Page 2: Barred Island, Chef Justin, Castine
November and December 2009
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Our final walk of the day was to Barred Island Preserve. To get to the actual island, you walk across a sandbar that is covered at high tide.
You can walk around the entire little island and back to the sandbar.
Anne is getting ready to take a picture:
The coast around the island:
Sunset has arrived; it comes early in November.
A few other pictures from that day:
We had a fabulous meal at the inn. Their chef, Justin Cherry, made us a special vegetarian meal in celebration of Paul's birthday (wasn't the exact day but close enough). We regret that we didn't take any pictures of the meal. We did write a description of it:
- 1st course: Pumpkin Bisque. A touch sweet, but excellent
- 2nd course: Braised Daikon Radish, Cauliflower Puree, Chioggia Beets. Individually they were just okay. Together, however, they weren't just good, they were great.
- Main course: Beet Risotto with goat cheese, topped with rainbow carrots, golden russet apple, and Chioggia Beets, plus Seared Daikon Radish and Apple Cider Emulsion. Again, everything went together perfectly. The daikon radish almost looked like scallops, with the risotto on one side and the emulsion on the other.
- Wine: Rosso di Montepulciano DOC, Tenuta Di Gracciano Della Seta
- Dessert: pumpkin Bread Pudding, and Chocolate Seduction (a flowerless chocolate 'puck' with hazelnuts and chocolate sugar powder).
Chef Justin is now in South Carolina, and his passion is historical re-enactment cooking.
The following day (Monday) was rainy, which didn't lend itself to taking many pictures. We drove around seeing various places, and spent some time in Castine. The Maine Maritime Academy is in Castine.
There are also some old forts, nothing but earthworks left now: Fort George and Fort Madison. These pictures are from Fort Madison.
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