Thank you!

This cookbook would not have been possible without the following people

Very Very Special thanks to: Leslie Oster, Donna Loring, Darren J. Ranco, Nancy Harmon Jenkins, Sandy Oliver, Jim Hanna, Abusana 'Micky' Bondo, Marge Kilkelly, Jane Harmon Carr, Cynthia Finnemore Olin, Christine Burns Rudalevige, Robert Bernheim, Dean Lunt, Samantha Hoyt Lindgren, Mark Germer, Nina Interlandi Bell,, Ashley Halsey, and Amy Paradysz.

Early on, our excitement about this project was reinforced by the reception it received. Thank you to Dave Cheever, Mary Herman, Governor Janet Mills, Sherri Stevens and Eric Blom at Hannaford; Susan Sharon, Jennifer Rooks, Cindy Han and Cory Morrissey at Maine Public; Micki Mullen at the Maine Office of Tourism; Charlene Williams; Hannah Carter at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension; Amanda Beal, Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry; and Nancy McBrady, Bureau Director of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources.

Tremendous thanks to everyone who contributed to the Kickstarter campaign and made this book possible:

Abbe Levin; Alessandra Dreyer; Alexis Muskie; Alice Adams Melcher; Alisha Goldblatt & Zach Heiden; Amanda Beal; Amanda Roberson Austin; Amos E. Orcutt; Amy Austin; Amy B. Fagan; Amy E. Waterman; Amy L. Reams; Amy Wight Chapman; Andrew Molboski; Angela M. Morse; Ann Isobel Arnold; Anne Manning; Anonymous; Arthur Turcotte; Ashley Ferrer; Audrey & Q. Seddon; Avery Yale Kamila; B. Gunvaldsen; Barbara Bell Sturtevant; Barbara Hamilton; Beth Compton Interlandi; Beth Lubetkin; Betsy & Bob Gans; Betty Henriques; Blake Perkins; Bob Dodge; Bob Goodman; Bonnie M. Webber; Brenda Athanus; Brenda Kerr; Brenda Maxfield; Brenda Scott; Brian and Caity Hunt; Brian and Susan Starbird; Briana Alling Hogan Alman; Bridget Dickson; Brittany Cook; Bruce & Nancy Schatz; C. O'Connor; C.A.Prasch; Caleb & Jim Gerritsen; Carie Marie Wingert; Carla Suel; Carmen Harris; Carolyn Hardman; Caryn Crasnick- Maloney; Celestial Goldsmith; Chad Conley; Charlene Williams; Chip and Lisa Leighton; Chris Albee; Christine Burns Rudalevige; Christine O'Donnell; Claudette Rossignol; Claudia Hawkes; CSpaulding; Cynthia Finnemore Olin; Cynthia Graubart; Cynthia Mines & Toby Stucky; Cynthia P. Sherman; Dan & Kathy Camann; Dave & Hollye Seddon; Dave Hackman; David A. Sinclair; David and Dawn Homa; David Buchanan; David Ewick; David M. Grover; David Pearson; Dawn Frankfurt; Deb Harris; Deborah Bedard Ward; Debra K. Dean; Delbert Spine; Diana, Christopher, and Oswald Worcester Jr.; Diane A. Dostie; Diane Albano Vanpelt; Donna Currie; Donna L. Lambert; Donna Thomson; Donnell P. Carroll; Doris Harrison; Dorothy Adams; Dorothy T. Speed; Dragonfly Cove Farm; Duncan Ness; Dustin Rowles; E. Stanley; Elaine Bragdon; Elise, Archie, and Harry; Elizabeth & Robert Stoddard; Elizabeth Ansley; Elizabeth DeWolfe; Elizabeth Upham; Ellen Sylvia; Emery; Emily Beck; Enid Schatz & David Mitchell; Erik D. W. Greven; Erin Fitzimmons; Esther Martin-Ullrich; Ethan Welty; Evan J. Johnson; Fae & Jon Spath; Four Star Fresh; Gabrielle Lee Graham; Gail Gardner; Gibson Fay-LeBlanc; Glenn Baker; Gloria M. Boudreau; Hannah Maguire; Harvey Hatch; Heather Kiernan; In loving memory of Mary W. Sawyer; In memory of Edith Hill; Iva A Carroll; J + L Vine; J. Gunwaldsen; Jace Cooke; Jackie and Larry Vine; Jake Austin; Jake Metzler; James Greene, MD; Jamie L Gordon; Janelle Surace; Janice Gregg; Jasmine & Charlie Clayton; Jay and Kerri