"In spring 2020, I self-isolated at my dad’s house in northern Maine, where I normally come each summer for lake time and lobster rolls. But during lockdown, the lake was frozen solid and my favorite lobster roll spot was closed indefinitely, so I ordered the brown butter lobster roll kit from Eventide Oyster Co. instead. These are far from traditional—the lobster is doused in brown butter and piled on top of a steamed bun—but I tried them a few years ago when my brother got married in Portland and I haven’t stopped thinking about them since. They tricked me into thinking it was summer and (almost) made life feel like normal." - Lyndsey Matthews