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ELLSWORTH — The smell of spicy shrimp and other exotic aromas have been surfacing in homes and at workplaces in the greater Ellsworth area and around Mount Desert Island.
The scents of spicy curries, fresh ginger, coconut milk and fresh lemongrass come courtesy of Chiaolin Korona’s Chow Maine Asian Specialties in Southwest Harbor.
Since she began her business a little over a year ago, more and more Hancock County residents are enjoying Korona’s exotic cuisine. Her neatly arranged trays of cold sesame noodles, Szechuan beef, Thai Curried Chicken, shrimp and chicken pad Thai and other freshly made Asian dishes are sold at John Edwards Natural Food Market and The Maine Grind in Ellsworth. Chow Maine Asian Specialties can also be found at the Pine Tree Market in Northeast Harbor, the Alternative Market and A & B Naturals in Bar Harbor and Harbor Treats in Southwest Harbor.
“It’s just different than anything else around — it tastes great and the prices are great too,” Bill Sanborn, co-owner of J&B Atlantic Co. in Ellsworth, declared. He eats Chow Maine’s turkey and spinach dumplings and curries at least once a week. “For six bucks you can get a whole meal that fills you up — you can’t get that many places anymore.”

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There’s a letter on Tony Parsons’ hall table from the Writers’ Guild of America, which he joined when Julia Roberts bought the film rights to his novel The Family Way. He was disappointed when this project didn’t come off, but as he says, if Julia Roberts not turning your book into a movie is the worst thing that happens to you, “then how bad is it? I count my blessings. I don’t come from a background where people are fulfilled by their work. It does toughen you up. I’ve got friends who’ve written good books, got bad reviews and don’t want to write another. That’s not gonna happen to me.”
The letter from the guild informs Parsons that, should he require it, strike pay is available. Judging by the 4 million books he has sold, the BMW in the driveway and the house we’ve just entered, in Hampstead, North London, I don’t think Parsons will need to throw himself on his union’s mercy any time soon. Mind you, I thought his house would be bigger. “It’s a nice area,” he explains. “I didn’t think I’d ever live anywhere like this.” Has he got a mortgage? “Oh yeah. Big mortgage.”
He doesn’t have any other property. As an only child, his parents now dead, he inherited his mum and dad’s place in Billericay. Bobby, 28, the son he had with Julie Burchill when they were married, lives there. “I said to Bob, ‘You can have it if you want it.’ Too many associations for me with my folks.”

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