Plenty of local spots are offering their creative takes on Zombies and other ghoulishly appropriate cocktails.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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.
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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.
Posted inFood & Dining
Maine-made sausages are getting ever more creative – and ever more popular
Forget the old adage. You may well want to see these sausages being made.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
Local author releases new children’s book
Jeanine Deas brings storytelling magic to ‘We’re All in the Kitchen’
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Halloween Party Murder’ and ‘Lobster Graveyard’
The second Halloween murder mystery collection by three authors, and the second volume in the Oxbow Island Gang environmental-mystery series
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Nation & World, News
Chappelle critics and supporters square off at Netflix as employees walk out
The protests concern Dave Chappelle’s ‘The Closer,’ which features the comedian’s transphobic remarks and other insensitive commentary.
Posted inFood & Dining, Things to Do
Eat & Run: Indulge your inner vegan at Curbside Comforts
The food truck plans to keeping parking on the Eastern Prom into December.
Posted inFood & Dining, Things to Do
Tap Lines: In these local lagers, you’ll find something borrowed, something Bull
A heart transplant put an end to Tom Bull’s career in beer, but other Maine breweries are riffing on his recipes.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine, Recipes
A culinary quest for the best mushrooms led this Maine professor back into the woods
When she isn’t teaching political philosophy at Bowdoin, Jean Yarbrough can be found scouring the woods looking for edible mushrooms or in her kitchen cooking with her stash.