The rules would take effect by 2021, affecting common products such as straws and earbuds.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Dunkin’ takes on Starbucks with improved espresso drinks
Customers will be able to buy upgraded lattes, cappuccinos and other espresso-based beverages at most stores by the holiday season.
Dorcas Reilly, inventor of the green bean casserole, a Thanksgiving favorite, has died at 92
Reilly worked for Campbell’s on and off between the late 1940s and 1988, when she retired as manager of the Campbell’s kitchen.
Winning $1.5 billion Mega Millions ticket sold in South Carolina
The winner of the near-record prize could decide to remain anonymous.
Real Texas chili is big on meat, but there’s no room for legumes
Tender beef swimming in a pepper-spiced tomato sauce is what true fans desire.
In ‘Pure Simple Cooking,’ the ideas are grand and the photos alluring
But for some of the recipes, the devil is in the details.
Vegan Kitchen: Meat and seafood eaters are fickle about love for animals
Lobsters of a different color and escaped cows grab hearts, but economic development that involves killing creatures gets public financing.
The key to a tastier butternut squash soup
Starting with seeds and fiber in the cooking liquid brings a fuller flavor.
The Wrap: Maine farm known for tasty taters offers possible new holiday favorite
And the family that owns Espo’s Trattoria, a Portland mainstay, puts it up for sale.
Feeding artists in rural Maine turns chef’s dream into reality
Marilou Ranta makes a deal with the Libra Foundation’s arts residency program in Monson to fulfill her goal of opening a restaurant.