Twenty-three loaves, five judges, many jokes and even more cups of tea lead to wins in three categories.
Food
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
One Mainer takes advantage of Restaurant Week to eat, spy, savor
Randa Vashon works in the restaurant industry – and is a big fan of the annual event.
How to add heat to your cooking with a variety of ingredients
The trick is to layer the flavors to let each element shine.
Overnight oatmeal pudding makes a healthy breakfast easier
Customized with nuts, fresh or frozen fruit, applesauce or almond butter, it’s a morning meal that will stick with you.
Shrinking the waste of food packaging begins with baby steps
Plus a recipe for Homemade Cinnamon and Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal.
Dine out Maine: Blue Spoon embodies all that’s right about a neighborhood bistro
It’s intimate and comfortable with filling and appealing food.
Maine hospitals look to local fish and vegetables to improve health and patient satisfaction
Despite the challenges of price and availability, some are serving as much as 20 percent local food.
Savoring their culinary moment
Vignola Cinque Terre wins the Incredible Breakfast Cook-Off title.
Cookbook review: For lasting warmth, roasting helps
In this season of bitter cold, ‘Roasting: Favorite Recipes & Essential Tips for Chicken, Beef, Veggies & More’ by the editors and contributors of Fine Cooking provides some tasty relief.
The Maine Ingredient: Sausage quickly satisfies urge to add spice to life
Cases in point: a simple but delicious potato and sausage skillet dinner and a sausage-lentil soup.