Maine's food world is a wonderful place. Here are some sites that show you why:

• Portland Food Map: Well-maintained, elegant, very functional guide to anything/everything going on in Portland's food world.
• Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association: Headquarters for organic foods throughout the state.
• Eat Maine: In their words, "the networking site of the Eat Local Foods Coalition of Maine (ELFC), a coalition of groups and people working to put more Maine foods on more Maine tables more often."
• Chow Maine: Smart guide to Maine restaurants and food shacks, wine news, etc.
• Rabelais Books: Amazing food bookstore in Portland. Anyone who's ever set foot in Rabelais says, "I could live in there." Since you can't, quite, check out the site.
• Portland Food Coma: The inimitable Joe Ricchio's inimitable blog. The best vicarious-bacchanalia we know of.
• Portland Town: Eating in and around Portland. Good pics.
• Russell French: Gifted food-and-farms photographer, responsible for the images on our calendar, web site, and elsewhere.