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Arts & Entertainment, Books

Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘An Immense World’

July 31, 2022July 29, 2022

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.

Food & Dining, Outdoors

Patience and improvisation are keys to cooking over campfire

by Juliana Vandermark Staff writer July 31, 2022August 5, 2022

Girl Scouts and a Registered Maine Guide offer tips for making meals in the great outdoors.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

In the eyes of Isle Theater, all the natural world’s their stage

by Eric Russell July 31, 2022July 30, 2022

The company, founded in 2020 by Deer Isle native Marvin Merritt IV and Anna Fitzgerald, is staging its latest site-specific play on a working farm in Penobscot.

Food & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes

Green Plate Special: A Limington farm is making labne, a Middle Eastern yogurt cheese delicious no matter how you spell it

by Christine Burns Rudalevige July 31, 2022July 30, 2022

Try labne as a spread with bread and olive oil or in an Israeli couscous salad.

Food & Dining, Outdoors

A brief (and personal) guide to campfire cooking

by Juliana Vandermark July 31, 2022July 29, 2022

I pulled together this quick campfire cooking checklist of sorts, based on my interviews and my own experience. Here goes: Research the fire rules at your campsite. Never assume. Review safety. For the Girl Scouts of Maine, this includes keeping long hair out of your face and away from the fire, ensuring no more than […]