This centuries-old English dessert is not only simple and delicious, but it’s also an excellent vehicle for using up leftover fruits, jams, syrups and other bits and bobs from your refrigerator and pantry.
2023
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Change of art: John Bisbee puts down the nails and picks up a paintbrush
The first show of the next phase of his career is now on display in Portland.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Ben Bragdon: Don’t tell me you can’t do anything about school shootings
We have the power to make school shootings, and gun violence overall, less likely.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Of all the cakes she’s baked, there’s just one this cookbook writer makes for Passover
Elinor Klivans wrote 14 baking books from her home in Camden. But for Passover there is just a single dessert: Mom’s Walnut and Wine Passover Cake.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
A resilient Greek nanny changes the course of her young charge’s life
In ‘My Xanthi,’ a now-adult Nick reads his nanny’s old letters and comes face to face with the brutality of her life in wartime Greece.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Try live staking to prevent runoff from harming lakes, ponds and streams
If you own waterfront property, consider creating a buffer zone. It’ll help curb pollution.