This week, Made in Maine cooks up a tribute to the most popular room in any house, the kitchen. Lou McNally and the crew pull up to Karyl Bannister’s kitchen table in her big white farmhouse overlooking Love’s Cove in Southport to host an episode called “Out in the Kitchen.” Karyl shares the secrets of her successful “Cook and Tell” newsletter, now in its’ 25th year, featuring Maine recipes that are enjoyed by over 1,500 subscribers nationwide. She even gets Lou to do the dishes!
Made in Maine also heads Downeast to Jonesport for a visit to Fitch Farm Kitchen, where Bill and Judy Fitch work from their home to produce wholesome organic jams and spreads, now distributed nationally after only six years in the business. We’ll also sample their newest “hot” product, Bandana Bill’s Blazin’ Hot Sauce, a spicy fruit-based spread sure to make the sweat bead up on your forehead.
If you’re thinking your kitchen could use some sprucing up, then don’t miss this segment on the Kennebec Company in Bath, a company the readers of This Old House magazine call the finest cabinetmaker in the country. Excelling at installing vintage-looking cabinetry into old farmhouses, since 1974 they’ve been making cabinets that look as they though they could have been made in 1774. We’ll chat with co-owner Jeff Peavey and see some the unique designs his company offers to homeowners.
There’s also a brief segment on Will Anderson of Bath, author of over 20 books on everything from baseball to microbrews and owner of his own publishing company, Anderson Publishing. His latest work is called “Lost Diners.” We’d link to his web site so viewers could read excerpts, but he doesn’t have one. Nor does he have e-mail, or even a computer. Mr. Anderson types his books on an IBM Selectric typewriter, then hand-draws illustrations and colors them in crayon before the sending them to the publisher for their interpretation.
