If you live near Acadia National Park (you lucky person), or plan to visit the area, stop in at Pure Maine in Southwest Harbor. Pure Maine is a specialty shop featuring a variety of beautifully crafted products from around the state. They have delectable offerings from several Maine farms that include sauces and marinades, baking mixes and accessories, jams and jellies, and now Rare Berry Farm specialty jams! Not to be missed are their lotions, soaps, woolens, and offerings f

Word is getting out, we added a second retail account in the course of 10 days! Meet Dean's Sweets on Fore Street in the Old Port in Portland. Dean Bingham began making truffles as a past-time to being an architect. His hand-dipped confections are perfection. The smell of chocolate greets you upon entry to their shop and the clean esthetics and lengthy list of truffle flavors is impressive. I tried the dark & stormy which is dark rum and ginger and a Maine sea salt caramel. B

Our jams are creeping up the coast. With Local in Brunswick, and now Maine Street Meats in Rockport, Maine. Some of our more unusual offerings will be available in limited numbers to their patrons. They serve folks living in Camden, Lincolnville, and Rockland. Maine Street Meats is a specialty food shop extraordinaire offering an on site butchery, bakery, and cheeses locally sourced that highlight the best that Maine has to offer. It would be difficult to find a shop anywhere