Lessons learned: heed bee warnings or get stung, and drought is tough on bees.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Greg Levinsky: Maple is a Maine fall flavor this year
This Morning Sentinel reporter served as a guest judge at the 2020 Maine Maple Producers Association recipe contest. Here’s how it went.
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The Wrap: New Asian restaurant in Portland, and 2 favorites reopen
Silly’s and Empire Chinese Kitchen reopen, oysters pop up, and Open Creamery Day goes on.
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Portland looks for ways to extend outdoor dining to Jan. 2
The city’s staff is developing a plan that will go before the council on Oct. 19.
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Run & Eat: Verbena offers comforting food at discomforting time
The cafe in South Portland’s Knightville neighborhood offers soup, quiche and hearty sandwiches, plus a charming outdoor seating area.
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Bar Guide: Stock up on syrup and make these maple cocktails
Use Maine Maple Producers Weekend as an excuse to sip on the sweet stuff.
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Dine In Maine: You may not be able to globe-trot, but your dinner can
The pandemic has complicated travel, but ordering food from elsewhere – for yourself and for others – is one way to experience other places, and to connect during these pretty strange times.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
This year, you can get your maple fix during pumpkin spice season
The pandemic cancelled Maine Maple Sunday in March. Organizers of a new fall event hope it will make up for some of that loss.
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Harvest on the Harbor is canceled
The event, which normally attracts crowds to Portland for a food-and-drinks festival in October, will be back next year, organizers say.
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Whoop it up all month long, in the name of the state treat
The Maine Whoopie Pie Festival, usually held in Dover-Foxcroft, has been transformed this year into Whooptoberfest, an extended virtual celebration.