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Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Stephen King aims to help bookstore owner who lost collection
The author says he was ‘horrified’ to hear about the flood at Gerald Winters & Son in Bangor that destroyed rare books and original King manuscripts.
Repurposed leftovers can make tasty spinach and feta burgers
You can add key ingredients to moisten the leftover meat – pork, beef or lamb.
Have some over-ripe bananas? Then make better pancakes
When you want to branch out from banana bread, here’s a pretty basic recipe that uses sour milk and cream as the liquid.
Random fridge treasures achieve craveworthy breakfast pizza
Potatoes, Sriracha, mayo, onion, sausage, cheese and eggs come together to make something fabulous.
If you can’t go to Portugal, a new cookbook may be the next best thing
‘Lisbon: Recipes from the Heart of Portugal” is filled with photographs that showcase Portugal’s capital city.
Vegan food increasingly given favorable reception at weddings
Plant-based choices are now on the menu at the majority of non-vegan weddings in Maine, a large shift observed by wedding professionals in the state.
Adaptation of ‘Babette’s Feast’ will have its world premiere in Portland
A performance based on the award-winning Danish food movie shows at Portland Stage Company beginning Jan. 23.
Mila Kunis named Woman of the Year by Harvard’s Hasty Pudding
The organization says she’s being honored because she is one of Hollywood’s most ‘vivacious and engaging’ actresses.
Matt Damon apologizes for controversial #MeToo comments
‘I really wish I’d listened a lot more before I weighed in on this.’