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Paying the price Nantucketers as a group have no shortage of energy, but the same cannot be said for Nantucket itself. A trip to the gas station has now gone from simply a routine expense to a major purchase. For some, the ramifications of sky-high gas prices and exorbitant fuel costs will be an annoyance, but for many others it may present a choice between buying food, medicines or other basic necessities. On an island where costs are already inflated, the energy problem will be particularly acute and may alter the ability of many people without significant means to stay here. I recently heard the story of an island worker who put almost $100 of gas in his $600 Jeep. High energy prices, especially on Nantucket, are likely to remain a fact of life and one that we are going to have to work around until alternative solutions are found. The question is what can we do about it in the here and now, and what can we do for the future? Quickly making up for decades without a coordinated national energy policy will simply not happen, but voicing our collective displeasure at the voting booth is a good first step. On an individual basis, driving habits will have to change and large SUV’s may become dinosaurs of the roads. Sailboats, bicycles, outdoor clotheslines, buses, Smart cars and walking shoes will become de rigueur. The irony, of course, is that Nantucket, the former oil capital of the world as a result of whaling, is now one of the harshest victims of limited fuel supplies. We finally have no choice but to treat our resources as limited, and we’ll have to find solutions that better work in our environment. The time has come where our habits of limitless consumption are going to have to change and sacrifices will have to be made. In the process of more walking, biking and sailing, however, we may discover more of the natural beauty that Nantucket has to offer.
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Our cover features someone who views the world in truly global terms. Former television medical correspondent, adventurer and Nantucket summer resident Dr. Bob Arnot talks about his international travels, including his recent witnessing of the heartbreaking suffering and violence in Darfur. His experience puts our discomforts into clear perspective.
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Editor’s notes: Our Fall arts issue featured Michael Rich among artists profiled. He now shows his work on Nantucket at Old Spouter Gallery.
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Our Stroll issue gift guide included the Nantucket Bottle Opener, which was created by Rob Morgenstern and is available at nantucketbottleopener.com. In our Early Spring feature on Napa Valley, the group photo of vintners on page 37 was taken at Clos Du Val winery. The background image on that page is of Stelzner Vineyards. The photo of grape vines on page 39 is also from Clos Du Val. The cellar pictured right on page 41 is at Far Niente.
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Accomplishments, milestones and goings on of those who often visit Nantucket or call the island home. In this issue, a look at new summer reads and images from the presidential campaign trail.
Dr. Robert Arnot, MD, has advised thousands of patients, television viewers and readers of his many books on how to stay fit and healthy throughout life. Today, Arnot is sometimes risking his own life by flying into areas of strife around the world for a video record of regional troubles.
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Entering its 13th year this June, Nantucket Film Festival has been a productive meet-up spot for filmmakers and writers. Hear from those who formed successful collaborations while visiting the island and who are screening their results this year.
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Delightful Black-Eyed Susan’s This casual Nantucket bistro wins kudos for its sophisticated and eclectic menu—including it stupendous breakfast—served in a cozy, friendly setting.
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A palate pleasing Polish meal
Fashion-forward islanders Cheryl Fudge, Beth English, Kim Pizzitola and Azra Wilmott-Smith offer their debut look at what’s fashionable to wear for this summer’s garden parties.
Visit the colorful Pig Heaven home of Bruce Korson and Neil Romanski for a hearty Polish meal of kielbasa and other family-style recipes, all served with authentic Polish Vodka.
24 Green View N Magazine’s new regular column on being environmentally smart and sensitive. In this issue, learn ways to grow your garden conscientiously.
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Cover Dr. Bob Arnot wings into Nantucket Airport for a photo session with local lens man Terry Pommett. Read about Arnot’s sometimes dangerous adventures around the world. Above, Pommett’s assistant Jesse Moore and Janet and Allen Morell help Arnot navigate Cisco Beach on crutches.
Your Nantucket garden Whether you’re gardening as a pastime or harvesting your own vegetables, Nantucket’s many garden centers can help you grow your own.
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New heights Manchester Millrats B-Ball players Charles Mason, Ronald Wright, Rashid Al-Kaleem, Eric Downie and PJ Young with Fifi Greenberg. Photo by Terry Pommett
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‘Sconset resident Jason Briggs—a millionaire who retired from Wall Street at age 32, according to published reports—is bringing new highs to Nantucket this summer. As owner of New Hampshire’s Manchester Millrats, a 2007 expansion team of the American Basketball League, Briggs is giving his players a summer respite on the island. Five of them turned out in May for the Nantucket Wine Festival Gala, where they warmly greeted N Magazine ad director Fifi Greenberg but couldn’t resist looking down on her—in a friendly way, of course.
A Hollywood figure on a different high also arrives that week. Edgy actor Stephen Baldwin—one of the well-known Baldwin acting brothers—visits the island to spend a day with Spiritual Heritage Nantucket, a “non-denominational group whose mission is to build and encourage the Christian community.” Baldwin spurned his early Hollywood madness for his “Breakthrough Ministry,” a transformation you can witness on-line at stephenbaldwin.com before getting face-to-face with him Thursday, June 19. Nantucket seasonal residents Bob and Suzanne Wright—he’s the former head honcho at NBC Universal and she’s a longtime arts and community activist—were named to Time magazine’s annual list of “The World’s Most Influential People.” The couple was our 2007 cover subject in a story about their indefatigable work for autism, a condition that afflicts their grandson. The couple has spurred congressional action and appropriations, millions of dollars in research and international awareness about autism. N
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Others in the usual cast of high-profile summer residents and visitors are flocking here as well. Downtown types in black jackets, jeans and dark glasses blow in from Wednesday, June 18 through th Saturday, June 21 for the lucky 13 year of Nantucket Film Festival. Hot Hollywood actor Meg Ryan—she’ll probably skip over from her Vineyard digs—and au courant director Judd Apatow will get some swag bestowed on them. That should make Ryan happier than a few years back when a staff member of Nantucket Preservation Trust, at the group’s annual summer kitchen tour, turned away
the actress and her friends because they lacked tickets.
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Of course, the director of the charity has asked Sheila for a work of museumquality glass to give away during the raffle, so she’s busy working on that when she calls on an old flame, who also happens to be a famous musician, to be the gala’s performer.
Island author Elin Hildebrand
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A Summer Affair When Elin Hildebrand discusses the characters of her forthcoming novel, “A Summer Affair,” it’s as though she is gossiping about real Nantucket yearrounders, whose internal and external affairs reach something of a critical mass come August, as many of us in this category can attest. The story follows a woman who has assumed the responsibility of coordinating a gala, as Hildebrand has in the past for the Nantucket Boys and Girls Club and Nantucket Preservation Trust. “So, my main character, Sheila, is a glassblower with four kids,” began Hildebrand. “She has a studio in the back of her house, and agrees against her better judgment to take care of this enormous gala for a fictitious charity called Nantucket’s Children and ends up cheating on her husband with the director.” The charity’s director is Locke, who is rich but not conventionally attractive. However, Hildebrand emphasized, it is not his big wallet that turns Sheila’s head.
Moon Shell Beach For many people, Nantucket’s idyllic and remote location represents the opportunity to dream about the future and reconnect with loved ones. Island resident and author Nancy Thayer makes these processes the backdrop of her 18th publication, “Moon Shell Beach,” released May 20 by Ballantine Books. The story finds two women, Lexi and Claire, living separate lives after having been best friends as girls on Nantucket, where they shared a secret hideaway on Moon Shell Beach. “They used to go there to plot all their great plans for the future,” explained Thayer. “But then they grew up and their lives changed. Lexi marries a wealthy man then turns her back on the community.” Thayer, who along with husband Charlie Walters just welcomed their second grandchild, called the book “a love story about Nantucket.”
so evocative, so rich in atmosphere and beauty,” explained Thayer. “You can use the storms, the sunshine, walking on the beach. You can’t find that in Wichita, Kansas.”
Die Decorator Die Through courthouses and show houses, Franklyn “Biff” Levy’s novel “Die Decorator Die” illuminates the deadly seriousness of high-class interiors. When one show house decorator is murdered on Beacon Hill, the police finger his lover and fellow decorator, Barry. Luckily for Barry, his best friend is star decorator Allyn Levin, who enlists her attorney husband Buzz to represent him on a whodunit quest through Boston and Nantucket. “The book skewers designers, their clients, old Beacon Hill Bostonians and arriviste customers who decorate on an unlimited budget,” said Levy. “Along the way, Buzz is involved in matters for other clients—a divorce for the wife of
“I’m always interested in best friends, especially how they make up,” she said. “Much of the book is about making up and learning to trust someone who has transgressed against you.” Almost all of Thayer’s books take place on Nantucket, because she appreciates the parallel between dramatic natural and emotional landscapes. “Nantucket is
Lynda Levy and Biff Levy, author of “Die Director Die.” Photo by Gene Mahon
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“Sheila’s husband is a carpenter. He’s kind of coarse, withoutkeen appreciation for what she is,” explained Hildebrand. “Locke is overweight, bald and has glasses, but he’s a lovely person. She falls in love with him and what he represents.”
