Building intensity, cutting through flavors and adding a little whimsy are some guiding principles for pairing beers with food.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Things to Do
Orchestra of top Black, Latinx classical musicians coming to Maine
The Sphinx Virtuosi, the performance arm of the Detroit-based social justice nonprofit Sphinx Organization, will play Merrill Auditorium on March 31.
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Posted inFood & Dining
Quarantine Kitchen finds a recipe for success in homey comfort food and kind words
The feel-good Facebook group that a Maine chef started in March 2020 so the online community could share pantry-food dishes and recipes during the pandemic is still cooking on all burners.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Don’t call it mud season. March in Maine is spinach season
Even if you buy a very large bag, you won’t run out of delicious ways to use it.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine
As Lynne Drexler’s star rises, Farnsworth sells two of her works to help diversify its collection
The Rockland art museum fetched $1.2 million this month for a painting by the late Monhegan artist and is planning to sell another, an unusual and controversial decision.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Vegan Kitchen: Making maple syrup the old-fashioned way in Naples
At Little Farm, Joe and Nancy Foran eschew defoamers and fancy equipment to produce intensely flavored syrup that communicates their particular patch of trees, sun, earth and water.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘Take It Easy: Portland in the 1970s’
John Duncan’s photos capture the artistic exuberance that powered the renascence in the Old Port.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine, News
James Beard finalists announced, Maine chefs dominate Northeast category
While three Portland chefs earned regional nominations, restaurant Leeward and baker Atsuko Fujimoto are finalists in major national categories.
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Bach Birthday Bash is back live at Merrill Auditorium
The event, which hasn’t been held in person for the past two years, will feature municipal organist James Kennerley playing pieces by the German composer on the Kotzschmar Organ.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: This year’s Maine Garden + Marketplace a scaled-back version of the usual show
Blame lingering impacts of the pandemic, and don’t look for display gardens. With luck, next year…