Local food reviewer James Fereira visits your favorite local eateries and shares all the good with a little snark.
Layne’s Wine Gig WEN AT 20: Thoughts on food and wine By Layne V. Witherell The tourist is led; the traveler seeks. -Todd Kliman, food critic We have lived in the West End long enough to try... Read more
Layne’s Wine Gig Presents NEW FARM TO TABLE By Layne V. Witherell Just stepping inside the new Batson River Brewing and Distilling on 82 Hanover Street in Portland is a total revelation in w... Read more
LAYNE’S WINE GIG FLYING UNDER THE RADAR By Layne V. Witherell Our oddest Sunday brunch experience ever (and we go out almost weekly) occurred a few years ago when we decided at the las... Read more
The Portland Palate Farewell to Food By James Fereira Goodbyes and transitions are never easy. Sometimes they are by choice, sometimes by circumstance, perhaps sometimes a combination of bot... Read more
The Portland Palate Review and Photos by James Fereira When I was asked to write about options this year for procuring a local Thanksgiving meal, I incorrectly assumed that the mission would... Read more
The Portland Palate Dining Al Fresco in a New World By James Fereira As a food writer, it’s been hard to know what and how to write about eating out during a pandemic. We try all the angles... Read more
The Portland Palate Food Truck Craze Review and Photos by James Fereira It’s summer. The weather’s been beautiful and we’re outdoors again, defying Covid and the ever-present danger which th... Read more
THE PORTLAND PALATE Portland Farmers Market252 years of excellence in fresh, local produce Review and Photos by James Fereira Summer in Maine is finally here. Along with it comes the superfl... Read more
The Portland Palate Review and Photos by James Fereira I begin my July review on local takeout with a correction and apology about last month’s bio. I referenced living alone but should have... Read more
The Portland Palate Survival & Simulation Review & Photos By James Fereira This month, I’m not actually going to write about food, which seems antithetical to the core idea of a food... Read more
