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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Camp Liberty at King and Bartlett
For well over a hundred years King and Bartlett has been a place of peace, enjoyment and exceptional outdoor opportunities and experiences in Maine’s Great Northwoods.
Camp Liberty at King and Bartlett begins a new chapter in the storied and unique history of this special place. This 501c-3 non-profit corporation will provide a classic Maine sporting camp experience to a wide range of deserving individuals. We will provide a place where the interaction with our natural resources and amenities may be enjoyed by veterans, children, the elderly and those suffering from chronic illness. Additionally, we will also reward and celebrate both individuals and groups who have overcome challenges in their own journeys yet now strive to enhance the lives of others.
Camp Liberty at King and Bartlett proudly offers a remote lakeside compound providing comfortable amenities, warm hospitality and abundant natural resources. We are seeking opportunities and partnerships with individuals and private sector businesses to join us as we assist the missions and goals of other similarly focused non-profit organizations at our 46,000 acre paradise in the North Maine Woods. It is also our goal to demonstrate and teach the necessity of conserving and enjoying our natural heritage by practice and mission so that our constituencies, program participants and future generations may benefit.
Camp Liberty at King and Bartlett proudly offers a remote lakeside compound providing comfortable amenities, warm hospitality and abundant natural resources. We are seeking opportunities and partnerships with individuals and private sector businesses to join us as we assist the missions and goals of other similarly focused non-profit organizations at our 46,000 acre paradise in the North Maine Woods. It is also our goal to demonstrate and teach the necessity of conserving and enjoying our natural heritage by practice and mission so that our constituencies, program participants and future generations may benefit.
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A Happy US Army Veteran "Sargent Dave" enjoying his time on the water as part of a group of 18 veterans and volunteers from Project Healing Waters held at Camp Liberty at King and Bartlett on June 17-20th.
A Happy US Army Veteran "Sargent Dave" enjoying his time on the water as part of a group of 18 veterans and volunteers from Project Healing Waters held at Camp Liberty at King and Bartlett on June 17-20th.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Robert’s Maine Grill
Hey fellow Outdoorsies! Take a look at this great post about an up and coming movement of bringing locally grown produce to restaurants tables here in Maine and especially Robert's Maine Grill!
Robert’s Maine Grill Helps To Bridge The Gap Between Field
And Plate
Hello again OutDoorsies! Jeremiah here from Bob’s Clam Hut.
As summer approaches, we can all look forward to fresh, locally grown produce.
Maine has more than 6,000 farms, upwards of 1.25 million acres of farmland and
a quickly growing farm to table movement. At Bob’s Clam Hut and Robert’s Maine
Grill we love to work with local vendors to bring in Maine grown and harvested
products. Two miles up the road from our
restaurants is the Rustlewood/Johnson farm; home of Greenlaw Gardens a small,
vey new, produce farm.
Greenlaw Gardens Owner Rick Greenlaw says the support of
Robert’s Maine Grill enabled him to expand his small Kittery, Maine farm
substantially. This summer Greenlaw Garden’s will be expanding their acreage
10-fold, adding greenhouses and more
vegetable varieties, and Robert’s Maine Grill will take full advantage of the
increased variety and volume of local produce.
Typically, farm to table restaurants are small and very high
end- think Fore Street in Portland or Arrows in Ogunquit, but Robert’s Maine
Grill is striving to change that model. With more than 250 seats, sourcing
enough locally grown produce is a huge challenge for the almost seven year old
restaurant. “When we started Robert’s, the idea was to incorporate the practice
of sourcing our food directly from local farmers and fishermen. We wanted to
get off the Sysco truck. The challenge was finding sources that could
consistently meet our demand.” Said
owner Michael Landgarten when asked about going local.
Robert’s Maine Grill is a two story building that stands in
contrast to the Kittery outlet stores that surround it. Blue clapboard siding
and a faux lighthouse give Robert’s an older, classic Maine feel. The menu has
all the classic Maine seafood restaurant fare – lobsters, haddock, clams and
lobster rolls- with an updated and creative twist. It’s the quintessential
Maine restaurant, and Chef Brandon Blethen’s vision for the menu is a large
reason why. “Growing up in Kittery, I’ve always had ties to local fishermen and
the community. My brother was a fisherman and that was a huge influence in what
food I create. Our cod and littlenecks dish is an example of that. Also my
mother would forage for things like dandelion greens and create amazing food
from that and simple local ingredients. The
food I love has had a traditional Maine influence. I wanted our menu at
Robert’s to reflect that.”
Luckily for Robert’s , Chef Brandon’s friend and local
farmer Rick Greenlaw is just a stone’s throw away. Located on Wilson Road in
Kittery, Greenlaw Gardens was able to supply Robert’s with hundreds of pounds
of produce this past summer despite being a small, two person operation. According to Greenlaw, the partnership with
Robert’s was key in making Greenlaw Gardens viable. “I started in 2010, not having a clue what I was doing, or who would
buy my vegetables. The folks at Robert’s reached out to us, and started buying
whatever I could produce. Now we’re looking at making the farm our sole income,
and this never would have been a remote possibility in our minds had it not
been for the support of Robert’s.”
This summer,
Robert’s Maine Grill plans on sourcing much more of its produce from Greenlaw
Gardens because of the planned expansion of the farm. In 2013 Greenlaw Gardens
will go from a ¼ acre size farm, to having 4 greenhouses and 2 ½ acres of planted crops. Greenlaw and Blethen
worked together to create a crop list that would work for both Robert’s and
Greenlaw Gardens. “The list that
Brandon and I compiled is a comprehensive assortment of root crops, fruiting
crops, and leafy vegetables, as well as a wide assortment of herbs as well.
