The lawsuits paint a picture of the owners of the closed Portland restaurant Zapoteca that is at odds with their reputations.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Gardiner’s Johnson Hall reaches fundraising milestone
A grant from the Viles Foundation pushed fundraising to rehabilitate the historic theater past the halfway mark.
Steely Dan co-founder, guitarist, Walter Becker dies at 67
Becker founded the group with Donald Fagen, whom he met at Bard College in upstate New York.
The work of recreating ‘Christina’s World’
Christina Baker Kline spent three years researching the subject of Andrew Wyeth’s painting, then wrote a story about her life.
Dine Out Maine: Self-taught chef turning heads at Rockland’s Suzuki Sushi
After 12 years, the restaurant that produces dishes that beautifully balance seasonality with classic technique is getting the recognition it deserves.
Paul Naron aims to grow the best indoor farmers market in the world
Belfast already had one farmers market when Paul Naron relocated here, but he’s taking his to a new level.
Plants can be natural pesticides
A stroll through Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens provides an education about plants that repel destructive insects.
EPA’s Scott Pruitt’s push to roll back vehicle emission standards is a disaster
Lowering the standards harms air quality, destabilizes the climate and is bad for Mainers.
Make soup stock from whatever’s at hand – fish heads, ham hocks, chicken feet
As soup season nears, our columnist walks us through making stocks from all the bits and pieces you’d otherwise toss out.
Aster cultivars will brighten your fall garden
And if you treat them right, a plant many think of as an annual is actually a perennial.