Healing Home Foods, Inc.

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Shelley Schulz founded Healing Home Foods to help her family heal after her son was diagnosed with autism and her husband with cancer. Shelley began creating gluten free and vegan snacks in her home kitchen and many of those healthy and delicious snacks became the foundation of Healing Home Foods.

Shelley is also deeply rooted in Maine, as she grew up in Old Town and Cumberland. After living and working in NYC for some time, she returned to Maine in 2022 with her family and brought Healing Home Foods with them.

Healing Home Foods is sourcing as much raw materials as possible from Maine and using local farmers when produce is in season. She is also drying some for use throughout the winter months. Currently, Healing Home Foods sources maple sugar, maple syrup, produce from Emery Farms, and fruits and veggies from other local suppliers in Maine.

Shelley, her family, and Healing Home Foods are excited to be a part of the local food culture in Maine and she looks forward to continue to build her business in her home State of Maine!

World Harbors

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Discover World Harbors Marinades and create a global flavor adventure for your family and friends. We explore the world from north to south, east to west bringing you authentic and unique flavors. Our variety of unexpected marinades and sauces allow you to discover new dishes that will impress your family and friends with your worldly knowledge of flavor.

Step outside the expected, create excitement and let the results speak for themselves; take a delicious journey today with World Harbors Marinades and Sauces!

Mumbai to MAINE, LLC

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Mumbai to MAINE was born in my kitchen, my culinary sanctuary, here in Boothbay, Maine. But it was also born out of nostalgia and a longing to feel connected to Mumbai and my childhood. Food has this power to bring people together and it also has the influence to transport you to your childhood or a special place you love. In my case, it was my humble apartment in Mumbai, at my mother’s heels, taking in all the intoxicating aromatics of her scratch, home-style cooking.

At the age of 16, I left Mumbai and moved to Canada with my family, our lives packed in 12 suitcases. Fast forward, I am fortunate to call Maine my home now for over a decade. Since 2015, I have shared my Mumbai to MAINE story through my blog, podcast, social media channels and teaching Indian cuisine at Stonewall Kitchen Cooking School. I’ve done this with intention and passion, because it has kept me connected and rooted to my childhood in Mumbai and my Goan (Portuguese-Indian) heritage.

To celebrate Maine’s bicentennial and gastronomic talent, I produced and hosted Mumbai to MAINE’s podcast in 2020 showcasing some of Maine’s most accomplished culinary tastemakers. I also produce and host “Talking Food In Maine” a series of intimate one-on-one conversations with notable culinary pioneers who have made a substantial contribution to the culinary arts in the state of Maine.

Recently I was invited to be a guest chef instructor at the Milk Street with Christopher Kimball Online Cooking School, Boston.

I am so excited to share my debut simmer sauce collection, launched in the heart of the pandemic. It’s an homage to my talented mother, who was and will always be the best cook I know and a heartfelt love letter to my Mumbai.

As an immigrant, a daughter of immigrants, a female founder of a diversity owned business here in Maine, I am leading this luxury brand of simmer sauces with purpose, passion, perspective, and a strategic plan to continue to anchor the brand here in Maine, expand Maine’s diversity footprint and create valuable and meaningful jobs, contributing right back to Maine’s economy.

Mumbai to MAINE is more than simmer sauce. It’s Maine’s first award-winning, Indian inspired culinary brand, intentionally bridging cultural divides one jar of simmer sauce at a time.

My hope is these simmer sauces inspire you to be creative in your daily cooking, up your spice game in the kitchen and also introduce you to authentic, regional Indian cuisine from all over India.

Maine Island Designs

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Maine Island Designs creates pillows made of a variety of fibers; felt, wool, cotton and more. All designs are original and each pillow is hand made start to finish using quilting techniques including appliqué. These fun, sometimes whimsical pillows are perfect for cottage, camp or home. Custom scenes and other custom additions are encouraged to make a pillow just for you. Add a cherished pet, the view from your special place to one of our designs, or let us create an entirely new design based on your photos. The pillows produced by Maine Island Designs are hand cut and made individually so even our designs are always “one of a kind.”

