Parched? Eating foods with a high water content is a smart way to stay hydrated in the August heat.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: At Costa Rican-and-Caribbean-inspired Café Louis, hard work pays off (in 4½ stars)
The team at the small restaurant in South Portland’s Knightville neighborhood is at the top of its game.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Some tomato talk for tomato season
If you don’t know the indigo cherry, you are in for a happy surprise. They’re bountiful, easy to grow and mighty nice to eat, too.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Through the power of food memories, Tender Table builds community for people of color
Tender Table events combine storytelling with food, offering participants a space to feel connected – and at home.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘Atomic Habits’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Nation & World, News
Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York
Rushdie’s 1988 novel, ‘The Satanic Verses,’ was viewed as blasphemous by many Muslims, who saw a character as an insult to the Prophet Muhammad, among other objections.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake’ and ‘Peaks Island and Portland Harbor’
Another fast-paced crime story by Sarah Graves, and a time capsule of life, work, people and events in the 19th and 20th centuries
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Local & State
Maine brewers adjust to CO2 shortage but are concerned as problem worsens
Supply-chain issues have further driven up the price of carbon dioxide, which is used in several aspects of brewing.
Posted inBooks, Nation & World, News
‘The Snowman’ children’s author Raymond Briggs dies at 88
Briggs’ wordless book, about a boy’s wintry creation that comes to life, has sold more than 5.5 million copies around the world.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: Common Ground Country Fair returns to Unity next month
Plus, Nosh changes hands, Slab’s frozen pizzas hit Hannaford shelves, volunteers at St. Peter’s pump out 7,000 cookies for its annual Italian Bazaar this weekend, and more.