“Imagine your high school boyfriend is Tom Petty, and because he’s still in love with you, he says he’ll help you out with this event,” said Hildebrand, who wrote part of the book from the perspective of this celebrity, Max West, who brings problems with drugs and alcohol to the table. Add into the mix a best friendcum-catering director who is also Claire’s sister-in-law and a charity assistant who is embezzling money from Nantucket’s Children. “Oh God,” Hildebrand says. “Her life basically goes down the drain because of this thing.” Barnes and Noble releases the book on July 1.
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Levy got all the research he needed on interior design through his wife, Lynda Levy, who has worked in the field for over 30 years and is also a screenwriter.
“I think that the writing process helped me connect at a deeper level with how these events have impacted me over the years and also understand the natural curiosity that I have always had with regard to longing to know more about my mother,” said Houghton.
“Over the years, I’d go to parties, meet all her friends, schlep stuff for show houses, and I thought it was a great combination,” Levy said. “So I was writing a modern-day Nick and Nora and thought of myself and Lynda. I even stuck in the one son that we have.” Levy, a former Boston resident, works as an attorney in Las Vegas. Nantucket summer residents, the Levys are major supporters of Nantucket Film Festival. They are also co-founders and co-publishers of N Magazine and are founding members of the board of directors for Nantucket Comedy Festival. Published by Phoenix books, the book is available on amazon.com.
Out of the Fog As an infant on August 15, 1958, Cindy Young Houghton was flying with her mother back to Nantucket when their Northeast plane missed the runway on landing and crashed. Before dying in the wreckage, Houghton’s mother, Jacqueline Anne Young, managed to hand her daughter off to volunteer rescuer John J.B. Shea, who, during a perilous attempt to save more passengers, sheltered the
The author, who now lives in New Hampshire, is returning to Nantucket this summer for a memorial dedication on August 15 and also a book signing the following day at The Hub. More summer readings on island are in the works.
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In her book “Out of the Fog,” released in March, Houghton relates the events leading up to the crash, the dramatic rescue efforts and the impact this event had on her life and the lives of other survivors.
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the Condom King and a hostile takeover of a herring empire.” While Buzz ponders the state of the law, the world of decorating and life as he knows it, Allyn manages to squeeze in a few invaluable decorating tips.
And in case you’re wondering, she’ll probably be flying. “Having no memory of that fateful day is both a blessing and a curse,” explained Houghton of why she has no problem with planes. “I wish that I had the memories of my loved one as the others do.” The book is available at Mitchell’s Book Corner and Nantucket Bookworks.
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Get on board with the tenth annual “Do The Ride Thing,” a transportation campaign to encourage use of Nantucket’s 30 miles of bike trails and the expansive routes of Nantucket Regional Transportation Authority. From Monday, June 9, through Sunday, June 15, when you ride the NRTA shuttle, ride a bike or walk, obtain a voucher from the bus or the NRTA administrative office at 3 East Chestnut Street, Visitor Services Bureau at 25 Federal Street, or NRTA’s new annex at 10 Washington Street. Then drop off your voucher at the above locations and you will be entered to win great prizes donated by local businesses, including a bike from Young’s Bicycle Shop. Entries must be received by June 16 at 4 PM for the June 17 drawing. No need to be present to win. For more information on ways to get around the island without a car, visit shuttlenantucket.com or wheelsheelsandpedals.com.
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Nantucket and Boston Photographer Frederick G.S. Clow has captured nearly every major presidential contender in his camera’s sights since Adlai Stevenson in 1952. This year was no different, as shown here. At the height of late winter campaigning, Clow got within camera range of four leading contenders during their visits to Boston: Democrats Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton
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and Republicans Senator John McCain and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. For Clow—he’s a retired United Press International stringer and Nantucket Inquirer & Mirror photog who turned 77 this year, and who continues work as a stringer—it was all in a day’s work. He has put into print every president since Herbert Hoover and countless other national and world leaders.—WF
Commerical tenants at Brant Point Place on North Beach Street welcomed new neighbors this month, the everpopular Seconds Shop. Operated by volunteers to help fund Family and Children’s Services of Nantucket, the store offers a wide selection of vintage and used merchandise. The Seconds Shop now resides in the former space of Brant Point Books, immediately next door to the offices of N Magazine. Familiar faces are back from the store’s previous location on Amelia Drive, including manager Karen Murphy, longtime senior volunteer Kathy Tipper and their able staff. Browse the store starting in late May for housewares, gently-used clothing, decorative items and that desired bauble that you’ve been seeking half your life. Down on India Street just off Centre Street, Nantucket Cottage Hospital Thrift Shop, run by manager Carol Shavez and assistant manager Donna Taylor, is now open Monday thruough Friday, 9:30 AM - noon and 1 - 3:30 PM; Wednesday evenings from 6 - 8 PM and Saturdays from 9:30 - noon. The Thrift Shop is known for its extensive collection of furnishings, clothing, books and antiques, and has for many local bargain hunters been a treasure trove for great finds. Call the Seconds Shop at 508-228-6677 and the Thrift Shop at 508-228-1125 for days of operations and when and what merchandise donations are accepted.—MG
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“Almost every single iron I had in the fire had a Nantucket connection.” Filmmaker Will Conroy
From Sundance to Saratoga Springs, everyone has a film festival. Personal assistants, junior producers and B-list actors scurry through the big ones in hopes of building their professional legacies and accumulating as much swag as their rolling suitcases can carry. Meanwhile, in the smallest of small town festivals, college kids in faded T-shirts queue up outside their local theatres while texting and nursing Starbucks coffee.
“Transsiberian” co-author Will Conroy, left, with actor John Shea and artist Melissa MacLeod at Nantucket Film Festival 2007. Photo by Gene Mahon
“We hit it off immediately,” remembered Mark Duplass. “We only spent a few days together, but kept in touch and, within a few months, Ross quickly became one of our closest friends.” The Duplasses were living in Los Angeles at the time, but Patridge was in New York City, where Mark Duplass’ brother Jay resided. “So, I set Ross up with my brother Jay and they started becoming close friends,”
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The Nantucket Film Festival is neither of these things. Like most anything else on Nantucket, the festival’s culture is preoccupied with authenticity, yet it stays relaxed and keeps a low profile. This allows moviemakers to drop their guards long enough to make real friendships that often become working relationships. Although filmmakers might sell their movies at Berlin by way of Sundance, they
can begin brainstorming about their next projects here while sitting next to one another over breakfast, for example. That’s what happened in the case of actor Ross Partridge and brothers Mark and Jay Duplass. They bring their film “Baghead” to the festival this year after meeting over breakfast at Black-Eyed Susan’s in 2005, when Mark Duplass and wife Katie brought their film “The Puffy Chair” to the festival.
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Mark Duplass said. “It was like a tug of war over Ross. Needless to say, ‘Baghead’ would not be what ‘Baghead’ is without the Nantucket Film Festival.” “Baghead” is the comedic horror story of four struggling actors who go off into the woods to brainstorm film ideas that materialize into odd and menacing realities. Sony Pictures Classics bought the film at Sundance and is planning a July release, according to Mark Duplass. “I’ve been to so many festivals, and Nantucket is a screenwriters’ festival. It’s geared toward a different caliber of talent,” said Partridge.
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“Transsiberian” sold at the Berlin Film Festival and is scheduled for a limited platform release in early August. The Nantucket Film Festival played “a definitive role” in getting the film made, said Conroy, who had his first short film screened on Nantucket several years ago. “Almost every single iron I had in the fire had a Nantucket connection,” remembered Conroy of his early filmmaking career. “And all of those connections would coalesce at the Nantucket festival every year.” It was because of the festival that Conroy met “Transsiberian” director and co-author Brad Anderson several years ago. The two went on to complete a few small projects together before heading into “Transsiberian,” which Anderson summarized as “a Hitchcockian suspense thriller on a train trip across Russia.” The
film stars Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer and Ben Kingsley and was shot on 40 kilometers of railroad track in Lithuania. “It’s a throwback to those train thrillers from the thirties and forties, like ‘Strangers on a Train,’ ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ and ‘North by Northwest,’ films that featured big, interesting, suspenseful scenes on trains,” said Anderson. After a trip on the Transsiberian in college, Anderson said plans of telling a story on the train had been “percolating in his brain.” An admirer of Conroy’s father—the late novelist Frank Conroy—Anderson chose Conroy to co-write “Transsiberian” because he realized Conroy was a talented writer of his own accord. “I immediately liked Will,” Anderson said. “He’s modest
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As a life-long, seasonal Nantucketer, Conroy said that bringing his film back to the island has special resonance. Having summered here as a young man at his family’s home on Polpis Road, Conroy’s memories of watching summer blockbusters such as “Star Wars,” “Jaws” and “The Shining” happened at the Dreamland Theatre. He also met his wife Julia here in the late ’90s, when she was working on Straight Wharf and he was location scouting for the film “To Gillian on her 37th Birthday.” Julia gave birth to their first child, son Liam, at Cottage Hospital “on a snowy March night five years ago under the care of Doctor Hinson,” remembered Conroy. “So Nantucket sometimes feels like the cen-
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Opposite page: Brothers Mark and Jay Duplass, directors of “Baghead.” Above: Emily Mortimer in “Transsiberian.” Bottom: The tituler “Baghead,” coming to Nantucket Film festival.
