Archive for January, 2009

Harvest & Hearth owners Pete and Gina Michelin purchased their Le Panyol Model 120 wood fired pizza oven from us last summer.  Pete actually made the drive from New York to Central Maine to pick up what was to become the centerpiece of his restaurant, and it was wonderful to get to meet such a nice client in person.

Following the visit we didn’t hear ...

Dear Albie and Cheryl,

Here are a couple photos of our heater. Karen and I had it built to your customized plans in 1995. It has performed wonderfully over all of these years. At first it was our only means of heating our 2016 sq. ft. super insulated, passive solar house. Two cords of wood heated our house ...

“Take the German stove, for instance … where can you find it outside of German countries? I am sure I have never seen it where German was not the language of the region. Yet it is by long odds the best stove and the most convenient and economical that has yet been invented.

To the uninstructed stranger it promises nothing; but he will soon find that it is a masterly performer, for all that. It has a little ...

The Maine Wood Heat wood fired oven store is off and running!

We’ve got official Le Panyol peels, hearth brushes and ash rakes along with items from local artisans like Phil Gaven of Shining Glass Studios. Phil makes the most beautiful bread and pizza peels you’ve ever seen, guaranteed! Each has its own unique grain and coloring and Phil uses an assortment of ...

In just two short years, Ken’s Artisan Pizza has become the stuff of Pizza Legends on the West Coast.  Having known and understood owner Ken Forkish’s food credo–essentially the best of everything, always–it was of little surprise to me that the restaurant has become an institution on Portland’s East Side.  The building, the atmosphere and most of ...