MOO-YOUNG LLC

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I am a self-taught leather artist. At the age of 5, my grandmother taught me to sew and from there, I fell in love with textiles. Inspired by the 60’s and 70’s and the love of tie-dye, I found myself wanting to wear these pieces filled with color. The problem is that most tie-dye is cotton, and it wasn’t reasonable being in a cold climate. Cleaning up my closet, I found a swatch of black leather and wondered if I could remove some of the color and create my own tie-dyed leather. From there I was met with a lot of “no’s” on dying leather. So naturally, I accepted the challenge and the journey started.

I am constantly inspired by nature and all things around me, but mostly, it’s the leather and it’s unique story that reaches me. The edge of a hide, or the markings has the power to suddenly put an idea into my head and inspire.

Whitney Gill

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Whitney Gill’s life journey reflects intricate pathways of creativity and artistic influence. Her focus lies in functional ceramics, shaping white clay into simple forms adorned with bold brushstrokes, stencils, and sgraffito. Whitney’s pieces exhibit intuitive movement, gentle repetition, and vibrant colors. She creates small series that she sells at various local venues, including craft shows, markets, galleries, and open studio events at her home in Bowdoin, Maine. Whitney is deeply involved in the craft community and currently serves as the Executive Director of partner organizations Maine Crafts Association and Shop Maine Craft.

Whitney’s inspiration stems from the artists’ way of life and magic found in rural places. Her muses include rushing streams, underwater reflections, stacked stones, mossy logs, vivid sunsets, rolling hills, and long shadows. Through her work, she explores the deep connection between our bodies and the singular moments in a landscape that is ever changing.

Herself clothing

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I have always loved clothing. I remember details of fabrics and garments from my childhood more readily than events. My mother taught me how to sew and often helped me design and choose fabrics. As an adult I learned how to make patterns when living in the San Francisco Bay area. I wanted to be able to create the garments I pictured in my head. I love vintage garments for their quality and style. I often start my design process with a vintage garment and then try to adapt it to a modern lifestyle. My goal is always to create high quality, wear forever garments ethically. Designing and producing in Maine allows me to do that!

Tekto Knives

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In 2016 several of the early Tekto partners returned from an outdoor excursion in the backwoods of Maine with frustration and disappointment. Even some of the most reputable names in the knife space had failed in the harsh northeastern environment. The cold and brutal conditions left our knives chipped, dull, and unreliable. The ordeal inspired us to spawn a research and development project that eventually led to the creation of Tekto. At Tekto, we focus on out-the-front automatic knives that have won accord with even the most demanding users whose lives depend on the quality of their knives. Today, Tekto challenges the industry with a straightforward proposition: WE DESIGN PURPOSE-BUILT KNIVES FOR LIFE’S MOST DEMANDING MISSIONS.

Dust + Waves Textile

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I am a lifelong quilter who learned how to dye fabrics out of a need to create the types of fabrics I wanted to use but couldn’t find. After spending ten years out West, my partner and I moved back to my home state of Maine three years ago to put down our roots – which is what I am most creatively inspired by. Family, my surroundings, landscape, moments… I gain inspiration from the little, beautiful things. I put all of that love and inspiration into each piece of fabric or garment that I dye, and each quilt I make.

Fishbellies

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MICROWAVE HOT, FREEZER COLD, CORN BAG THERAPYCast aside your hot water bottle and bag of frozen peas! Pamper and soothe achy body parts with Fishbellies. Heat in the microwave for warmth and relief on muscles, achy body parts, even cold hands and feet. Store in freezer, and use cold to help soothe injuries and manage pain. Fishbellies are perfect post surgery or post workout and make an excellent get-well gift to cheer your loved one. Hang anywhere for a hot or cold boost, reinforcing your body’s natural ability to heal and relax. Made with 100% cotton, cheery, colorful fabrics and filled with extra clean kernel corn. Corn has a large surface area that can retain heat or cold for long periods of time. This corn will not pop in the microwave!