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ter of the universe to me.” Because the Nantucket Festival has “done him a lot of favors over the years,” Conroy said it “feels so cool to be able to come with the more legitimate, finished, fulllength film; It’s like I can stand up straighter this year.”
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Anderson also has a long history with the Nantucket Film Festival. In 1998, his film “Next Stop Wonderland” opened the festival. “I’d just come from Sundance, and Nantucket was one of the better film festival viewing experiences I’d ever had,” said Anderson. “Nantucket is not known as a place where business transactions happen but it is known as a place where filmmakers and writers get to meet and sort of commiserate and celebrate their talents,” he continued. “The experiences I’ve had there just meeting other filmmakers and establishing certain relationships have been rewarding. Nantucket is small but it has cool people, cool films,
and it’s so much more relaxing. Also, because it’s not an industry festival like Sundance or Toronto, you get a real audience for your movies, which means you can get a real response.” Partridge agreed. “There’s such pressure within the industry that the true essence of what you’re doing—the art of it, and why you love it—can get lost when you’re in LA,” Partridge explained. “But when you step outside for a festival like Nantucket, you can get a little perspective and realize why you do what you do.” Mark Duplass also said that the Nantucket Film Festival is one of the Duplasses’ “favorite festivals.” “They choose great films and concentrate less on the business side and make it more about having a great festival experience, watching movies and hanging out with your peers and the locals who enjoy indie film,” he said. “We’ll keep coming back as long as they’ll have us.” N
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Down for a Film Fest party Suzy Chin’s yellow floral empire sundress with black patentleather belt, $133 from Vis-a-Vis From Cacharel. Chunky black patent bead necklace, $185 at Erica Wilson Ananda by Erika Falconeri, black cashmere basket weave wrap, $398 at Johnston’s of Elgin Cashmere Jack Rogers’ black and white Navajo sandal, $90 at Murray’s Toggery Jessica Hicks Jewelry from Posh
Make Blooming Bids For Kids Lilly Pulitzer’s melon ruffle halter Dexter Lawn Dress in “multi swanky,” $248 at In the Pink “Brace Yourself” enamel flower charm bracelet, $96 at In the Pink
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Not shown: Madeline leather grass-green Lanita Flat, $44 at Vis-a-Vis
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Much of summer socializing on Nantucket takes advantage of the island’s beautiful garden spaces. Unlike a picnic, which is essentially informal, a garden party can be a dressier event, but some garden parties are not so traditional. Nantucket resident Irma Anapol’s recollection of her most spectacular garden party began with her husband, Joel, flying to Maine for fresh lobster and clams. Soon after, over 200 people showed up to dance in the dunes to a live
band, while a banner flew overhead that read “Anapol Happy Day.” As the evening wound down, every guest left with a T-shirt sporting the Anapol motto. Other garden parties have special meaning. Daryl Westbrook of ’Sconset shared this recollection: “When Robert and I got married, Nan Pearson Wade held a prewedding garden party luncheon at Wade Cottages, with every imaginable type of seafood: littlenecks, shrimp, lobster salad, clam chowder, mussels. I was to attend first, and then Robert, as I was not supposed to see the groom prior to the ceremony. I wore a very hippy outfit with ‘LOVE’ written all over it. It was red. It was 1970. I loved the idea because it brought everyone together before the ceremony.”
To buy: Cordia Green, 508-221-4569 CRUSH Cosmetics, 4 South Water Street David Chase, 60 Main Street Erica Wilson, 25 Main Street Four Winds Craft Guild, 15 Main Street In The Pink, 5 South Water Street Johnstons Cashmere, 4 Federal Street Murray’s Toggery, 62 Main Street Peachtrees, 19 Main Street Peter Beaton, 161/2 Federal Street Posh, 18 Old South Wharf Vis-a-Vis, 34 Main Street
Whether it’s a luncheon or cocktails, stargazing or croquet, the season for garden parties is upon us. Make the most of these special events with outfits from Nantucket retailers that match the island’s colorful and magical outdoor décor. —NANTUCKET STYLE COUNCIL
At Moors End for cocktails From GLAM, kelly green floral, smocked-top strapless maxi, $120 at Erica Wilson Large-brimmed Quidnet Hat, $324 at Peter Beaton Guisseppe Zanotti silver metallic diamante snake flat, $450 from David Chase Jessica Hicks Jewelry from Posh
Lunch at Chanticleer By Sara Jane, fuchsia tiered linen dress, $194 at Murray’s Toggery Contrast brim Wauwinet Hat with interchangeable gros-grain ribbon, $324 at Peter Beaton Canteloupe cotton canvas clutch, $24 at Peter Beaton
Jessica Hicks Jewelry from Posh
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This year, we offer our new Green View column to suggest ways for those who live on or visit Nantucket to adopt environmentally sensitive practices and products. Created with the Nantucket firm Verde—an environmentally focused design and build company founded by Rebecca Weld, Ian Konecko and Burr Tupper—the Green View will advocate making the island a healthier, more sustainable community for generations to come.
THE GREEN GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE By Rebecca Weld and Burr Tupper Verde’s Ian Konecko, Rebecca Weld & Burr Tupper.
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With spring finally arriving on Nantucket, the island’s winter drab has been replaced with Verde’s favorite color. Now is the time to green your greenery. Shifting to organic and natural landscaping protects our watershed, which on Nantucket feeds directly into our ground source aquifer, our only source of water for drinking and irrigation. You can help to protect our groundwater and harbors. Minimize lawn size to decrease fertilizer needs. Use drought-resistant lawn seeds and fertilizers with slow-release, waterinsoluble forms of nitrogen. Consider paving or crushed stone for large areas of your yard, but whenever possible use water-permeable pavers and materials to minimize water runoff, which can carry impurities directly into our sewers and waterways. Lawn and garden watering can waste water unless properly managed. Waterworks of Nantucket helps with installation and management of watering systems, which can train your landscape to be less needy. Water deduction meters from Wannacomet Water Company puts more “green” in your wallet. This meter separates irrigation use from home usage, thereby significantly reducing sewer fees. For smaller plots or lawns, a compact, easy-to-use raincatchment system can connect to your existing gutter system, such as a Great American Rain Barrel from Real Goods. Nantucket’s Coffin Landscaping and Fairview Gardening offers organic lawn care using chemical-free weed preventatives and pest control. They routinely use reel mowers, which recycle clippings and reduce fertilization needs. As of this year, Coffin and Fairview offers 100%, organically grown annuals and perennials. For the do-it-yourselfer who owns a pair of green-stained sneakers, Black and Decker makes a top-rated electric mower. Recharge it with one of the GreenUp providers from National Grid power company to operate with a no-emission and noiseless cut. The Husquvarna electric-robotic mower is selfpropelled and self-charging, making it efficient and always working hard to keep up your lawn. See it in operation at Rusty’s Outdoor Power on Nantucket.
Compost helps Composting kitchen scraps for soil enhancement limits your landfill impact and improves the health of your yard. A compost heap in a secluded corner will often suffice, but a rotary or stacking composter, readily available through the Gaiam catalog, makes it a neater process. Hemingwayscapes also offers an interesting new variation on compost. Their compost tea is “brewed” from organic compost into an odorless liquid providing nutrients for plants and millions of healthy microorganisms that fight plant diseases. Consider whether the plants you choose are indigenous or suitable for Nantucket. Dylan Wallace, a local organic landscaper certified by the New England Organic Farming Association, points out that our very common landscaping plant, California privet, is on the NOFA invasive species list. His Nantucket Native company installs a hedge of hazelberts, a flowering hedge that requires less fertilizer than the invasive variety and also produces an edible nut, a hybrid of a hazelnut and a filbert. Backyard vegetable gardens can also be greener. Amy Pallenberg Garden Design and Care starts your garden from organic seed and maintains it: no transportation, pesticides or plastics involved. If starting from seed seems daunting, Bartlett’s Farm sells many of their vegetables in pots that are completely and quickly biodegradable, so that you can plant the whole thing right into the ground, pot and all. They also sell herbs in pots that look like plastic but are made of rice and can be composted.
