The West End News Food & Travel section. Local reviewer James Fereira visits your favorite local eateries and shares all the good with a little snark. And West End independent travel agent Nancy Dorrans takes readers around the world in search of adventure.
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
The Portland Palate Review and Photos by James Fereira We are living in frightening and uncertain times. While there is little consensus on much of anything else, at least on this it seems w... Read more
Worldly Biological Phenomenon… By Nancy Dorrans – Originally published April, 2020 in The West End News edition I learned so much recently, listening to Court Whelan, Ph.D., Natural Ha... Read more
Celebrating and sharing successes and blessings… By Nancy Dorrans – Originally Published in The West End News, February, 2020 Adventure Marketplace was founded in the spring of 2... Read more
By Nancy Dorrans (originally published March 2020 in The West End News) “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he find... Read more
By Nancy Dorrans (originally published January 2020 in The West End News) If someone asked me a few months ago to tailor a trip to Poland, I would have asked… why Poland? However, this... Read more
THE PORTLAND PALATE King of the Roll 675 Congress Street, Portland, ME | 207-828-8880 Review and Photos by James Fereira There is no doubt that Portland’s food scene has encountered an explo... Read more