Tom Amend Presents A Piano Recital a Program of Bach, Bartók, Haydn and Chopin Sunday, July 18 at 4:00pm to 5:30pm St. Paul Lutheran Church 1123 Washington Street Gloucester, Ma For more information on Tom’s Piano Recital or for Piano Lessons you can contact Tom by clicking on the links below .http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1664986272 tomamend@comcast.net [...]
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Offloading Barnacle Encrusted Lobster Gear For Cleaning
Jul 1st, 2010 by Joey posted in Good Morning Gloucester
I took these shots with my new cameraphone The HTC EVO. It tends to over saturate pictures and isn’t nearly as good a camera as my Sony DSC H20 but the beauty of it is that I can take a picture and post it to the blog in mere seconds. That is how I got [...]
Music Series Coming To The “Meetinghouse in the Gloucester U.U. Church
Jul 1st, 2010 by Joey posted in Good Morning Gloucester
Hi Joey, Here’s a poster and some words about a music series coming to the “Meetinghouse in the Gloucester U.U. Church ” Every Friday evening in July (Beginning July 2nd) — at 8:00 pm — the “Meetinghouse” will be alive with a cappella music. Overboard is a group of 6 singers who met [...]
Hi Joey, Great blog at GMG, many thanks. I was wondering if you could remind your readers about the YMCA sailing program in the harbor this summer (as you did last year). The details are below, and I’ve attached a picture. Many thanks! Jim Youth Sailing Camp Summer Rec Program Ages: 8-15 Session Length: One [...]
Some Photos From Fiesta Weekend From Rockportorican
Jul 1st, 2010 by Joey posted in Good Morning Gloucester, Uncategorized
From Donna Ardizzoni- Hi All Just a reminder about Saturday am. Time: 8:00 AM Where: Bottom of Stage Fort Park on the Blvd. When: Saturday July 3, 2010 Please bring gloves.. we want to make the city shine for the Horribles Parade and the Fourth of July….. It would be great to see as many [...]
Coming in July: A Delicious Bit of Cape Ann History!
Jul 1st, 2010 by Kathleen Valentine posted in Parlez Moi Blog
In 1929 Melissa McMeekin Collins drove in an old Model T car to Rockport, Massachusetts with her daughter Melissa Collins Smith to look at a blacksmith forge that had been advertised for sale in the New York Times. Melissa McMeekin Collins had the idea of fashioning a restaurant modeled after a then-famous London establishment where steaks, chops, and seafood were cooked over the forge and diners enjoyed the bohemian atmosphere of an old blacksmith shop with wagon wheel light fixtures and cast iron antiques of a passing age decorating the rustic walls…
Thus begins Melissa Smith Abbott’s new book, The Legacy of Three Melissas: Authentic and Original Cape Ann Recipes and it is an amazing book! Between 1929 and 2002 Melissa Collins Smith (Melissa #2) carried on the tradition begun by her mother, Melissa McMeekin Collins (Melissa #1) of good food and lovely environments. Now, Melissa Smith Abbott (Melissa #3), the grand-daughter of Melissa #2, has written a combination history book/cookbook/family memoir which chronicles the businesses run by her grandmother and great-grandmother. The book contains essays, vintage photography, contemporary photography, memorabilia, and, of course, recipes — nearly 300 of them. All from some of Cape Ann’s finest culinary institutions.
The book is divided into six sections each packed with information and recipes. Chapter 1 – The Blacksmith Shop tells the story of one of Rockport’s favorite restaurants and includes recipes for some Blacksmith Shop specialties like Frozen Ginger Ale Salad, Mushroom Turnovers and Ice Cream Swans. Chapter 2 – The Faraday Inn features instructions for their once-popular afternoon teas and Faraday Hunt Club Buffet Specialties. Chapter 3 – The Cable House B&B offers recipes for their delicious muffins and tea breads.
