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@aliwaks

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Chef/Owner @balaboostamaine
Private Chef + Pop-up Producer.
Consulting Chef
Green Crab Chef.
Native New Yorker living & cooking in Maine.

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Kinda chic to color coordinate your breakfast.

Peaches from @winterhillfarmer, my own home grown tomato, simit (aka Jerusalem bagel), @laboiteny Mishmash spice mix (saffron & honey!) & their za’atar.

I think was the best breakfast of the summer- one of my rare mornings at home with nothing terribly important to do or anywhere I have to be-

#mainefarms #eatlocal #kindachic #breakfast #peaches @aliwaks

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About last night part 2.

@celiahopeevents @livewellfarm @whatleyfarm @aliwaks #mainewedding #maine #catering #middleeasternfood

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A celebration of non-profits last night on Bailey Island- it was a beautiful night on a simply stunning property. @somebigs @mainetrailscoalition @harpswellanchor

Cheese & Charcuterie + cheese from @winterhillfarmer, breads @freshwaterbaking , breadsticks @weirdsistersnacks

Seafood station
Shrimp cocktail + scape aioli & old bay cocktail
Jonah crab + preserved lemon & yuzu tobiko
Lobster “Rolls” + mango, jalapeño & herbs rice paper wraps

Hot Food
Waygu Sliders + our kimchi pimento cheese & pickled onion
Glizzies- all beef hotdogs + pickled mustard seeds & purple kraut
Fried chicken sliders + hot honey ranch & pickles

Sweets - @hankeringpieco Pop tarts - strawberry guava & coconut custard + our chocolate chip cookie

#maine #mainesummer #harspwellmaine #catering #eatlocal

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Quality Control Squad…
These Italian Rainbow Cookies and a few other Goodies Headed over to @moderationbrewing tonight for the @balaboostamaine Willie and Chet Pop Up!
Willie and Chet’s will be having lasagna sandwiches and a chop’t salad until they sell out tonight at 5:30!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ2f0S_AHJf/?igsh=ZGdza3NndWl4ZGNn

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Join us on Wednesday for the revival of Willie & Chets our Pop Up, named after some really cool grandfathers who were also fathers.

if my dad was still here, I say he’d say “Thats a lot! Who would eat a lasagna sandwich, it’s so much it’s just too much” Then he would totally eat a lasagna sandwich at home when no one was looking. So whether you enjoy our lasagna sandwiches in public or private we will have them on Wednesday.

Please come visit @moderationbrewing come try our ridiculous over the top delicious lasagna sandwiches the amazing chopped salad and the best Italian cookies, including a rainbow cookie just for pride month.

#sandwiches #foodinmaine #brunswickmaine #delicousfood

@moderationbrewing @aliwaks @senzascarpemaine @brunswickdowntown @bath_brunswick_topsham_chamber @eatmaine @newscentermaine @mainelifemedia @maine.eater

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Last night we catererd a donor event in Georgetown for multiple non profits at one of the loveliest homes we’ve had the pleasure of working in.

Our spring menu featured locally grown & made asparagus, strawberries, radishes, ramps, chive blossoms, snap peas, garlic scapes, buckwheat flour & beautiful buckwheat walnut bread & sourdough crisps @hootenannybread + seeded baguette from @freshwaterbaking

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Brie cake w tarragon, black pepper, honey comb & strawberry fennel jam + those sour dough crisps

Goats cheese with edible flowers

Smoked salmon terrine w ramp butter & marinated asparagus

Poached shrimp + ramp salt & lemon aioli

Marinated peaches + prosciutto

Cacio e Pepe deviled eggs

Dessert table @hankeringpieco sStrawberry Rhubarb Crumble & Maine Blueberry pies

Earl Grey sugar cookies + Meyer lemon

Sadly not pictured

Sweet pea pancakes + ricotta mint & lemon

Buckwheat crepe + 5spice duck confit, cucumber & scallion

#mainefood #catering #mainelife #caterers @sixriverfarm @whatleyfarm @baldorfood @replenovafarmllc

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Last night … a French inspired dinner for 8

Apero - radishes & butter, caviar & potato chips, salami & pickled fiddleheads

On the stove - Carrotes Vichy (cooked in Vichy mineral water & butter) , Petite Pois (with lettuce, mint & butter) In the stove (not pictured) Potatoes Dauphinois all served family style + candied pink peppercorns as a garnish for the duck

L’entree :
Smoked salmon rillettes, fried leeks, mustard crème fraiche

Steak tartare, ramp aioli, quail egg, fried capers

Les Plats Principal

Duck Confit, whole orange sauce, green olive blood orange salad, orange vinaigrette

Cod Provençal en Papilliote - saffron butter, cured olive, first tomatoes & fennel salad w fennel pollen

Salade & cheese (not pictured)

Honey Crème Brûlée
Chocolate Mousse

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Rooting for our hometown badass!!!

@americasculinarycupcbs @padmalakshmi @wylie_dufrense @carastadler #mainechef #womensupportingwomen #chef @aliwaks

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Balaboosta is starting its FOURTH year catering in Mid Coast Maine!

Donor Events, Board Retreats, Fundraisers, Weddings, Birthday Parties, Graduation Parties, Celebrations of Life, Holiday Parties- it’s been a joy and pleasure to keep all of our ,clients happily well fed!!

Looking forward to this ‘26 season!! ❤️❤️👩‍🍳❤️❤️

#catering #mainelife #mainefood #mainechef #eatmaine

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Putting up@my annual “cello batches - this year

Yuzu/Buddahs Hand
Quince/Rose
Coffee/Smoked Cinnamon
Chocolate/Ginger

We’ll see how it goes in a few weeks!
#handmadegifts #homemadegifts #holidays

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Ok friends, it’s voting time!!!! We’re going to keep voting open till the end of the day on Sunday Nov 2. Comment with the number and name of your favorite costume! We’ll tally the votes at the end of Sunday. Winner gets free admission for one to a cocktail or wine class, second place gets a $25 gift card, and third place gets a little basket of Vine goodies! Share the post far and wide, And help us pick a winner!
Also we sold 75 hot dogs, And raised almost $500 for @fullplatesfullpotential !

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A reception last night @jcamaine last night- our play on some Jewish favorites for the mishpocha -

Sweet potato & celery root latkes
Smoked fish dip appetizing platter
Knishempanadas
Roasted feta with Nigella & Honey
“Faux Gras”
Tsimmes in a blanket

And everyone knew what our name meant!!!

#catering #mainecatering #mainejews #jewishfood #eatlocalthinkglobal #mishpocha #roshhashanah #balaboostame #jewishchef
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