Kate Shaffer’s newest cookbook also serves as a guidebook.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
This season, try renewing your old strawberry bed
The potential pay-off? Strawberries squared. Boy oh boy oh boy!
Vegan food continues to flourish in Maine
There’s a bounty of doughnuts, dog treats, mac and cheese and much more – just about everything gets the vegan treatment.
Grow: Lettuce – again and again
Using a process called succession planting, lettuce can be planted several times during a growing season.
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Northern Reach’ and ‘The Healing Garden’
A multi-generational story about fractured Maine families, and a fascinating instructional guide to understanding herbal medicines
New Orleans Film Festival to be held in person this fall
The event is scheduled for Nov. 5-21 at venues across the area, and will also include a virtual cinema that will be accessible globally.
French nonfiction author Carrere wins top Spanish award
He was chosen among 33 candidates from 20 countries because of the ability of his works to straddle reality and fiction. the award’s jury says.
Lobster lovers feeling the pinch of high prices
Lobster is pricey this season due to a limited supply, high demand and the reopening of the economy as the nation moves past the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sushi and beer partnership coming to Freeport
Mr. Tuna and GoodFire Brewing have teamed up to buy the Route 1 building that previously housed El Jefe and Conundrum.
Bar Guide: Q&A with New York cocktail columnist Robert Simonson, en route to Maine
He’ll be at Hunt & Alpine on Thursday to promote his book, ‘Mezcal and Tequila Cocktails,’ before traveling through the state.