Perhaps the most interesting chapter for locals is Chapter 4 – The Anadama Bakery which Melissa #2 and her husband founded and ran until 1970. The original Anadama Bread recipe is included as well as recipes for using it.
Chapter 5 – The Easterly Inn is of particular interest to Gloucester residents because that inn is now the local Elks club. There are dozens of recipes for salads, appetizers, desserts, etc. including their famous popovers. The book concludes with a Chapter 6 – Melissa Abbott’s Present Day Cape Ann Recipes. Some of the recipes have been collected from old recipe boxes the author purchased from antique dealers around New England. They include Sally Lunn, Finnish Nisu, Watermelon Salsa and Lobster Pie.
I’m so lucky to be involved with this project! After she saw my recently published cookbook, Fry Bacon. Add Onions, Melissa #3 contacted me and asked for my help in organizing, designing, and preparing a cookbook idea she had. We met and she told me the story of her grandmothers. For weeks we gathered and sorted her recipes, scanned old menus, postcards, bread wrappers, and vintage photographs and other memorabilia from her grandfather’s collection. Melissa #3 began writing while I began designing. I would send her emails saying, “we need more information on this” or “we need more photos of that” and she would set to work supplying me with all the wonderful stuff that is in this book.
I’m sending the book off to press today and within a couple weeks it will be available. The book will be available locally at Cape Ann Historical Museum, The Building Center Gift Shop among other places and Melissa #3 will be doing a presentation on her book at the Sandy Bay Historical Society in October. I’m working on the web site now!
I’m just delighted with the way this book has turned out — can’t wait to see the real thing. This is a very tasty part of local history.
Thanks for reading.
SUNSET SHOW on the deck at CAPTAIN CARLOS with Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents
Jul 1st, 2010 by Joanne posted in Good Morning Gloucester
WHEN: Sunday, July 4th from 4pm – 7pm WHERE: 27-29 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA COST: no cover / all ages Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents will be performing three sets of girl group standards and originals at Captain Carlos this Sunday, July 4th from 4pm – 7pm. Sunset show outside [...]
Filed under: Fishermen Profiles, gloucester, lobster, Working Boats Tagged: Captain Joe and Sons, Dog and I, Lobstermen, Mark Ring, Oyster
GMG- Inside the Numbers Stats From June 28th 19,585 views
Jul 1st, 2010 by Joey posted in Good Morning Gloucester, Uncategorized
Here are the top ten items that were directly clicked on for June 28th Anyone know the population of Gloucester? I believe it’s just over 20,000. The next goal would be to have more views than the number of people in Gloucester. Viewership records just keep falling as GMG sees steady increases month after month. [...]
12 Bearskin Neck Rockport, MA 01966-1653 I added The Bean and Leaf Cafe To The GMG Eat Your Way Around Cape Ann In Pictures Map Here Filed under: Eats Tagged: Ann Kershaw, Bean and Leaf Cafe, Eats, Rockport Coffee Shop
These have attached themselves to Trapper John’s Traps Filed under: Beautiful Industry, Marine Industrial Flowers Tagged: Barnacle Bouquets, Beautiful Industry, Marine Industrial Flowers
Seine Boat Race Start From The Top Of The Ferris Wheel Video
Jul 1st, 2010 by Joey posted in Good Morning Gloucester
I bet you’ve never seen the Seine Boat Races Like This! Thanks for watching Filed under: Saint Peter’s Fiesta, Video Tagged: Good Morning Gloucester, Greasy Pole, M4H07907, Saint Peter’s Fiesta, seine boat races, Video
The News From Rocky Neck –From Judy Robinson Cox
Jul 1st, 2010 by Joey posted in Good Morning Gloucester
On the Neck THURSDAY, July 1: Nights on the Neck Three Billy Goats Gruff,You and Me Puppets John N. Morris, author of Alone at Sea: Gloucester in the Age of the Dorymen (1623-1939), will speak about his 10 years of research into Gloucester’s fishing history, a project sparked by a personal quest to learn more [...]
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