Resources amypallenberg.com bartlettsfarm.com coffinfairview.com Dylan Wallace: nantucketnative@gmail.com gaiam.com. Hemingwayscapes.com, nantucketlandcouncil.org nantucketlightscapes.com realgoods.com Rusty’s Outdoor Power on Nantucket, 508-228-5510 Waterworks of Nantucket, 508-325-6654 Wannacomet Water, 508-228-0022
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nthings outdoor living S m a r t i d e a s fo r e n j oy i n g l i fe o u t d o o rs
Living outside
By William Ferrall
Whether you’re enjoying a summer of ease in your own backyard or you’re navigating roadways and waterways, these new products will make things more enjoyable and easier. Put the top down on your new Smart car or Boston Whaler. Recline at ease on your spacious Gloster™ woven bench while your automatic mower keeps the grass at bay. Or stroll through your garden where whimsical statuary stand their guard.
Whale of a time Cruise island waters without the onus of boat ownership and upkeep in a Boston Whaler Ventura 210 powerboat with Nantucket Boating Club. Memberships from about $6,000 to $8,500 give you from 10 to 16 blocks of full or half-days to be captain. See nantucketboatingclub.com or call Bill Gartland at 203-274-2766
A very smart car If you’re fearful of steering the 9’ x 5’ x5’ Smart car from Daimler AG into traffic, fear less. The Smart Fortwo just won a highest crash rating of “good” from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety. Local drivers have embraced the small wonder for its maneuverability and maybe because it’s so darned cute. Priced from $12,000 - $17,000. Visit smartusa.com.
Mowed over The robotic electric Auto Mower from Husqvarna rolls around your lawn, reined in by buried electronic guide wires, clipping grass as it goes all on its own. It even parks itself in a charging station when needed. Priced about $2,600. See it in action at Rusty’s Outdoor Power Equipment, 85 Pleasant Street, 508-228-5510.
At ease This all-weather, man-made wicker Scoop seat from Gloster measures over 6’ wide. It makes a cushy outdoor sofa, where you can inhale the salt air or gaze over your realm. Shown in bronze, also in copper, from $6,000 depending on fabrics and accessories. From Arrowhead Nursery at 9 Wampanoag Way, 508-228-1961.
Garden sentinels Acquire these great looking garden sentinels without busting your budget. Cast-stone figures from Campania International measure no more than about 2’ in height or length, making them perfect for nooks and crannies amidst shrubs and flowerbeds. Find them with a vast array of urns and bedding flowers and vegetables at Bartlett’s Farm on Bartlett Farm Road off Hummock Pond. Priced from about $55 to under $200. See bartlettsfarm.com or call 508-228-9403.
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The Russell Porter Garden Telescope from Telescopes of Vermont makes a dashing garden addition and let’s you scan the heavens. This elegant, limited-edition bronze reproduction of the 80-year-old original, created by artisan and astronomer Fred Schleipman, combines artistry and fine craftsmanship for about $60,000. Two examples already grace Nantucket gardens. Visit gardentelescopes.com or call 617-292-5155.
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R E TA I L G A R D E N C E N T E R S Arrowhead Nursery Wampanoag Way off Old South Rd. 508-228-1961 Trees, shrubs, bedding plants, extensive landscaping supplies and outdoor furnishings. See arrowheadnursery.com.
Nantucket Wildflower Farm 85 Old South Road 508-228-5551 Flowering native and cultivated landscaping and bedding plants in a rural farm setting. Display plants. Vintage and new garden décor.
Bartlett’s Farm Bartlett’s Farm Road off Hummock Pond 508-228-9403 Extensive bedding flowers, shrubs and perennials, vegetable plants, decorative flowering pots and houseplants, potting soils, planters and gardening supplies. Yearround produce for the table. See bartlettsfarm.com.
Seaside Gardens 165 Hummock Pond Rd. 508-228-5608 Garden nursery with perennials, flowering plants, herbs and vegetables. Special emphasis on organically cultivated plants. Garden design and maintenance services. Visit seasidegardensnantucket.com.
Marine Home Center Lower Orange Street 508-228-0900 Bedding plants, seasonal shrubs, pots, urns and gardening tools. Complete flower shop and services. See marinehomecenter.com. Moors End Farm Polpis Road 508-228-2674 Specialty perennials, bedding plants, vegetable plants, farm produce for the table in season.
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Nantucket Hydrangea / Hydrangea Farm Nursery 86 Madaket Road 508-228-2649 Hundreds of hydrangeas from all over, landscaping and specimen plants, horticulture services. See nantuckethydrangea.com.
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Surfing Hydrangea Somerset Rd. 508-228-6828 Permanent garden plants including wide variety of hydrangeas and other shrubs. Gardening services and upkeep, landscaping stonework and garden ornaments. See surfinghydrangea.com. Valero & Sons Garden Center Old South Road 508-228-2397 Traditional landscaping supplies and services including lawn maintenance, paving and stone on over 13 acres. Extensive garden supplies, tools, fertilizers, perennial and annual bedding plants and shrubs. Visit valeroandsons.com.
Grown toGo
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Bartlett’s Farm green thumbs: Manager Hilary Newell with husband and horticulturalist Pete Smith. Photo by Terry Pommett
Yet, many island homeowners display some of the most beautiful temperateclimate gardens found anywhere, whether they encompass a few square feet by a front door or expansive tracts of land. Nantucket homeowners and
garden designers have traditionally chosen varieties most hardy in this environment, or flowering plants—usually in shades of pastels—complemented by Nantucket’s grey-shingled structures and subdued landscapes. Think
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Nantucket can be a harsh mistress to a would-be gardener. Even the hardiest plants, lashed by salt-ladened winds or chomped to the ground by roving deer, can fail in Nantucket’s challenging and often unpredictable environment.
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An evening with
Judy Collins PRESENTED BY NANTUCKET AIDS NETWORK Sunday, July 6, 2008 NANTUCKET HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 8:00 PM Sponsored by: KIM and STEVE BEPLER • STEVE and MARY MEADOW • NANTUCKET BANK JOHN DECICCIO • DON ALLEN FORD • BRANT POINT MARINE • COWBOY’S NANTUCKET SURVEYORS, LLC • NANTUCKET ISLAND RESORTS • MEG and LORI BLAIR • LAW OFFICE OF RHODA H. WEINMAN
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Tickets available at: Sports Locker, Visitors Services & Information Bureau, Nantucket Bank - Pleasant Street Branch, Law Office of Rhoda H. Weinman, Nantucket AIDS Network Office For information call: 508-228-9600 or 508-228-3955
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Above, hardy hostas and, below, flowering crabapples at Arrowhead Nursery. Photo by Natalie Hull
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hydrangeas, yellow and soft-orange daylilies, lavender heathers and pink or white roses. Nantucketers cherish the beauty of soft blue hydrangeas in the morning mist, pastel pink roses cascading from an arbor on a sunlit day and delicate-leaved heaths carpeting foggy moors. Many gardeners on Nantucket have achieved their impressive successes through years of experimentation, including learning what plants best survive desiccating ocean breezes, which resist mold, what turns away deer’s noses and how to nourish sandy soils. Their efforts often prove show worthy to both new and seasoned tillers of the soil. Every July, island horticulturists display their successes at Nantucket Garden Club’s popular community Green Thumb Flower Show, which allows entries from all ages of youth, men and women to compete for ribbons and awards. In August, the Garden Club takes admiring patrons inside otherwise private quarters during its House and Garden Tour. The club also maintains the historic 19th-century period garden behind Nantucket Historical Association’s Greek revival Hadwen House on Main Street, one of the island’s few ongoing public garden venues. An historic, 1770s-era “kitchen garden” recently put in by the NHA has also opened at its Oldest House site. Besides Nantucket Garden Club and the island’s few public gardens, dozens of landscapers, lawn care companies and private gardeners assist homeowners in the care of their flora. But, along with the professionals and garden Garden Club members, dozens of home gardeners on Nantucket are going it alone with the help of local retail garden centers. Even a pot of herbs on the porch can be grown more successfully on the island by choosing varieties and learning growing methods recommended by these local experts.
