The owners of the former Thistle Pig turned their restaurant into a fast casual spot, made for current times.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Bar Guide: Use kombucha as a mixer for creative cocktails
Follow recipes posted regularly by Root Wild or order a mixed drink from these Portland bars.
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Another Maine restaurant is forced to shut its doors
The operators of Lio say the financial challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic have proved too difficult to overcome.
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Where’s the beef? Right here in Portland
Beef sandwiches inspired by classics in other American cities are filling a niche in Portland’s food scene.
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Yes, there is a correct way to cut the cheese
Plus, a recipe for crackers that are not Cheez-Its, but are just as addictive.
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Dine Out: Maine restaurants warm up to prepaid tickets
Some local restaurant chefs are experimenting with a prepaid, ticket-based model for dinners, which hold special appeal during a pandemic.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
How to turn annuals into perennials – of sorts
Some annuals in your garden have monetary or sentimental value. Here’s how to keep them for another year.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes, Vegan Kitchen
You can’t go to the Common Ground Fair, but you can enjoy its vegan food
These recipes should hold you until 2021.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Happy Birthday, Maine!’ and ’45th Parallel’
Lynn Plourde’s fanciful birthday romp to celebrate Maine’s bicentennial, and a grim novel about drug dealing in Maine in 1975 by Norman R. Kalloch, Jr.
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The Wrap: A new bakery in Brunswick, a new Holy Donut in Auburn
Salt Pine Social closes, and Anoche wants your spare apples.