Employ these baking tricks to turn unpopular Halloween leavings into real treats: Butterfinger Truffles, Whopper Bread Pudding and Almond Joy Bundt Cake.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
An annual Halloween transformation, and no we don’t mean small children turning into ghosts
This mom makes her child’s candy disappear and magically replaces it with vegan versions of the sweet treats.
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
Local author, artist announce book-signing event
Barbara Walsh and Helene Farrar team up for ‘The Deer Man’
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘Billy Summers’ by Stephen King
This is best King novel in a while, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Nation & World
British college hands over looted bronze to Nigeria
It’s part of a modest but growing effort in some European countries to return African art taken by colonial powers.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: ‘The Lost Kitchen’ streaming 2nd season, MOFGA book launch
Norimoto Bakery makes its move, Yobo serving takeout lunch, and Chick Fil-A arrives Thursday.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Ukulele Russ talks about returning to Maine for Gardiner concert
On Saturday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m., as part of Johnson Hall’s On the Road Series — there will be a concert at the Life Community Church at 46 Church St. in Gardiner that welcomes home Russell Copelin and his unconventional band. You see, this Mainer has created a persona (Ukulele Russ) that defies classification […]
Posted inFood & Dining, Things to Do
Bar Guide: On Halloween, spirits of one sort meet spirits of another
Plenty of local spots are offering their creative takes on Zombies and other ghoulishly appropriate cocktails.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Another gardening season draws to a close
The weather was weird, very dry, then very wet, and often unusually warm. But by and large, the plants didn’t complain.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Betwixt and between: When summer produce lingers, but the calendar says it’s fall
What to do? Apply cold weather cooking methods, such as roasting and braising, to summery produce.