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The largest of those—Bartlett’s Farm, Valero and Sons Garden Center, Arrowhead Nursery and Marine Home Center—offer almost soup-to-nuts supplies, tools and planting materials for home gardeners. Others, usually more seasonal in nature, provide the home gardener with outstanding plants suitable to Nantucket gardens and landscapes, or they specialize in particular plant stocks such as hydrangeas and grasses. Seaside Gardens, for example, increasingly emphasizes herbs and organically grown plants. Moors End Farm offers perennials resistant to the taste buds of deer and rabbits. Nantucket Wildflower Farm knows which flowering plants with fewer demands for constant care will give you the most bang for your growing efforts. In fact, large and small retail garden centers on Nantucket are increasingly making plant species available that are either drawn from or akin to regional native plants—especially heaths and grasses—that usually look terrific in the landscape and require little ongoing upkeep or added nutrients and extra watering. Look around to see more intentionally planted sweet autumn clematis vines, beach roses, blueberries, bayberry and evergreens that otherwise occur naturally on the island. Whether you desire a formal cutting garden, a vegetable patch to harvest at summer’s end or a low-maintenance landscape that requires little year-round attention, these garden center owners and staff can and will advise you. They’ll offer the best climbing rose for an eastern exposure, a daylily variety that’s most resistant to deer, the kind of tomato that ripens quickest or a sweet corn that’s the juiciest to be grown in Nantucket soil. N For more information about local gardening practices and organized gardening activities on Nantucket, visit Nantucket Athenuem on India Street or see nantucket.org/gardenclub.
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Art in bloom Artists Association of Nantucket stages its Sidewalk Art Show, Saturday, May 24, 10 AM — 4 PM, with a rain date of Sunday, May 25. Co-hosted by the Dreamland Foundation in the Dreamland parking lot, with works by 30 AAN members. On Friday, June 13, 6 – 8 PM, AAN hosts its first exhibit at the Joyce and Seward Johnson Gallery on 19 Washington Street. The Five Featured Artists show features oil painter and watercolorist Charlie Parsons, oil painter Chris Borbeau, oil painter and watercolorist George Thomas, watercolorist Susan Reid and painter and printmaker David Lazarus. On June 19, from 10 AM to 2 PM, AAN artists visit the Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum garden at 49 Union Street to paint en plein air. For more, go to nantucketarts.org or call 508-228-0294. South Wharf Gallery begins its season on Friday, May 23, 6-8 PM for “emerging artists” Julie Gifford, Randy Hudson and Julija Mostykanova. Call 508-228-0406 or go to southwharfgallery.com. At Cavalier Galleries, landscape artist Marla Korr opens with a reception on Friday, June 13 and runs through Sunday, June 22. The show runs concurrent photography by Debranne Cingari, Morris Engel, Michael Kahn, Steve McCurry and Ruth Orkin.
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Gallery at Four India launches its season with “Yacht Racing,” vivid 19th–21st century marine paintings, from Friday, May 24 through June 15. Works by Henry St. Clair, a French painter who evokes the Coast of Normandy, follow. Call 508-228-8509. Nantucket Historical Association ’Sconset 02564: A Celebration of the Patchwork Village Exhibition on the history, architecture, personalities and “character” of ’Sconset, following its evolution from a fishing station to a world-renowned summer resort. Exhibition opens Friday, May 23. Peter Foulger Gallery, Nantucket Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. Call 508-228-1894 or see nha.org. Egan Maritime Foundation Splash! Boatbuilding on Nantucket Opens Saturday, May 24 Exhibit explores boatbuilding from the whaling era on. Boatbuilders include Stanley Butler, Charlie Sayle, Mike Allen, Alfie Sanford and Sanford Boat Company and Matt Rieves and Nantucket Boatworks. Coffin School, 4 Winter Street. Call 508-228-2505 or visit eganmaritime.org. Memorial Day Monday, May 26 Nantucket Preservation Month Architectural Walking Tour of ‘Sconset Friday, May 30, 4 PM
Month-long preservation programs wind down with a walk through one of Nantucket’s most cherished neighborhoods. Co-sponsored by ’Sconset Trust and Nantucket Preservation Trust. Admission is $10. Meet at Pump Square, New and Shell streets in ’Sconset, weather permitting. Reservations needed. Call 508-228-1387 and visit nantucketpreservation.org. Big Brothers Big Sisters Iron Teams Relay Sunday, June 1, 8 AM Benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nantucket, this six-leg run, bike and swim brings out friends, colleagues, serious athletes and average Joes who party after with drinks and a BBQ at the Chicken Box. For details visit bbbsnantucket.org or call 508-325-6423. Nantucket Boys & Girls Club Sam Sylvia Pro-Am Golf Tournament Saturday, June 7 - Sunday, June 8 Cocktails, dinner and auction at Nantucket Yacht Club on Saturday evening. Golf tournament Sunday at Sankaty Head Golf Club. A blind draw creates amateur three-man teams to play with sports professionals. Call 508-228-0158 or visit nantucketboysandgirlsclub.org. Hospice Care of Nantucket Dreamcatcher Auction and Dinner Sunday, June 15, 6 PM This lovely, sit-down dinner on the water at Nantucket Yacht Club is the group’s only major fundraiser. Honorary Chairpersons are Sarah
and Peter Monaco. Cocktails and silent auction 6 PM; live auction 7 PM; dinner 7:30 PM Tickets $175 per person. Call 325-5512 or visit hospiceofnantucket.org. Nantucket Film Festival Wednesday, June 18 — Sunday, June 22 Turning lucky 13, NFF returns with new films including opening night’s “Transsiberian” and closing night’s “Baghead.” The new Compass Rose Acting Award goes to Meg Ryan, while super hot director Judd Apatow gets the NBC Universal Screenwriter’s Award. For full schedule, go to nantucketfilmfestival.org. Nantucket Arts Council “Shakespeare in the Garden” Thursday, June 26, 5:30 PM Helps to fund Nantucket Arts Council’s annual Shakespeare Festival. Held on a beautiful Madaket property, partygoers don Shakespearean costume as actors and artists perform. Call 508-325-8588 or visit nantucketartscouncil.org.
For up-to-date information about island events visit the Nantucket Arts & Social Calendar, a joint effort of Gene Mahon and N Magazine, at mahonabouttown.com or at nantucketmagazine.net. Compiled with help from Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce.
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Spring forward Nantucket’s 35th annual Daffodil Festival, presented once again by Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, launched early spring on the island during a mostly glorious weekend of sunshine and light breezes. Over 100 cars showed for the eye-pleasing Antique Car Parade and dozens of fans and participants lined Main Street in ’Sconset for the Daffodil Festival Picnic. Record numbers of festivalgoers donned funny hats for the Daffodil Hat Parade, while tots hopped on trikes and into pedal cars for the Daffodil Children’s Parade. School was on the mind of other Nantucket groups this spring. Many thoughtful adults ended their Daffodil Weekend by supporting the Advocate for Children awards by Community Network for Children of Nantucket down at the White Elephant. Nantucket Rotary Club added to springtime festivities with its new Blazing Paddles auction at Nantucket Vineyards to help fund its scholarship programs for local school kids. Nantucket New School boosted its ongoing building program and long-term funding with its Spring Down the House benefit.
Kathy Butterworth, Jennifer Shepherd and Brenda Noll “Spring Down the House.” Photo by Gene Mahon
Paige and Steven Blashfeld, Donna Salvo, Chip Webster and Sara Boyce help “Spring Down the House.” Photo by Gene Mahon
Sasha Illich, Beverly Hall, Dennis Dreher, Michael Feeney and Bernadette Feeney at TWN’s “Doubt.” Photo by Gene Mahon
Michael Freedman and Laura Pless at “Spring Down the House.” Photo by Gene Mahon
Linda and Ray St. Peter raise “Blazing Paddles.” Photo by Gene Mahon
Jan and Fred Jaeger raise “Blazing Paddles.” Photo by Gene Mahon
Kathy Poulin and Donna Spaulding at Spa Day for Junior Miss. Photo by Gene Mahon
Jim Agnew at Spa Day for Junior Miss. Photo by Gene Mahon
Jana Duarte, Cheryl Buckley, Jennifer Psaradelis and Teresa Ray at Spa Day for Junior Miss. Photo by Gene Mahon
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Denise Olson and Melanie Sabelhaus are glowing in yellow at Daffodil Festival. Photo by Fifi
Daffodil Festival Antique Car Parade on Main Street. Photo by Laurie Richards
David Silva and son enjoy Daffodil Festival. Photo by Gene Mahon
Joyce Lawrence and Lili Baker with Tucker, Harry, Toasty and Tiger in tow at Daffodil Festival. Photo by Gene Mahon
Pretty in pink at Daffodil Festival Children’s Parade. Photo by Gene Mahon
Bystanders help ailing Daffodil Parade car. Photo by Laurie Richards
Jenne and Peter Wilcox & Barbara Vroomm at Daffodil Hat Parade. Photo by Gene Mahon
Scott Thomas greets friends at Daffodil Festival Picnic. Photo by Laurie Richards
Jill Sandole and Andrew Spencer enjoy Daffodil Festival Picnic. Photo by Fifi
Susan Beaumont with brother filmmakers Tim and Trevor White at Daffy Picnic. Photo by Gene Mahon
Clearing the road ahead at Daffodil Children’s Parade. Photo by Gene Mahon
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Matt Hays, Carl Lindvall, Sarah Rawlings and Carroll Jarrett enjoy Daffodil Festival Picnic. Photo by Gene Mahon
Boston’s artful makeup artist Elena Vyunskovskaya at Daffodil Festival. Photo by Gene Mahon
A patriotic display at Daffodil Festival Picnic. Photo by Laurie Richards
Patty Rottmeier present first place at Daffodil Picnic to Michael Kittredge and his Acktoberfest. Photo by Gene Mahon
Old and older at Daffodil Antique Car Parade. Photo by Laurie Richards
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Ritch Leone gets CNC Advocate Award. Photo by Gene Mahon
Courtney O’neil eyes Daffodil Festival Picnic. Photo by Gene Mahon
Bob Day gets Children’s Advocate Award. Photo by Gene Mahon Chuck and Cindy Lenhart with Advocate Award-winner Chuck Colley appreciate Community Network for Children honorees. Photo by Gene Mahon
Community Network for Children honorees Tracy Mailoux, Kara Tarlson, Rosemary Topham, Linda Zola, Josh and Leah Mencer and Meg Hunter. Photo by Gene Mahon
Ralph Lauren’s Charles Fagan and Jill Krizelman give NHA donation to Nina Hellman, Judith Wodynski, Bette Spriggs and Bob Hellman. Photo by Gene Mahon
Life’s a bed of daffies on David Bartlett’s People’s Choice Award winner at Daffy Parade. Photo by Laurie Richards
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“I’m a type “T” personality, ready to go mow down the world.”
