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Chef Abby Freethy

“Light lingers later in the day and we relish any glimpse of our impending renewal. It has been a long winter here and the great thaw is at hand and ever so welcome. We all dream a little about warmer weather, planting gardens, time on the lake, winning the ice out pool and perhaps entertaining friends with fresh new foods and libations.

Lets face it we have all spent a third more for fuel this winter and gas prices are not likely to plummet any time soon and even if they did we are still trying to get caught up. I predict a spike in household entertaining this spring and summer and I am here to kick off the culinary madness with some invigorating and delectable recipes.

Cooking for and with friends should be a fun, lighthearted labor of love. I know from being a chef of almost fifteen years that your food directly reflects your mood, if you are happy your food will be happy. After all if you really think of it, cooking is in essence a way to communicate and nurture. It brings families together, communities to gather and first dates to happen.”

To learn what delightful recipes Chef Abby Freethy has prepared, turn to page 54 in the May/June edition of Up North Magazine.

Lakeshore Cruisers

Passion, Persistence and Patience - three words you gotta be very familiar with if you’re going to get involved in the restoration of old cars. The process is so incredibly painstaking. The hours and hours you can spend bringing old Nelly back to her spiffy showroom self, can actually translate into years. You can spend a fortune, not only on car parts, but on the machinery you need to make restoration possible. Needless to say, you gotta be dedicated.

Let’s say you have fallen in love with a 1956 Chevrolet Coupe. You found one out in the back pasture and you think you can get her back on the road. Did you know you can actually find new parts for this classic and there are companies that specialize in just that? It’s an amazing world out there, and those intrepid car buffs and shade- tree restorers will do whatever it takes to bring the beauty back to their beloved classic vehicle.

Take a test drive with the Lakeshore Cruisers, a car club based out of the Moosehead lake Region. See page 60 of the May/June edition of Up North Magazine.

Rich D'aigle

Strange as it may seem, Greenville, Maine has a close connection with one of the most remarkable guitarists ever - Belgian gypsy Django Reinhardt, who, along with violinist Stephane Grappelli, riveted their European audiences with sensational jazz-inspired swing. This all happened back in 1934, when Paris was considered a musical hub. Their group of four musicians was called The Quintet of the Hot Club.

Because of a devastating fire, Django had lost the use of three of his fingers on the left hand - the hand used for fretting the chords along the neck of the guitar. He was able to compensate however, and that contributed to the unique sound he produced. The snappy rags and rhythms he played in concert with Stephane’s easy swinging violin had people jumping to their feet and dancing all across Europe and the USA as well.

Approximately fifty years later, Greenville native Rich D’aigle, then a music major at the University of Maine in Augusta, stumbled upon a 1930 recording of Django from an old “live” radio broadcast. For more see Page 12 of the May/June 2008 Up North Magazine.

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