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Food & Dining

Chef Summit begins in Portland on Thursday

January 31, 2018January 30, 2018

After two days of industry talks, the summit will move to Sunday River for a reception and sold-out Grand Tasting.

Food & Dining, Recipes

Recipes: Instant Pot Super Bowl dishes sure to be crowd-pleasers

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018

Local chefs offer ideas for delicious additions to the buffet table.

Food & Dining, Recipes

Recipe: Buffalo bites, hold the meat

January 31, 2018January 30, 2018

Follow these steps for vegan Super Bowl treats.

Food & Dining, Vegan Kitchen

Buffalo cauliflower bites will win over vegans at your Super Bowl party

by Avery Yale Kamila January 31, 2018January 30, 2018

Keep them happy and well-fed with the newest craze.

Cookbook Reviews, Food & Dining, Recipes

‘What Can I Bring?’ answers an eternal food question with Southern recipes

by Steve Craig January 31, 2018January 30, 2018

Today Show contributor Elizabeth Heiskell provides accessible Southern edibles – but some of the recipe notes grate.

Food & Dining

We invite chefs from 7 local restaurants to cook Super Bowl fare with an Instant Pot

by Meredith Goad January 31, 2018January 31, 2018

The new kitchen gadget is a pressure cooker. Rice cooker. Steamer. Godsend. We held a competition in the Press Herald newsroom and put the Tom Brady of kitchen tools to the test.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Former ‘Glee’ star Mark Salling found dead

by Associated Press January 30, 2018January 30, 2018

The 35-year-old was scheduled to be sentenced on child pornography charges.

Life & Culture, Maine, News

Tongue-tied couple in famous Dysart’s ad give ‘SNL’ spoof a thumbs up

by Ray Routhier January 29, 2018January 30, 2018

Jack and Sonya Palmer relive the commercial that went viral in 2012 after Will Ferrell and Kate McKinnon parody their flubbed-line outtakes on national television.