Dr. Bob Arnot’s Risky Business By William Ferrall
Dr. Bob Arnot exploring a cave in Oman. Photos courtesy of Dr. Bob Arnot
Doctor, foreign correspondent, humanitarian, adventurer, nutrition expert and athlete, seasoned pilot, prolific author and motivational guru. Whew. Any one of those roles would challenge most individuals, but Dr. Bob Arnot usually squeezes some of each into every day. And between a few hours weekly to a few weeks out of the year, Arnot even manages “down time”—sometimes surfing on Nantucket or skiing in Vermont with his younger prep school son or the older one in college. “I’m a type ‘T’ personality, ready to go mow down the world,” Arnot is fond of telling interviewers.
With 14 books to his credit—others are in the works, according to Arnot—his name is among the most recognizable in writings about diet and health issues. During the 1990s, his books “Dr. Bob Arnot’s Guide to Turning Back the Clock” and “Dr. Bob Arnot’s Revolutionary Weight Control Program” were best sellers, as are his later books on cancer and heart disease prevention and joint ailments. For two-and-a-half decades, Arnot has also traveled extensively around the world to report on famine, devastating diseases and civil unrest. His humanitarian efforts have become the yin to the yang of his recent incarnation as an international man of action in the guise of “Dr. Danger,” a character who
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“I’m trying to bring the full power of the media to bear on these problems.”
Arnot examines a child with cleft palate while in Darfur.
proclaims, “There’s a fine line between adventure and danger… a line I find and cross more than I should.” If Arnot is wise enough to know that he can’t save the world, his jam-packed itinerary of international charitable efforts suggests that he’s giving it a darned good try. TV’s Dr. Bob Many recognize and remember Arnot best from his gig as an Emmy-winning health and medical doctor on network television, beginning with 15 years at CBS This Morning and then CBS Evening News. In 1996, he moved over to NBC as that network’s chief medical reporter, but after September 11th, at Arnot’s urging, he doubled up as a foreign correspondent. He eventually ended up at the network’s MSNBC division as one of the few “embed” reporters traveling with troops during the invasion of Iraq by U.S.-led forces in 2003. He was the only NBC reporter on the scene in Baghdad’s Firdus Square in April of 2003 during those remarkable moments that U.S. troops toppled a giant statue of Saddam Hussein.
In the public airing of his departure, Arnot suggested that NBC officials were unhappy with his “very positive” reporting about deve
edge, highly-honed technical skills that put him in the vanguard of international field reporting.“The day of the super correspondent went away,” noted Arnot. “Now it’s more ‘backpack journalism,’ meaning that he’s often on his own in his travels to remote locations or part of a two-man only crew. A single high-def video camera, a laptop computer and cell phone are his main reporting tools.
For much of the last four years, Arnot’s bags and equipment have been packed for sometimes exotic, often strife-torn hotspots around the world. The entertainment component of Arnot with Major General David Petraeus in Iraq those working trips is now entering its opments in Iraq because the network had third year in Arnot’s video series “Dr. Danger,” unofficially taken a more critical stance. “On a broadcast via the web-based mojohd.com, a tactical level it [the invasion] really worked,” part of Time Warner Entertainment and cable said Arnot. “It’s kind of inspirational, what our television’s IN DEMAND Network. people are doing there. So much over there is Like much of the programming on mojoHD, nuanced.” Dr. Danger aims squarely at the mostly male Whatever the causes of NBC’s break with him, demographic sought by cable television’s Arnot came away from there with cutting- adrenaline pumping Spike TV network and by
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U.S. Army Major General David Petraeus, Commanding General of forces in Iraq, told New York Observor that Arnot was “quite a renaissance man.” Other military leaders echoed that high regard by putting Arnot atop an unofficial list of most likable reporters. Some executives at NBC apparently felt less enthusiastic with aspects of Arnot’s reporting. His
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Dr. Bob Arnot in print and video Dr. Bob Arnot’s Guide to Turning Back the Clock, Little, Brown & Co., 1995
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magazines ranging from Esquire to Maxim. In most episodes of Dr. Danger, Arnot lands in some palpably dangerous environment deep in remote regions of underdeveloped countries. Chapters so far have put him inside the African nation of Mogadishu searching for gun merchants and in Afghanistan on combat missions with U.S. and Afghani troops. Other episodes appear decidedly less heroic, including one in which he test drives a cross-country rally car and another in which he cheers on Yemeni camel jumpers after chowing down in a primitive local eatery. In fairness to Arnot’s risk-taking and stamina, the Yemen trip resulted in him falling while hill climbing, which dislocated his shoulder and required a bumpy, hours-long trip to the nearest hospital for repair.
Arnot’s video about Darfur has been praised for telling “the compelling and powerful story of one of the largest humanitarian crises in recent memory,” in which thousands of people have been displaced by civil war and genocide. In the film, Arnot honors the work of International Medical Corps and other nongovernmental groups who, he feels, are often very effective in relieving such distress. Both in the U.S. and abroad, Arnot tries to avoid partisan aspects of such issues as Iraq and the famine in Darfur, instead working as an independent advocate who eschews the “dogma of party politics.” If he took sides, Arnot surmised, he’d “be persona non grata” in places like Darfur. Even so, he recently signed onto the board of Dream for Darfur, an advocacy group pressuring the Chinese government via the Olympics to urge the Sudanese government to stop the genocide. His advisory role there could be especially influential since he’s a past lead physician for the Olypmic games and once oversaw medical care at Olympic Village in Lake Placid, New York, after overseeing emergency room care
out of medical school in 1974. Arnot’s Olympian-like multi-tasking has come with a toll. His chronic osteoarthritis and several mishaps led to a recent double hip replacement and to planned future shoulder operations. His marriage ended in 2003 at the same time he was separating from MSNBC. “That was a pretty blue time,” he recalled. “For awhile there, I didn’t care what happened to me.” For the last two years, Arnot has applied the keen focus of his journalistic reporting to his own career. Fellow Nantucket resident and agent Allen Morell has harnessed Arnot’s “‘Big Q,’ high name recognition as a medical expert” into gigs for Arnot as medical anchorman for a new Google Health series of videos and as spokesperson for several corporate campaigns on health and nutrition. The two initiated the deal with Google CEO Eric Schmidt in meetings on Nantucket. Morell envisions Arnot’s potential name recognition and earnings capabilities approaching that of even higherprofile celebrities like Dr. Phil McGraw. Asked if he misses the limelight of network television in the mean time, Arnot averred that his current work has actually increased his visibility. “I ‘disappeared’ when I went from CBS This Morning to CBS Evening News,” Arnot recalled. “Now a days, people recognize me all the time on the street.” N
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Dr. Care Arnot’s personal travails pale alongside the discord he has witnessed. From Zaire to Iraq to an extended stay last year in the famine-ridden Sudanese region of Darfur, Arnot has reported on and has often treated people in life-threatening struggles. Unlike the cocky bravura of his Dr. Danger character, Dr. Bob Arnot the physician-healer sounds genuinely humbled to improve the lot of groups in distress. “I’m trying to bring the full power of the media to bear on these problems,” he explained.
