Yes, we must stay home to keep ourselves and our communities safe. Luckily, our gardens are contained in the word “home.”
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Novelist James Patterson sets up fund to help indie booksellers
Patterson announced #SaveIndieBookstores, a partnership with the American Booksellers Association and the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.
Jazz great Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead at 85; fought virus
Marsalis was the patriarch of the New Orleans clan that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford.
OFF RADAR: Poetry by one of the people of the dawn land
‘Bear, Coyote, Raven’ by Jason Grundstrom-Whitney
UMaine to offer program this summer in food preservation
Participants will learn techniques such as canning, drying, freezing and fermenting.
New online store offers help to shuttered indie booksellers
With independent bookstores shut down nationwide, a new online seller is offering help
Where has all the flour gone? Ask Maine’s home-bound bakers.
Mainers turn to bread, cookies and pastries for comfort, emptying grocery shelves of baking supplies and expanding their waistlines.
Bar Guide: There are many perks to having a virtual happy hour
No flagging down a bartender or splitting the bill, but you do have to do your own dishes.
Comfort foods from Annette’s Diner available curbside
The Naples diner has so many homemade options, including Greek pizza with an option to go gluten-free.
Homefront: A delicious, healthful one-bowl meal
Examine your pantry, figure out what to cook, and then please tell us about it.