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May 24th, 2013 by richard-pamela-riley
Honey-Baked Wonton Napoleons 
Honey-Baked Wonton Napoleons – Stack honey-glazed wonton wrappers with sweetened cream cheese, blueberries, and strawberries to make this incredible dessert in less than 30 minutes.
Ingredients:
Wontons:
¼ c honey
24 refrigerated wonton wrappers
Filling:
1 tub (8 oz) spreadable cream cheese, at room temperature
2 TBS honey
½ tsp vanilla extract
Berries:
1 pint strawberries, hulled and thinly sliced
1 pint blueberries
Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line two baking sheets with non stick aluminum foil, or line the baking sheets with regular aluminum foil coated with nonstick cooking spray.
Wontons: In microwave-safe bowl, microwave honey at 100% power to liquefy, 20-30 seconds. Brush one side of each wonton with honey. Place wontons, honey side up, on prepared sheets.
Bake in 400 degree oven until nicely browned (about 7 minutes). Transfer wontons to wire rack; let cool completely.
Filling: In bowl, beat cream cheese, honey, vanilla until smooth.
To assemble: Place 1 wonton on serving dish; spread with 1 TBS filling. Top with sliced berries. Place second wonton on top; spread 1 TBS filling. Top with blueberries. Top the third wonton. Garnish with sliced strawberries and blueberries. Repeat with remaining ingredients for a total of 8 napoleons.
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March 23rd, 2013 by richard-pamela-riley
Ten years ago on March 25th, The Tolkien Society launched its first annual Tolkien Reading Day – a day set aside to honor the writer J.R.R. Tolkien and to encourage the reading of his works. How fun is that?! To have another excuse to read some of my favorite all time stories?!
Richard and I are avid readers and we owe our parents a huge debt of gratitude for encouraging us in this habit of a lifetime. Both sets of parents loved to read and we were both treated to hours and hours of magic time involving the sound of our parents’ voices reading aloud from the pages of our favorite books: Tolkien’s The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, or The Silmarillion; Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass; C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia; L. Frank Baum’s Oz books and of course J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. Fantasy at its best. (AUDIBLE SIGH).
Fantasies that we have carried with us so long that they have involved into a certain kind of reality. I mean, some days don’t we all think “I don’t want to grow up”? or “wish I had a bucket of water to melt the wicked witch” or “can’t I just disappear down that rabbit hole”? And of course, the all-time favorite: “what about second breakfast?!”
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, the hero, Bilbo Baggins (hobbit extraordinaire), eats second breakfast. In the preface to its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien mentions that the hobbits’ preference is to eat six meals a day. In Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring, Pippin, one of the hobbits, in a dialogue with Merry, another of the hobbits, references both second breakfast and elvenses while on the run and under the protection of the human, Aragorn.
Aragorn: Gentlemen, we do not stop ’til nightfall.
Pippin: What about breakfast?
Aragorn: You’ve already had it.
Pippin: We’ve had one, yes. What about second breakfast?
[Aragorn turns and walks off in disgust]
Merry: I don’t think he knows about second breakfast, Pip.
Pippin: What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn’t he?
Merry: I wouldn’t count on it.
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According to tradition in the United Kingdom and Ireland elevenses is a snack that is similar to afternoon tea, but eaten in the latter part of the morning. It could include cake, cookies, scones or tarts with a cup of tea, coffee or hot chocolate. The name refers to the time of day that it is taken: around 11AM.
If you have occasion to celebrate a second breakfast in the true style of J.R.R. Tolkien’s hobbits, be sure to check out the 75th anniversary “Hobbit Second Breakfast Kit” at www.hobbitsecondbreakfast.com
Here at Hodgdon Island Inn we do our very best to not only meet our guests’ every dietary need, but to serve a breakfast sumptuous enough to get you through elevenses all the way to luncheon.
Happy Reading!
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March 16th, 2013 by richard-pamela-riley
“This St. Patrick’s Day go ahead and play with your food” advises innkeeper Pamela Byrne Riley of Hodgdon Island Inn, Boothbay, Maine. Pamela, first generation American-born of Irish ancestry, loves March 17th!
Here are a few of Pamela’s quick and easy ideas to fun up mealtimes on the big day:
Shamrock cookie cutters make cute cutouts for toast, PB&Js, scones, French toast, or croutons. You can even put little hands to work cutting the shamrocks out of slices of bread.
