With it, you can make your own brown, caster, confectioners’ and other sugars, and eliminate unnecessary packaging.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine Gardener: Have your office plants survived the pandemic?
House plant SOS! When employees were sent home to work in March, in some cases their office plants felt the neglect.
Dine In Maine: Craving Palace Diner’s legendary flapjacks?
We have the (very large) recipe.
Vegan Kitchen: Americans have been enjoying nut milk and nut butter for at least 4 centuries
We (erroneously) may think of them as new, but the Wabanaki and other Native Americans regularly made and ate these products.
Study: Fix to food climate problem doesn’t require veganism
A new study says how we grow, eat and waste food is a big climate change problem that may keep the world from reaching its temperature-limiting goals.
OFF RADAR: Novels on Maine Islands
Maine’s islands have made nice, solid settings for novels for a long time, and three recent ones happened to come my way this summer.
The Wrap: A reopening, a closing and a pivot
Speckled Ax plans a new coffee roastery, Cong Tu Bot reopens a wee bit, and MOFGA opens a holiday shop in Freeport.
Lucky Clark On Music: Holly Bowling
Piano improvisationalist kicks off second leg of her Wilderness Tour in Maine.
Run & Eat: At Speckled Ax Waterfront, the food is as good as the coffee
And that’s saying something.
Tap Lines: Drink up the flavors of fall with these seasonal brews
Malt, maple syrup and even sweet potato make these local beers perfect for sweater season.