His documentary “Emergency in Darfur,” produced by his own Video Action Aid, the production company he founded to document crises worldwide, screened late last year on Plum TV and has been seen thousands of times on youtube.com.
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It stands to reason that Nantucketers can love something for being small and tucked away and for doing things a little bit differently. Nestled into a little, out-of-the-way spot on India Street, beloved eatery Black-Eyed Susan’s doesn’t purvey wine,which is why dinner companions Pepper Frazier, Angel Conrad, Heidi Weddendorf, Brian Conroy and Matt MacEachern and Evelyn MacEachern came to the restaurant prepared last May. “I love the aroma sneaking up the street,” said Conrad, owner of Ocean Breeze Cleaning and Frazier’s wife, as the group approached the restaurant. They’d brought along wines furnished by the nearby currentVintage, one bottle of red and one white per couple. For the reds, that meant Barrel Monkeys 2005 Shiraz, J. Wilkes Pinot Noir 2006 and Fife Max 1999. And for the whites, they had Marimar Estate Torres Family California Chard 2006, Clestin Blondeau White Loire 2006 and Abraxas 2006. It was a clear night, so the companions had the option of dining on the outdoor patio—one of Evelyn MacEachern’s favorite places to share a meal with girlfriends in the summer.
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Inside the restaurant, diners sidled up to the bar counter and cozied up at tables set with rustic flatware, which was in carefree contrast to the elegant, glass chandeliers. Servers David Cokonis and Meredith DeBusk re-acquainted themselves with the faces and preferences of new and old customers, who often break their winter fast with favorites of Caesar salad, tuna tartare and linguine and clams made with succulent quahogs.
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Owner Susan Handy opened Black-Eyed Susan’s with executive chef Jeff Worster 16 years ago. The pair had met while working together at the Boarding House.
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d Susan’s to be an antidote to fine dining” —Susan Handy
Chef Lance Richard, Executive Chef Jeff Worster and Chef James Vincent
“We opened Black-Eyed Susan’s to be an antidote to fine dining,” said Handy. “We wanted to make something very affordable, but still do the quality of food we’d done in other restaurants. The BYOB was a way to cut people’s costs in half.” Because the restaurant wasn’t pulling income from alcohol, the staff created a “high-energy dining room to keep the seats full,” said Handy. In the open kitchen, Worster and chefs Lance Richard and James Vincent pull out pyrotechnic tricks to match the creative flourish in the menu, which changes on a regular basis, per Worster’s mood. “Jeff’s talent lies in his ability to take seasonings from all different ethnic backgrounds and make a menu that’s cohesive and makes sense,” said Handy.
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Devotees of the restaurant will tell you one of its best assets is not on the menu. Black-Eyed Susan’s is known to be a place where diners from different parties have a tendency to mix.
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“Hung over revelers have dragged themselves out of bed so as to not miss the sourdough French toast with orange Jack Daniels’ butter and cinnamon pecans.” “The counter starts it,” said Handy. “People watch the chefs and engage with one another without realizing that they are. And that spreads. I remember these two parties sitting next to each other one night: One table was pouring this beautiful vintage champagne and the other was drinking home-brewed beer. They swapped and became friends. That happens a lot.”
Angel Conrad and Pepper Frazier
“This place has a real funky feel to it, and we always have a lot of fun,” said Conroy, who practices law on island. Emeritus Development owner Matt MacEachern agreed on the “eclectic atmosphere,” while Frazier said that an equal draw is that the food is always “fresh and healthy.”
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The couples dined on a rainbow of intercontinental flavors. They began with appetizers including Bartlett’s Farm seasonal greens with goat cheese ravioli and raspberry truffle vinaigrette and Thai beef salad with watercress, lemongrass, lime and sweet basil. Their entrees included Wiener schnitzel with Yukon potato salad in a lemon burre blanc; salmon with Indian flavors, leeks in coconut curry and a banana chutney; and chicken on a quinoa cake with Mexican cocoa and fig mole.
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Complimenting the creative menu, Weddendorf added that she thought BlackEyed Susan’s had the best breakfast on the island. More than a few hung-over revelers have dragged themselves out of bed on Saturday or Sunday mornings so as to not miss the sourdough French toast with orange Jack Daniels butter and cinnamon pecans.
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In fact, lines extend down the sidewalk on most weekend mornings the breakfast menu reads like the short story of a perfect brunch which may be why filmmakers and brothers Jay and Mark Duplass and actor Ross Partridge formed their new working relationship over breakfast there, as noted in a story on Nantucket Film Festival homecomings in this issue. On the breakfast menu, there’s a little bit of every country represented on Nantucket, including the Portuguese scramble with linguiça, tomatoes, spinach and garlic. Combined with a side of black-eyed peas, it creates a flavor profile that makes it worth getting out of bed. Who you meet when you’re there is what could make your day. N
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Year-round Nantucketer Neil Edward Romanski grew up in West Haven, Connecticut, surrounded by a large Polish family. In nearby Saybrook, his Polish cioccias, or great aunts, had a double kitchen in which they cooked over pots of rich coffee and hands of cards. “They were always competing with each other,” remembered Romanski, who sought to re-create this taste of his childhood on a cold evening in April by preparing a Polish feast for friends at the Naushop home he shares with his partner of eight years, Bruce Korson. “Cold-weather comfort food is how I always thought of it,” said Romanski of his family’s Polish fare. “It’s not something you ate all the time. It was special.” At left and above: Neil Romanski
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Alongside Tucker the Retriever and Beauford the Bassett Hound, Romanski and Korson—who founded the American Kennel Club’s Canine Health Foundation—entertain “constantly” in their home. For the Polish dinner, they invited old friend and Polish native Jola Gutnik, owner of Jola Jewelry, along with her beau, Nantucket Fire Chief Mark MacDougal. Also invited were Romanski’s oldest island friend, Catherine Velez of
Cottage Hospital, W. Michael Salon owner Michael Hawkins, Legends owner Azra Wilmott-Smith and prolific non-profit board member John Brewer. For the kielbasa, Romanski traveled back to Meriden, Connecticut, to visit Filipeks, the same Polish butcher his father and grandfather patronized. “It’s a tiny place, but they make incredible polish kielbasa, both fresh and smoked,” said Romanski, who assembled pierogies and bought three kinds of hand-made kielbasa—traditional fresh kielbasa, spicy fresh kielbasa and traditional smoked kielbasa—from the son of the man who sold to Romanski’s father and grandfather. The guests began arriving at Romanski’s and Korson’s at 7 PM and were greeted with a warm fireplace and cold cocktails. Having just returned from Poland, Gutnik brought to dinner a fabulous Polish vodka
“Cold-weather comfort food is how I always thought of it.”
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called Zubrowka, which is brewed with grass from a Polish forest that is home to many bison. Libations also included a potato vodka, prosecco and a delicious, French flavored vodka called X-Rated. Romanski prepared the meal using recipes from Sarah Leah Chase’s “Cold-Weather Cooking,” beginning with a Polish mushroom and potato soup served with a hearty Struan multi-grain bread from Daily Breads, instead of traditional rye bread, and a marjoram compound butter. For the main course, Romanski paired his grandmother’s stuffed cabbage with Filipeks’ kielbasa, as well as sides of
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POLISH MUSHROOM AND POTATO SOUP Makes 10-12 servings INGREDIENTS
1 cup dried porcini mushrooms 4 cups water 1/2 cup (1 stick) of unsalted butter 3 leeks, white and green parts, rinsed well, trimmed and finely minced 1 medium onion, finely minced 3 celery ribs, finely minced 1 large carrot, peeled and finely minced 1 pound domestic white mushrooms, thinly sliced 1 tbsp caraway seeds 4 cups beef broth, preferably homemade, or water if vegetarian desired 5 large potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch chunks 4 cups milk Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 1 cup sour cream 1/4 cup unbleached, all purpose flour 2 tsp sweet Hungarian paprika Place dried porcini mushrooms and water in saucepan. Bring to a boil, then simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. Strain the mushrooms, reserving the cooking liquid. Coarsely chop the white mushrooms and set aside. Melt the butter in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add the leeks, onion, celery and carrot. Sauté for five minutes. Reduce heat to medium and add fresh mushrooms, dried mushrooms and caraway seeds. Continue cooking until vegetables are tender, 15 – 20 minutes. Meanwhile, combine reserved mushroom cooking liquid, beef broth and potatoes in a pot. Simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 – 25 minutes. Add the potatoes and liquid to sautéed vegetables and mash about half the potatoes against the side of the pot with the back of a large spoon to thicken the soup. Above, from lower left: John Brewer, Catherine Velez, Michael Hawkins, Bruce Korson, Azra Wilmott-Smith, Mark MacDougal, Jola Gutnik and Neil Romanski
Add the milk to the soup and heat through. Season with salt and pepper. Whisk the sour cream, flour and paprika together in a small bowl until smooth. Stir into the hot soup to blend. Cook the soup a few minutes more over low heat. It’s important not to let the soup boil at this point or it will curdle. Serve the soup hot, ladled into wide bowls. Reprinted with author’s permission from “Sara Leah Chase’s Cold-Weather Cooking,” Workman Publishing; NY, New York; 1990.
