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New York chef Sara Jenkins returns to her Maine roots with Nīna June, a Mediterranean-style trattoria overlooking picturesque Rockport harbor on the shores of Penobscot Bay.
nina june’s story
Chef Sara Jenkins, who was born next door in Camden, Maine, but raised in Italy, Spain, and Lebanon, brings her Mediterranean passion to the magnificent array of products from the richness of Maine’s oceans and farms. Take the finest Maine has to offer, then give it a fresh, tasty Mediterranean spin—that’s what you’ll find at Nīna June (the name comes from Sara’s childhood nickname).
Along with a convivial open interior, Nīna June boasts a sunny deck and enchanting view of Rockport harbor, with its sailboats, fishing vessels and little Indian Island lighthouse in the distance.
ABOUT SARA JENKINS
The daughter of a foreign correspondent and a food writer, Sara Jenkins was born in Maine but grew up all over the Mediterranean, eating her way through its cultures and learning to appreciate everything from Lebanese tabbouleh to Catalan paella to North African tagines to Italian pasta dishes. She began her professional kitchen career in Boston with Barbara Lynch at Figs, then went on to work as a chef in Florence and the Tuscan wine country, before returning to the United States to bring back all she had learned and put it to work in different kitchens in NYC. Sara has authored two cookbooks, Olives & Oranges, her first is available for sale.
Olives and Oranges: Recipes and Flavor Secrets from Italy, Spain, Cyprus, and Beyond written with Mindy Fox (Houghton Mifflin, 2008).
The Four Seasons of Pasta written with Nancy Harmon Jenkins (Penguin/Avery, 2015).