We’ve selected for over 15 types of tomatoes alone!”
For Robert’s, who already has a table-to-farm composting
program and who hosts two community suppers every week, this is just the next
phase in being a responsible community partner. For Landgarten, it’s partners
in the community that enable Robert’s to reach that goal. “Our notion has
always been to make locally grown produced at the height of freshness with
minimal carbon footprint part of Robert’s. Bringing this to the traditional
large Maine seafood restaurant like Robert’s is a bit of a new frontier. The
Greenlaw’s and other partners of ours have made this possible and we’re very
grateful. It allows us to be the kind of community member we strive to be.”
(Article Submitted by Jeremiah of Robert's Maine Grill)
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Lakeside Camping...
The season is among us now. The time to break out the tents, flashlights, sleeping bags and get out to break away from the winters cabin fever. Finding a location half the battle. Some like the campgrounds and some like getting out in the backcountry to put some distance between civilization for a while. I prefer the distance myself...
This past weekend a few local friends and I did just that. Loaded up the boat and took a trip down Flagstaff Lake to a lake shore campsite. No power, No cable TV, No pho... Alright, a couple cell phones chirped now and then, but you get the idea. I can't think of a better way to spend a couple days or more. During the day we set off on the boat for a little fishing. In the afternoon the campfire was stoked and we sat back and watched the sun set off East Kennebago Mountain. Really, could it get any better?
Sure it can! We had the privilege to meet a couple that had decided to venture out on the lake on their canoe. Fantastic people with a good sense of adventure. Their original plan was to paddle to Hurricane Island (on Flagstaff) but the weekend proved to be rather windy. They made a reasonable decision to camp along with us to save themselves a weekend of paddling. It is funny who you will meet sometimes!
Sure it can! We had the privilege to meet a couple that had decided to venture out on the lake on their canoe. Fantastic people with a good sense of adventure. Their original plan was to paddle to Hurricane Island (on Flagstaff) but the weekend proved to be rather windy. They made a reasonable decision to camp along with us to save themselves a weekend of paddling. It is funny who you will meet sometimes!
Alright, here is the point. Choose to live the dream. You are the only one that can hold yourself back...
Keep pointing North...
Will
PS~ Campfire permits may be needed. Contact the Maine Forest Service for more info.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Who is Emily MacCabe?
Emily MacCabe works for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife and is quite the advocate for outdoor activities, especially fishing! She is also a blogger and shares her stories of adventure while promoting and encouraging Outdoorsies of all ages to get out and enjoy time with friends, family and children. Emily does an excellent job writing and sharing photos of her adventures. She sure does take full advantage of what Maine has to offer!
Read all about it on her blog and be sure to follow and share!
Read all about it on her blog and be sure to follow and share!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Bob's Clam Hut
A fantastic post from Bob's Clam Hut! Summer is getting closer every day! Meet Jeremiah Fitzgerald. He takes care of marketing for Bob's and was able to stealth a little information out the back door just to share with Maine Open Air readers. Jeremiah, strong work!
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Hello fellow Outdoorsies and a big thank you to the Maine Open Air Blog for inviting us to contribute! This will be Bob’s Clam Hut’s first foray into the blogosphere, and we’re very excited to share some of our recipes, cooking techniques and goings on with the readers of Maine Open Air.
When Will first asked us if we wanted to be part of his Maine themed, outdoors blog I thought: Of course! But what on Earth are we going to post about? Bob’s doesn’t have a famous chef and generally we try not to flambé our clams. I finally decided that showcasing what we do best – consistently great clam shack fare in a fun Maine setting- would provide the Open Air readers with an interesting peak behind clam curtain.
Since it’s technically spring (how many feet of snow does Sugarloaf still have?), I thought that sharing a summertime recipe might be in order. Bob’s coleslaw recipe is a tried and true favorite that has been with the restaurant for more than 50 years. It’s a Bob Kraft original, so before I shared it with you all I had to get a special security waver to take it out of the vault and make it public. Coleslaw is picnic table staple and an essential BBQ addition. I hope this recipe makes it to your cookouts this season. Here’s to summer!
PS – I scaled down the recipe for home use, but the photos are of typically sized batches we make at the Clam Hut.
BOB’S CLAM HUT ORIGINAL COLESLAW
Thanks for mixing Rachael!! |
For the Slaw:
2 pounds shredded cabbage
½ pound shredded carrots
For the Dressing:
2 Cups Mayo
6 Tbsp of White Vinegar
1 Tsp Black Pepper
1 Pinch of Salt
½ Cup of Sugar
2 Tsp Celery Seed
½ Tsp Puree Onion
-Combine the mayonnaise and vinegar in a mixing bowl and whisk together until the mixture is smooth.
-Add the salt, pepper, sugar, celery seed and onion. Mix thoroughly.
-Add the dressing to the cabbage and carrot mixture until the coleslaw can hold shape.
And that’s it!
You should now have delicious coleslaw!
(If you ended up with eggs Benedict please go back to step one).
To learn more about Bob’s you can visit our website at www.bobsclamhut.com.
You can also visit us on Facebook and Twitter. (Click Here for More Contact Info)
You can also visit us on Facebook and Twitter. (Click Here for More Contact Info)
Thanks for reading. Eat Clams!
-Jeremiah
Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives show hosted by Guy Fieri visits Bob's !!
(Published especially for Maine Open Air. Many thanks to the contributors!)
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Who loves shopping online?
Everyone of course! Great products at awesome prices that is only a click away. Click "SHOP" on the tool bar and you're off and running to find the gear you need for your outdoor sports. Enjoy!
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