Jim Macdonald specializes in marquetry, the process of using pieces of veneer to form patterns or designs, and an exhibit of his work is on display at the Chocolate Church in Bath.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Never apologize, and other strategies for using up all that zucchini
It’s zucchini season. Don’t fight it. Make the vegetable your friend with these excellent cooking ideas.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘Downeast’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Food & Dining, Maine Authors
A ‘lavish melting pot’ of essays from Maine writers on food – and the lack of it
The book encompasses tomato sandwiches, school lunch, illness, immigration and so much more.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Soft serve that can serve everyone in Maine
Several new spots across the state now offer vegan soft-serve ice cream, making the treat available to vegans, the lactose-intolerant and everybody else, too.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: Father and son share stories of survival
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘Soft Features’
A wholly accurate story about the complications and obstacles most journalists face as they struggle to live up to their own and their professional ethics.
Posted inBooks, Nation & World, News
Iran denies involvement in attack on Salman Rushdie but blames him
In 1989, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or Islamic edict, demanding the author’s death, and while Iran has not focused on Rushdie in recent years, the decree still stands.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
Book review: In his latest novel, Jeffrey Lewis tackles some very big questions
‘Land of Cockaigne’ examines the impact the wealthy have on their communities, the ugliness of reactionary politics, and the sometimes insular nature of small towns.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: A fictional 1955 ‘mass dragoning’ has plenty of relevance for real world 2022
Book recommendations from readers.