Both, Lindsay Porto concludes, and her Anadama bread is delicious proof.
Life & Culture
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Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Vegan Kitchen: Nationally known food justice advocate and vegan chef to speak at Bates
Bryant Terry will give keynote address at the college’s food justice forum on Martin Luther King Day.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
The simple, sweet pleasures of scallop season
Gulf of Maine scallops are treasured in the culinary world for their firm, meaty texture and sublime sweetness. Here’s how to coax the best out of this special seafood.
Posted inOn this date
Jan. 14, 2002: Winthrop Police Department detective goes down in history, Litchfield officials seek to sell land to neighbor, and local Augusta chapter of Habitat for Humanity needs land to build a new house next summer
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Jan. 13, 1979: ‘Fit as a fiddle’ 94-year-old Sidney man passes his driver’s examination renewal, state upholds dog-license statute which complicates things for Canaan man, and study says ‘pot’ law doesn’t cause more smoking
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Stones of Riverton’ and ‘To Swoon and to Spar’
An original and clever collection of short stories, and a charming romance with a delightful conclusion
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Jan. 12, 1987: Woman who lived nearby the Blaine House for last 55 years and never visited before gets chance at Sunday’s open house, up to 14 inches of snow piles on statewide, and the Augusta Civic Center transforms into ‘glitter ballroom’ for governor’s inauguration
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Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Freud’s Last Session’ a duel between Satan and God
Anthony Hopkins, left, and Matthew Goode in a scene from“Freud’s Last Session.” 14 Sunset, LB Entertainment, Last Session Productions “Freud’s Last Session,” directed by Matt Brown (“The Man Who Knew Infinity”) is a dark film we don’t need right now, but it brings us the gifted Anthony Hopkins (“Silence of the Lambs,” an even darker […]
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Jan. 11, 2000: Skowhegan Area Middle School starting to show it’s age with roof leaks, cracks, Waterville city planners delay action on new 82-room Hampton Inn off Kennedy Memorial Drive, and Gov. King unveils $280 million state budget
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Hallowell-based singer Andrew Thomas to release first-full length album
Late last year, I made a wonderful discovery: a new-to-me singer/songwriter/keyboardist named Andrew Thomas who calls Hallowell home. He was kind enough to send me a copy of his new album, “Amaze Your Friends,” and about a minute into the first track (“Resolution”) I fired off an email to him asking if he’d be willing […]