Rosemont Market & Bakery is the proud recipient of the Neighbor of the Year award from The My Place Teen Center in Westbrook. MPTC is an incredible free, year-round organization with a mission “to provide a safe haven for youth, ages 10 – 18, sustaining them with comfort, meals, resources and hope.” Their goal being, “all youth…
From the beginning, Rosemont’s principal goal has been supporting Maine’s local food system. Fifteen years ago, when we opened our first market on Brighton Avenue, we would walk the rows of the Portland Farmer’s Market and invite farmers to sell us what was left from that day’s haul….
This story originally appeared in the Deering Squirrel. Simon Williams has been staring at the wall and dreaming. A Portland native, the young Ocean Avenue Elementary School art teacher has had his eyes on the long brick expanse of Rosemont Market’s Brighton Avenue store for years. Williams dreamed of a community…
Extraordinary peaches grown by heirloom peach champion David “Mas” Matsumoto are now available in all Rosemont stores. These are mouth watering peaches selected for eating, not storage. “In the heart of California’s Central Valley, a vast expanse of orchards, vineyards, and vegetable fields, lies a small collection of…
Thank you Colles Stowell (One Fish Foundation) for a terrific conversation around our bakers’ tables this past Saturday night. In Of Pollock and Presentation, he writes: “I like a good discussion. That is my goal every time I walk into a classroom. I want students regardless of age…
“The more we can do to encourage people to make a meal a social, family or communal event, the better.” That’s our own Chef Bryan Dame quoted in a recent interview with the Deering Center/Rosemont neighborhood print and web publication Deering Squirrel. Bryan and students from the class…
PORTLAND PRESS HERALD MARCH 26, 2016 OPINION:PORT CITY POST by Jolene McGowan Thank you to Jolene McGowan and the Portland Press Herald for this mention of our Meet Your Maker dinner with Lisa Webster of North Star Sheep Farm. Here’s an excerpt from McGowan’s post; read the full post…
Excerpt from a review of our new dinner series by Christopher Papagni, The Portland Phoenix Pagagni writes, “When we think about food, so many things come to mind; where our food comes from, when we should eat it, where we should eat it, and with whom we should…