Buchholz; Jeanine Hathaway; Jeff Kirlin; Jennifer Pride Collins; Jennifer Wardwell; Jenny Stevens; Jessica Pantazelos; Jim Risner; Joan Levy; Joanne Anable; Jody Fein; Joel & Patty Robertson; Joel Miller; Jonathan LaBonte; Josef Kijewski; Josh, Samantha & Coby; Joy Ash; Joy Krinsky; Joyce Godsey; Julia Merriam; Juliette Denis Athanus; Kate Fitzgerald; Katherine; JB Simpson; Kathleen Benson; Kathleen Dunbar Later; Kathryn Langlois; Kim Hamilton; Kim Moore; Kimberly A. Hokanson; Kimberly Calderon; King Heiple; Kira, Kirk, Kennedy, and Anthony Reed; Kosta Psiakis; Krista Crommett; Kristi Gagne; Larissa Crockett; Lauren A. Carter; Lauren Cullity Sanford; Lauren Webster; Laurie Spooner; Leslie Oster; Leslie Thorndike; Liana Hawes; Lindsay Crooker-Mazariego; Lisa Botshon and Pete Milligan; Lisa Bradstreet Udelson; Lisa Gray Millimet; Lois Blanchard Widmer; Loraine Washburn; Lori Cheatle; Lori L. Norman; Lori Risner; Lori Schlenker; Lorna Mae Gordon; Luanne D Pachios; Lucky D'Ascanio; Luke Lorrimer; Lura Dell Barter Bell; Lynn Martin; Lynne Holland; Maria DiGiusto O'Neill; Marian Albee; Marianne Dodge; Marjorie Murray-Ure; Mark D. Grover; Martha L. Hadley; Martha A. Speed; Mary Merriam; Maryli and David Tiemann; Matt & Sara Gagnon; Matt Florell; Matt Hokanson; Matthew Pelletier & Family; Maureen A. Pease; Maybelle A. Blanchard; Melissa Bailey - In Honor of Her Mom, Barbara; Melissa A. Clark; Michael and Selena Conley; Michael Haselton; Michaela Paramo; Michele Metzler; Mildred Crocker; Molly Bogart; Mona Li; Morgan Bleimeyer; Muriel E. Sayward; Nancy Markovsky; Nancy Wanderer & Susan Sanders; Natasha Baker; Neil K. Carroll; Nicole and Eric Sawyer; Nicole C. Castonguay; Nikki Erdman; Nikki G.; Nina Interlandi Bell; Noel Symons; Noni Strauss; Pajiba; Pam and Mike Sherrill; Pam, John & Chloe; Pamela Elder; Pat Woodard Havener; Patricia Eltman; Patricia L. Campbell family; Patricia L. Messier; Patt Murphy; Paul Greene; Paula Stewart; Pauline A Gudas; Peggy O’Connor; Percy Rossignol; Persis L. Thorndike; Peter Hertzmann; Phoebe Schilla; Rachel Harrington-Levey; Rachel Kahn- Troster; Rachel Lyn Rumson; Rachel Melcher Tremblay; Randy Hatch; Reade and Martha Brower; Red Stove Farm & Provisions; Renee Fay-LeBlanc; Rob Schatz; Robert Bernheim; Robert J.C. Buchanan III; Robyn Ferland Norton; Ron & Sheryl Adams; Ronnie Weston; Rosanne Graef; Ross; Ruby Rose Wright; Sam Hayward; Samantha Cote; Samson Graber; Sandy Nadeau Crockett; Sara Kahn- Troster and David Freidenreich; Sara Levensohn; Sarah Ferriss; Sarah Kaleko; Scarlet Peachey; Scott DeWolfe; Sean and Melodie Keating; Seth A. Reed; Shannon Sinkin; Sharon Freed; Sharyn Peabody; Sherrie Koocher Schatz and Stanley Schatz; Sofie Westra; Solwin Family; Sonia James; Sonja Ferris Florman; Sophia Inman; Spencer Droggitis; Spiros Droggitis; Steamboat Shire; Stella Stanley; Stephen Howe; Stephen Malarick; Steve Lewis; Steve London; Sue Sturtevant; Susan Bean; Susan Damm; Susan Greven “Vayda; Susan C. Koch; Susan N. Wagner; Susan Rottmann; Suzanne Trussell and Joseph A. Stupak, Jr.; Tara & Ashley Ingalls-Pratt; Tara L. Back; Taryn Kelley; Tatyana Herron; Taylor Jordan; Ted Kelleher; Teresa Close; Teri L. Willmore; The Allenby Family; The Cook Family; The Davis Family; The Green Hand Bookshop; The Mysterious Backer 'X'; the Okolita/Newbury family; The Phelan Family; Tin Pan Bakery; Town of Woodstock; V. Ness; Victoria Earl Simpson; Whitney Raymond; William Ginn; Winter Wren; Yasuko Hatano Collier; Yeto’s; and all the unnamed cooks.

