Margaret Hathaway – författare

The ultimate guide to Maine's food scene provides the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate local culinary offerings. Written for residents and visitors alike to find producers and purveyors of tasty local specialties, as well as a rich array of other, indispensable food-related information including: food festivals and culinary events; specialty food shops; farmers' markets and farm stands; trendy restaurants and time-tested iconic landmarks; and recipes using local ingredients and traditions.

Maine's cultural and culinary heart, Portland is a buzzing and energetic food community. Widely considered to have one of the country's most vibrant food scenes, in 2009 Portland was named "America's Foodiest Hometown" by Bon Appetit. The city offers a diverse culinary landscape--from classic seafood to Oaxacan to Korean to Milanese--and its devotion to farm-to-table cuisine is undeniable given that the Portland Farmers' Market, the country's oldest continually operating market of its kind, has thrived here for over 200 years. With recipes for the home cook from over 50 of the city's most celebrated restaurants and showcasing around 100 full-color photos featuring mouth-watering dishes, famous chefs (including James Beard nominees), and lots of local flavor, Portland, Maine Chef's Table is the ultimate gift and keepsake cookbook for both tourists and Mainers.

Many people dream of leaving the workaday world for a life of simplicity and freedom, and Margaret Hathaway and her then-boyfriend Karl did just that. In The Year of the Goat, the reader can jump in the “goat mobile” with them as they ditch their big-city lifestyle to trek across forty-three states in search of greener pastures and the perfect goat cheese. Along the way, the reader is introduced to a vivid cast of characters—including farmers, breeders, cheese makers, and world-class chefs—and discovers everything there is to know about goats and getting back to the land. But readers beware: When it comes to goat cheese, it can be love at first bite.