Haines has led the Maine Film Center, the Maine International Film Festival and Waterville Main Street to successes in the city, officials said.
Life & Culture
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Skin contact – in wine-making – turns an ordinary white into a tantalizing orange
Good skin-fermented wines boast extraordinarily distinctive flavors and an amber color.
Pros share their secrets for mouth-watering veggie burgers
Three experts describe how to maximize texture and flavor in a healthy patty.
Fork Food Lab: Where food enterprises get cooked up
The new facility in Portland will give entrepreneurs who’ve been told, ‘You should sell this stuff’ a kitchen, equipment and help to do that.
‘America’s Best Breakfasts’ uses day’s first meal to take readers on tour of the country
Based on these recipes, there is a lot more to breakfast than bacon, eggs and oatmeal.
What to do if the neighbor leaves a bag of zukes on your porch
From pickles to cake to pasta-like ‘zoodles,’ there are so many good uses for zucchini you may be extremely grateful.
Food historian to speak at Tate House
Sandy Oliver will discuss the importance of women’s work in the kitchen in Colonial days on Sept. 13.
Farm leftovers to be used to feed 5,000 in Portland
On Oct. 7, a coalition of groups concerned about hunger will feed stew made from produce gleaned from local fields to thousands in Portland.
Tickets provide access to unlimited beer samples Saturday at Skowhegan’s first Brew Fest
The festival will showcase 20 Maine craft brewers and local food vendors featuring farm-to-table fare.
Affleck tweets sneak peek at potential Batman nemesis Deathstroke
But it may be a while before we know who is under the villain’s mask and when and where he’ll appear.