Huge thanks to all of our business sponsors — we could not have done this without your support: 

Lobster Bake: Maine Office of Tourism; Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 

Clam Bake: Hannaford; Miranda Restaurant Group; Stonewall Kitchen; Wyman’s 

Grange Hall Dinner: Maine Credit Unions; Maine Public; Sherman’s Books

Bean Pot Supper: Austin Street Brewery; Bixby & Co.; The Cryer; Dirigo Food Safety; The Holy Donut; Home Remedies; Law Offices of Joe Bornstein; Luke's Lobster; Norway Savings Bank; Now You're Cooking; Oakhurst Dairy; The Press Hotel; University of Maine Cooperative Extension; Wilbur’s of Maine 

Seafood Platter: Bar Harbor Foods; Dean's Sweets; Maine Harvest Federal Credit Union; Maine Farm & Sea Cooperative; Maine Farmland Trust; Maine Grains; Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association; Lee Auto Mall; Lorne Wine; LT’s; Rose Foods; Sebago Lake Trading Company 

Blueberry Pie: Maine Food for Thought Tours; Print: A Bookstore; SKORDO; York County Community College

Special thanks to: Sarah Alexander; Justin Alfond; Rachel Ambrose; Roxanne Ames; Jake Austin; Nate Bergeron; Dean Bingham; Ben Bornstein; Julia Bretz; Jeff Buchhalter; Scott Budde; Jennifer Burke; Patrick Carroll; Pam Chamberlain, Josh Christie; Jennifer Pride Collins; Chad Conley; Ben Conniff; Colleen Craig; Charles Crosby; Jeff Curtis; Emily Eckhardt; Jean English; Heather Fear; Lauran Franciose; Katy Green; Leigh Hallett; Sarah & Bryce Hatch; Lynne Holland; Carson James; Anne Karonis; Amber Lambke; Adam Lee; Ashley Martin; Krista Marvel; Sam May; Kate and Donna McAleer; Joshua Miranda; Michele Pfannenstiel; Matthew Robertson; Emily Russo; Ellen Sabina; Mike Sansing; Dave Seddon; Erin Sheehan; Deb Taylor; Bill Toomey; Andy Wilbur.

Finally, huge thanks to all the amazing Mainers who opened their homes, family cookbooks, recipe boxes, and family photo albums to us:

