pie, and steak and Guinness pie. Guinness, Harp and Smithwick’s will be on draft, and 24 Irish whiskeys will be available.

 

Flatbread seeks hungry workers for ‘dome raising’

Flatbread Company, 72 Commercial St., is inviting the public to a “dome raising” for its new oven at 4 p.m. today.

The base of the oven has been built. Participants in the dome raising will be mixing clay and hay to make bricks that will form the oven.

Flatbread will bake 50 to 100 pizzas to feed volunteers, and will provide beverages. There may also be live music.

The dome raising is expected to take a couple of hours.

 

‘Meet the Makers’ event features mead and cheeses

Maine Mead Works and Silvery Moon Creamery will hold a special tasting to benefit Wayside Food Programs from 5 to 7 p.m. March 29.

“Meet the Makers” will be held at Maine Mead Works, 51 Washington Ave., and feature HoneyMaker Mead paired with a variety of cheeses.

The suggested donation is $5. A portion of the product sales, along with the entry fee, will be donated to Wayside.

KENNEBUNKPORT

Several food events on tap for Kennebunkport Festival

Tickets are now on sale for the Kennebunkport Festival, which will be held from June 5-9.

The festival includes several food-related events, from intimate, limited-seating dinners in private homes to dinner events at the White Barn Inn and chef Ken Oringer’s restaurant, Earth.

Some of the private dinners in “The Art of Dining” series have already sold out.

For information, go to kennebunkportfestival.com.

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