I never ate eggplant growing up. I think it was simply my family’s preferences. I have since grown it successfully, but not every year. Eggplants like warm weather. It takes soil temperatures close to 80 degrees for the seeds to germinate, which doesn’t happen much in Maine. So unless you started your seedlings on a […]
Peggy Grodinsky
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The Halibut Project at Chaval restaurant brings mouth-to-tail-fin eating to diners
For the length of local halibut season, chef de cuisine Kirby Sholl is featuring halibut on the menu from head to rib to ‘wing.’
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At 102, South Portland woman doesn’t hold back feelings about the food she loves, or doesn’t
Kareemi Atallah wanted again to eat the Middle Eastern food she grew up with. She sort of gets her wish.
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Blueberry wine, hush puppies and, yep, potato chips, were a few of his favorite things
Dine Out critic Andrew Ross tells us about some of the best things he ate and drank in May.
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Time to sit back and enjoy the peony show
The work comes in the fall, which is the best time to plant or divide them.
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Japanese knotweed is often vilified, but among its uses? You can eat it
Foragers say the sprouts of the invasive plant can be treated like asparagus or rhubarb.
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Fill your house with flowers, one of life’s small pleasures
Landscape your home and grow vegetables, sure. But don’t forget the cutting flowers.
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Settle in to a verdant green setting to enjoy your ‘green’ picnic
Some suggestions for making your Memorial Day picnic green in both senses of the word.
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Grow: Cucumbers
Cucumbers like heat and moisture. In Maine, this is the right time to plant them – when the danger of frost is gone and, we hope, our temperature will reach the 70s most days. Cucumbers want a lot of organic matter in the soil, so work in some compost before planting them. They also are […]
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Spring clean your pantry and bolster your sustainable eating habits
Lentils and seaweed lurking in the back of the pantry like some people we know? Keep them front and center and you’ll reach for them more often.