At the Edge of Maine
Worth the Drive, Volume 4, Summer 2026 Tracy Brockhouse Worth the Drive, Volume 4, Summer 2026 Tracy Brockhouse

At the Edge of Maine

worth the drive

At Maine’s borders with New Hampshire, Quebec, and New Brunswick, culture, history, and flavor flow freely.

Geography nerds know one curious factoid about Maine:it’s the only state to border just one other state but two provinces. 

At the edges of the country, Maine is pushed by New Hampshire into Quebec and New Brunswick. The effects of this oddity transcend lines on a map, however. Mainers living and working in communities on the borders see that the history and flavors of local life celebrate all that emerges from creative exchange. 

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Creating Luxury in Everyday Life
Mrs. West Approved, Volume 4, Summer 2026 Tracy Brockhouse Mrs. West Approved, Volume 4, Summer 2026 Tracy Brockhouse

Creating Luxury in Everyday Life

Mrs. West Approved

From Spain to Maine, lobster is a love language.

As we head into the summer season, my mind turns to all the amazing ways we get to enjoy lobster right here in Maine. Be it enveloped in buttery, flakey pastry at TWELVE, or crowning a pop-over with black garlic butter at Sur Lie, or New England style with mayo and lemon butter at Luke’s Lobster or even delivered fresh from Sopo Seafood Market—we are grateful to have fallen in love with lobster, again.

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