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P I E R O G I E S W I T H R I C OT TA A N D F I G S Makes about 72 pierogies for 9-12 people INGREDIENTS
Filling 3/4 cup, 1/4-inch diced dried figs 1/2 cup dry white wine 2 pounds ricotta cheese 2 large egg yolks 1/4 cup sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 tbsp caraway seeds
Dough 4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 2 large eggs, room temperature 5 tbsp sour cream 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted 1/2 tsp salt 3/4 cup water
Final cooking 1 1/8 cups, or 2 1/4 sticks, unsalted butter 4 1/2 cups coarsely chopped onions sour cream for serving
John Brewer and Mark MacDougal with Tucker
Polish creamed beets, the pierogies with ricotta, figs and sage butter and also fresh horseradish. At the table, the group discussed the special coincidence of having MacDougal over for a Romanski Polish dinner, since Romanski’s father was the Fire Chief in West Hartford, Connecticut. “I used to do a lot of the cooking, but I don’t anymore, because I’ve been kicked out,” said Korson. A board member for the Artists’ Association of Nantucket
Prepare the filling: Place figs and wine in small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then simmer about five minutes to soften the fruit. Let cool to room temperature. In a mixing bowl, blend together the ricotta, egg yolks and sugar. Stir in the vanilla, figs with wine and caraway seeds. Prepare the dough: Put the flour in a large mixing bowl and make a well in the center. Place the eggs, sour cream, butter and salt in the well, then blend all ingredients together with your hands, gradually adding the water and working the mixture into a smooth, pliable dough. Divide the dough into quarters and keep unused portions covered with a damp towel while working. On a lightly floured surface, roll out one piece of the dough 1/16-inch thick. Cut into rounds with a 3 1/2-inch to 4-inch cookie cutter. Place a tablespoon of filling in the center of each round, fold the rounds in half, then crimp edges together decoratively with your fingertips or seal by pressing the edges together with the tines of a fork. Place finished pierogies in a single layer on a lightly floured baking sheet. Repeat the process with the remaining dough and filling, When ready to serve the pierogies—do not wait longer until three hours after filling the dough—bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the pierogies in batches of eight to ten so as not to overcrowd them. Drop them into the boiling water and stir gently to prevent them from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Cook over medium-high heat until pierogies float to the surface of the water, four to five minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain. Repeat the process with remaining pierogies. If you wish to freeze any pierogies, pat them dry at this point with a paper towel and place by the dozen in plastic bags, seal tightly and freeze up to one month.
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Depending on how many people you are serving, sauté 1/2 cup coarsely chopped onion in two tablespoons of butter—one batch for each serving of six to eight pierogies—in a skillet over medium heat until very soft and lightly golden, about 20 minutes. Add the boiled pierogies to the pan and sauté, basting with onions, until the pierogies are lightly browned all over, 10 to 15 minutes more. Spoon onto warmed serving plates and garnish with generous dollops of sour cream. Reprinted with author’s permission from “Sara Leah Chase’s Coldweather Cooking,” Workman Publishing; NY, New York; 1990.
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and the Nantucket Cottage Hospital Thrift Shop, an advisory board member for the Nantucket Historical Association and a Chairman of the Development Committee for the National Cancer Center, Korson has a theory of entertaining. “I don’t like cocktail parties,” he said. “If I’m going to have a party, I’d much rather have a dinner party with eight to ten friends, as opposed to standing in a room shifting my weight from one foot to the other. I’d much rather be in a
setting where everyone can relax and walk away having had a good time.” For dessert, the pineapple upside-down cake with ginger cream was a perfectly moist punctuation to a hearty meal. The fire had turned to embers, and Romanski was warmed to know that the recipes of his youth had continued, all these years later, to yield not only full stomachs but also fond memories. N
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At El Rincon on Old South Road, the food is Salvadoran and Mexican with a few American dishes like a BLT for the non-adventurous. Choosing between breakfast, lunch and dinner, we chose dinner on a Monday at the end of April. El Rincon is awaiting their Nantucketapproved beer and wine license from Boston, so it’s BYOB until then. With me were ’Sconset Market proprietor Mark Donato before his Nantucket Wine Festival responsibilities kicked in; Beth English, who had just launched her currentVintage clothing and wine store; Susan Callan and Nancy Bean, both part of the Wine Fest team; Vi-Voo Gonzalez—Virna, that is—and Amanda Morgan and Mai Linh Norton, writers and photographers for my Mahon About Town e-newsletter and transcribers of the culinary observations and the piffle of the evening.
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Our servers were Sandra, Juana, and Yessenia. For apertivos, we ordered tamales, enchiladas, pupusas, and pasteles, all generous portions for, I’ll say it again, $2 to $3. Chips and salsa arrived to tide us over. Donato started us off with a French white burgundy, a St. Aubin Premier Cru 2002. Salud! Pasteles were delicious. A pastele is a stuffed freshly fried crisp tortilla shaped like a Jamaican patty with a side of a green chili dipping sauce and a lightly pickled cabbage slaw. Served with a mild red hot sauce, the pupusas, a traditional Salvadoran dish found on nearly every urban street corner, appeared to be flat pancakes, but are filled with cheese and lorocco, the bud of the national flower of El Salvador, grown only in summer. Tamales, cut into sashimi size pieces, had a noticeable homemade corn flavor of masa flour and were subtly spiced with Spanish paprika and filled with carrots and meaty chicken. Light and tasty with its soft exterior, though some thought too much tamale, they made “the real deal” for a Salvadoran dish. Open-faced, homemade crispy enchiladas were topped with
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generous portions of either coarsely diced grilled steak or chicken, with cilantro, tomato, and onion. It’s not what you think of when you think of a familiar Mexican enchilada, though it is customary south of the Yucatan. This was judged best of the apps. What does El Rincon mean? Chef and owner Marcos Tejada told us that literally it means ‘corner’, but referring to a restaurant, it means a quaint, small, intimate spot. Here come entrees Donato opened the Sterling Vintner’s Collection Pinot Noir, the 2003 Trefethen Cabernet Sauvignon, and the 2004 Nell Cab Shiraz, and ready they were. Plates were large and full, covering more healthy food groups than I generally eat in a day. On all plates were beans, rice and salad. The refried beans, frijoles, start as dry pink beans, and are blended with garlic and salt. Gonzales loved the short grain white rice: plump, good color, on the salty side. A chopped iceberg lettuce with radish, pickled beet and cucumber was there when you needed it to refresh the palate. On both ends of the table were the handmade tortillas, kept warm in foil as is traditional in El Salvador.
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Carne asada, a heavily marinated and grilled steak with a strong cumin accent, was judged second best meal of the night. The steak was tender, though a bit small, but the price was right at $15. Chicken fajitas for $15 were made with a boned chicken marinated in, perhaps, the same sauce as the grilled steak. The chicken was grilled, then served with sweet orange, red peppers, thinly sliced onions and a prevailing cumin flavor that complimented the entire dish. Camarones a mi Rinconcito was the winning dish, and based on the name, also the specialty of the house. The shrimp were lightly cooked with the tails on, mixed with asparagus, green onions and spinach. The dish was, in one person’s opinion, a “noble hybrid of a healthy Asian stir fry and a Central American shrimp taco without the shell”. Tejada has worked in Nantucket kitchens for 18 years, first for island families, then as a breakfast chef at several well-known Nantucket restaurants. The staff at El Rincon is primarily Salvadoran, though bartender Ronald Rodriguez, who worked the Chanticleer bar before this, is Costa Rican.
Que es la musica aqui? Salsa, merengue, combia, ranchera. Tejada uses Spanish paprika because it’s not as spicy as other brands of paprika. The fresh corn tortilla is typical of El Salvador, though a bit thicker. They’re made 30 minutes before dinner to be as fresh as possible. “We are known for our tortillas. Day, night, morning—we always have tortillas,” said Tejada. We all would have liked the lights turned way down, the clear plastic covering on the white tablecloths removed, some plants and a few candles added. But El Rincon is a find, and I suggest you find it soon. Dinner for eight with appetizers, entrees and desserts all around was $181. For just a night, you can feel as if you’ve left the island and are intrepidly exploring foreign countries and cuisine to a Central American soundtrack. El Rincon, 17 Old South Road, 508-332-4749. Open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner, 7 AM to 10 PM year round, with take-out. No credit cards. For a longer review, visit mahonabouttown.wordpress.com.
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