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Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Italian wine importers take over nine Portland restaurants for a night
On Wednesday, there will be simultaneous Italian wine dinners at the southern Maine establishments.
Nonnative plants and animals aren’t the only living things that spell trouble for Maine’s landscape
In a disrupted ecosystem, even native species can be problematic. Take white-tailed deer, for example, which are native, but have few predators today.
Keeping cups out of trash? Not easy
Cities and sellers alike are on a quest for a biodegradable holy grail.
Get your grill ready for summer
Cleaning and servicing it now will mean you’re ready when it’s (finally) warmer.
Vietnamese sandwich shop to open on Cumberland Avenue in Portland
Tuyet Thi Le, who has helped run her mother’s restaurant on St. John Street for the past five years, plans to serve bahn mi, as well as other Vietnamese food.
Burger King may sell plant-based burger across U.S. this year
Burger King may sell plant-based burgers nationally, citing success in a month-long test.
‘Easy Cookie Recipes’ are as simple as promised, but not quite as impressive
Addie Gundry serves up fun baking ideas, even if the chocolate chip cookies aren’t exactly the best ever. St. Martin’s Griffin, $19.99
Southern Maine is binging on a buffet of street food
As its popularity grows, more restaurants are featuring it on their menus and diners are developing appetites for unfamiliar cuisines.
Popular Wells food truck park to double number of trucks this spring
Congdon’s After Dark, founded two years ago, will be undergoing a major expansion this year, and a new park will be opening in Kittery.