Abby Dunlap; Adam Hill; Ali Waks Adams; Alice Lynch; Allison Salisbury; Amanda Austin; Amber Lambke; Amos Orcutt; Amy Wight Chapman; Andrea Martin; Andrew Volk; Andy Wilbur; Angela Lundquist; Angelique Bitshiluala; Ann Sloatman; Anne Ashby Theriault; Anne D. Williams; Antonia Small; Arlene Goldstein; Attapol Sookma; Avery Kamila; Ben Diaz; Beto Guimaraes; Betsy Harding; Bill Nemitz; Billy Doukas; Brenda Athanus; Brenda Bourgoine; Brenda Broder; Brenda Kerr; Brenda Maxfield; Brett Johnson; Briana Alman; Byrd Wood; Caitlin Hunter; Carla Gilley; Carlene Hill Byron; Carlotta Keene; Carol Tanner Proctor; Carol Walsh; Carolyn Kelley; Caryl McIntire Edwards; Cate Orser; Cathleen Baylis Schwartz; Chad Conley; Cherie Scott; Chris Hart; Christine McDuffie; Christine Rudalevige; Christopher D'Amico; Cindi Cobb Annis; Cindy Colon; Claire Breton; Claudette Rossignol; Craig Sipe; Cynthia Dunbar; Cynthia Finnemore Simonds; Cynthia Palmer Sherman; Cynthia Scholar-Kellis; Cynthia Snow; Daphne Sanders; David and Maryli Tiemann; Dawnela Sheehan; Deborah Ladd; Debra Wallace; Dan Dostie; Diane Dostie; Diane Mann; Donna and Kate Mcaleer; Donna Dwyer; Donna Johnson; Donna Lambert; Doreen Duke; Elaine Baker; Elaine Luce; Elise Richer; Elizabeth DeWolfe; Elizabeth Stanton; Ellen Barnes; Ellen Densmore Booker; Ellen Farnsworth; Ellen Wood; Eric Houts and Susan Flynn; Eric Kangas; Erik Nielsen; Faye Luppi; Frances Harlow Clukey; Gail Ward; Gamana Yarow; Ginger Patterson; Heather Paquette; Heidi Symonds; Helena Strang; Henny Van Der Scheer; Hester Gilpatric; Islesford Historical Society; Jacalyn Mitchell; Jake Austin; Jake Metzler; James Marshall; James White; Jamie Gordon; Jane C. Legard; Jane Cleaves McKenna; Janelle Rhodeback; Jason and Lori Candelora; Jay Tall; Jayne Farrin; Jeanann Pollard; Jeff Holden; Jennifer Scism; Jim Birkett; Jo Cameron; Jodie Mosher- Towle; John Bennett; John Bunker; John Kouronis; John Wilson; Jose Azel; Juanita Cuellar Nichols; Judith Ames Legendre; Judith Ripley; Julia Bailin; Julie Greene; Julie Terray; June LaCcombe; Karen Ellis; Karen Lancaster Morrill; Karen Soderberg Hinchliffe; Kate Fitzgerald; Kate Morin; Katherine Crosson; Katherine McGee Wilson; Kathy Gunst; Katie Murphy; Katina Stanwood; Kimberly Parsons; Kira Reed; Krista Kern Desjarlais; Krista Marvel; Larissa Crockett; Laura McCandlish; Lauren Webster; Laurie Taylor; Liana Hawes; Linda Labbe; Linda Morris; Linda Perry; Linda Russell; Lisa Millimet; Lois Blanchard Widmer; Lois Widmer; Lori Risner; Louis Fontaine; Louisa Edgerton; Lyle Hall; Lynne Holland; Margaret Harris; Margaret Stevens; Margie Kelly; Marilyn Meyerhans; Mark Messer; Marnie Reed Crowell; Martha Hadley; Martha McSweeney Brower; Martha Speed; Mary Anne Libby; Mary Drymon Derose; Mary Herman; Mary Jane LeCours; Matt Pelletier; Maureen Pease; Maya Flores; Melanie Wilson; Melissa Bailey; Michael Ball; Michael Pander; Michele Pfannenstiel; Millie Stewart; Mimi Gough; Nahlah Alsafar; Nancy Harmon Jenkins; Nancy McLaughlin; Nancy Wanderer; Nicole Castonguay; Nikki Gregory Erdman; Norma Dionne; Norma Salway; Norman Sullivan; Pam Russell; Patsy Messier; Patty Hymanson; Patty Pendergast; Paul Denckla; Paula Hopkins Dayboch; Paula Moore; Peggy O'Connor; Peter Berry; Phoebe Schilla; Phyllis Pruett; Phyllis Siebert; Poland Spring Resort; Rachel Boyango Likabe; Rachel Henderson; Rachel Tremblay; Randy Hatch; Representative Jared Golden; Representative Chellie Pingree; Rhea Cote; Rita Buckley; Rob Dumas; Robert Bernheim; Robert Kollmar; Robyn Norton; Rolande Lachapelle; Ronica Richardson; Ronnie Weston; Rosalie Colby; Rosanne Graef; Ruth Ristich; Sally Foster; Sally Trice; Sally Walker; Sam Hayward; Sandy Oliver; Sara Jenkins; Sav Sengsavang; Senator Susan Collins; Sharon Bresler; Sheila Vaillancourt; Spiros Droggitis; State Prisoner Matthew; Stephen Dunham; Stephen King; Steve Peer; Steven Quattrucci; Sue Sturtevant; Susan Damm; Susan Goodwillie Stedman; Susan Koch; Susan Sanders; Susan Spector; Susan Vayda; Suzanne Trussell; Sylvia Pease; Sylvia Sim; Teresa Myers; The humble Farmer; Tyna Merdek; Ulla Meir; United Society of Shakers; Vanessa Seder; Vesta Rand; Vicki Doudera; Vicki Simpson; Victor Trodella; Wendy Thompson; Wes Judge; William Ginn.