Shamrock toast – cut out shapes and toast under the broiler or pop in toaster. Top with butter and cinnamon sugar or your favorite jam or honey.
Pesto toasts – cut out shapes and toast under the broiler, then top with your favorite brand of prepared pesto. Serve on steaming bowls of potato soup. 
Scones or biscuits – make your favorite recipe and cut shamrock shapes instead of the round or triangle shape. Bake as directed.
Yum! Have a great St. Paddy’s Day!
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March 7th, 2013 by richard-pamela-riley
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February 14th, 2013 by richard-pamela-riley
RICH & EASY DARK CHOCOLATE POTS
From the kitchen of Pamela Byrne Riley
Photo by Richard B. Riley
Innkeepers, Hodgdon Island Inn
Boothbay, Maine
Total time: 10 minutes
Makes 6 servings
INGREDIENTS:
3oz Stone Ground TAZA dark chocolate* or 4oz Baker’s German Sweet Chocolate
11/3 c heavy cream
1 TBS orange liqueur
1 egg, lightly beaten
DIRECTIONS:
Bring cream to a boil, make sure it doesn’t burn
Break chocolate into small pieces, put in blender
Pour cream over the chocolate, blend until chocolate is dissolved
Beat egg with fork, add liqueur while stirring egg slightly, add to chocolate mixture and blend until incorporated
Pour into Espresso cups and refrigerate until set
Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream and chocolate shavings or a chocolate covered coffee bean if desired.
*TAZA Chocolate is Dairy Free, Gluten free and Soy Free.
Food.com recipe
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February 10th, 2013 by richard-pamela-riley
Serve this straight from the oven with a dusting of powdered sugar, a spoonful of your favorite fruit jam or preserves, or a drizzle of real Maine maple syrup for a taste of pure perfection!
From the kitchen of Pamela Byrne Riley
Photographed by Richard B. Riley
Innkeepers, Hodgdon Island Inn, Boothbay, Maine
Ingredients:
1/2c milk
1/2c all-purpose flour
1/4c sugar
2 large eggs at room temperature
4 TBS unsalted butter
Directions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees
Whisk together until smooth all ingredients except the butter; set aside
Melt butter in a 10-inch oven proof skillet (cast iron is ideal; if using pan other than cast iron, be sure to cover handle completely with aluminum foil) over medium heat.
Tilt pan so that the butter coats the sides. Pour the egg mixture into the skillet and cook without stirring, for 1 minute.
Place the skillet in the oven and bake until the pancake is puffed and golden, 12 to 15 minutes.
“Serve immediately”, advises Irma Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker of Joy of Cooking fame, “as the pancake loses its puff, and therefore its drama almost immediately”.
Makes 2-4 servings.
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February 7th, 2013 by richard-pamela-riley
The most important holiday for Chinese around the world is undoubtedly Chinese New Year — and it all started out of fear.
The centuries-old legend on the origins of the New Year celebration varies from teller to teller, but they all include a story of a terrible mythical monster who preyed on villagers. The lion-like monster’s name was Nian (年) which is also the Chinese word for “year.”
The stories also all include a wise old man who counsels the villagers to ward off the evil Nian by making loud noises with drums and firecrackers and hanging red paper cutouts and scrolls on their doors because for some reason, the Nian is scared of the color red.
The villagers took the old man’s advice and the Nian was conquered. On the anniversary of the date, the Chinese recognize the “passing of the Nian” known in Chinese as guo nian (过年), which is also synonymous with celebrating the New Year.
2013 is the year of the Snake!
The date of Chinese New Year changes each year as it is based on the lunar calendar. While the western Gregorian calendar is based on the earth’s orbit around the sun, China and most Asian countries use the lunar calendar that is based on the moon’s orbit around the earth. Chinese New Year always falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice. Other Asian countries such as Korea, Japan and Vietnam also celebrate New Year using the lunar calendar.
This year’s presiding animal zodiac is the Snake. Richard was born in the year of the Dragon, the most revered of all the animal zodiac figures and yours truly was born in the year of the Monkey (reported to be the cleverest of the animal zodiac figures) 
We wish one and all the happiness of the season!
