The pan-Mediterranean food mostly succeeds, but the menu could use an edit.
Food
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Diet Pepsi dropping aspartame because of consumer concerns
Executives at Coke and Pepsi blame sales declines on perceptions that aspartame, first sold under the brand name Nutrasweet, isn’t safe.
Trader Joe’s recalls sweet apple chicken sausage
The store was notified by its supplier that some packages could contain small pieces of plastic.
An audaciously elemental serving of Milk Bar
Pastry chef Christina Tosi’s new cookbook mixes convenience and craft
Recipe exhibit at Maine Historical Society shows state’s changing tastes
Peanut butter soup, a World War I recipe to encourage rationing, tastes like ‘a warm milkshake.’
Teens in transition learn joy of cooking healthfully with Cooking Matters
Kids from Portland’s Learning Works school get hands-on practice in eating well on a budget.
Surprises happily divert a man of classical tastes in wine
Those that may seem like outliers at first can turn out to be exciting discoveries.
Meeting in the middle when meat divides a household
Couples and families find ways to live together happily while maintaining their eating choices.
These three sisters go together in the garden and the bowl
Corn, beans and squash combine in a simple and wonderful – some might say symbiotic – salad.
Kraft Mac & Cheese shedding the dyes
The popular pasta will now be colored with paprika, annatto and turmeric.