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Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine’s restaurant labor shortage intensifies as student employees return to school
Some businesses are cutting back operating hours to deal with the sudden loss of workers.
Tap Lines: For gluten-intolerant beer lovers, luck has turned with Lucky Pigeon
The new Biddeford brewery makes gluten-free beers exclusively and in several styles.
Maine Gardener: Hosta pushing out its neighbors? Iris ailing?
September is a good time to dig and divide.
Grow: Winter squash
In fall, a gardener’s fancy turns to thoughts of winter squash
Vegan Kitchen: The making of a vegan
Vegan Kitchen columnist Avery Yale Kamila tells how, 30 years ago, she became an impassioned vegan – and never looked back.
To make the perfect BLT, rethink two of the staple ingredients
Watercress can be a good replacement for lettuce, and consider taking the extra time to peel your tomato.
Green Plate Special: The many reasons dill blossoms are kind of a big deal
You can use different parts of the plant in all sorts of ways.
Like a certain honey flavor? You have bees to thank
The nectar chosen by the insects, which varies by season and region, determines how different honeys taste.
OFF RADAR: ‘Sideshots: Stories from a Land Surveyor’s Traverse through the District of Maine’
This survey of backwoods Maine will illuminate its times and places for historians