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January 31st, 2013 by richard-pamela-riley
Our beloved HII
Oh my goodness! How time does fly?! I cannot believe that we are into the first month of a new year! Happy belated 2013! Richard and I wish you and yours all that is good and great.
2012, like the years before it, had its fair share of things to celebrate and its moments of sadness. Here in our little corner of the world those moments ranged from that of an earthquake registering 2.4 on the Richter Scale whose epicenter was three miles north of Boothbay Harbor to the sinking of the HMS Bounty in Hurricane Sandy and to the grand opening of the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences; from a local girl, Eleanor “Ellie” Logan, earning her second Olympic gold medal to the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce celebrating its 50th anniversary along with its very own 50th annual Windjammer Days Festival; and lastly to the lobstermen of mid coast Maine surviving one of the worst gluts on the market due to warm weather conditions last spring which interrupted the lobster’s normal life cycle doubling the number of lobsters on the market.
We are very thankful to be here in Boothbay at our beloved Hodgdon Island Inn and preparing to launch Season 4. Season 4 – we can hardly believe it as it seems like only yesterday we rolled into town, zipped past the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens on Barters Island Road, bounced across the old Knickerkane bridge (which has since been replaced by our beautiful new bridge) and pulled into the driveway at HII unsure of what awaited us, but fast-forward three seasons which include welcoming guests and alumni from all across the country and all around the world, creating thousands of breakfasts and desserts, making hundreds of beds and being part of so many magic moments called memories.
The 2013 season? Bring it on!!
Innkeepers’s note: Hodgdon Island Inn will be open March 1 – November 17, 2013. Reservations can be made online at http://www.boothbaybb.com. Should you have a question, or need to speak with us, we can be reached via voicemail at 1-800-314-5160 or by e-mail stay@boothbaybb.com We would love to have the opportunity of welcoming you to our tiny little island getaway here on the mid coast of Maine.
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October 31st, 2012 by richard-pamela-riley
Driving rain and gale-force winds at HII during Sandy
Richard and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have texted, e-mailed and/or called us during the last two days to check up on us here at Hodgdon Island Inn – we are greatly touched by your care and concern! It has kept us strong as we prepared for and waited out Hurricane Sandy. By the same token, we hope that all of you, our HII Alumni, your families, friends and relatives are safe. For those of you in areas devastated by Hurricane Sandy, know that your friends in the Boothbay Harbor Region of mid coast Maine, are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers as we follow the latest developments.
We are able to report that the inn along with the rest of the region is in pretty good shape, albeit a bit soggy and windblown. We once again have power and internet thanks to the dedicated and hardworking teams at Central Maine Power and Time Warner Cable.
HMS Bounty at the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, October, 2012
It is with sadness, however, that we offer our deepest and most sincere sympathy to all the families, friends, colleagues and fellow sailors of the HMS Bounty. Fourteen crew members were rescued; one crew member is dead and another missing after a replica of the historic HMS Bounty, overhauled in recent years at the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, sank off the coast of North Carolina yesterday. The ship was well-known in Maine, where it had visited several ports this summer before docking at the Boothbay yard for some minor repairs.
The HMS Bounty replica was built in 1960, and was featured in the 1962 film “Mutiny on the Bounty,” starring Marlon Brando, and was also was used in “Treasure Island” in 1989 and two of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies. Its permanent home was in Florida.
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October 6th, 2012 by richard-pamela-riley
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Join Us For Our Final Event of The Outdoor Season 
More than 150 antique automobiles from around the world will rally at the Owls Head Transportation Museum Saturday and Sunday, October 6 & 7, for the Museum’s annual Foreign Auto Festival and Antique Aeroplane Show.
This annual event attracts pre-1992 foreign car enthusiasts from all over the state-from luxury sedans to the high-performance sports cars. The variety can be impressive: Austin Healey, MG, Triumph, Porsche, Ferrari, Citroen, Mercedes, BMW, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Jaguar and more. The meet draws a large number of Japanese models as well. Owners of pre-1992 cars and trucks (of any make) are welcome to exhibit at this and all other Museum (non-auction) events at no charge. Visitors are encouraged to come early to guarantee seeing the highest concentration of exhibiting vehicles
 This year MG is the featured marque. MGs of any year are welcome to exhibit on Runway 17 for free. Free admission includes the driver and one passenger.
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