But Malika Ameen’s cookbook has too many recipes that are overly complicated or imprecisely written.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine native heads west and finds success with vegan living in Los Angeles
Amber St. Peter, born in Whitefield, has a successful blog and a new cookbook.
More Portland food trucks switch from diesel to dining rooms
The businesses are converting their operations to brick-and-mortar restaurants at a fast pace, giving residents even more dining options.
Dine Out Maine: If Toroso’s food pleases, ’tis the seasoning; if it doesn’t, ditto
The adventurous Spanish tapas freely cross borders.
‘Chicken soup’ sold in Maine recalled because of mislabeling
Whole Foods Market stores sell Kettle Cuisine’s Mom’s Chicken Soup, but the cans contain a different soup that contains known allergens.
Olive oil cake with prune jam and whipped ricotta
Chef Evan Mallett calls this offering “shockingly delicious.”
Garden tomato soup with shellfish and saffron cream
Make a meal of it with a side salad and grilled rustic bread.
Winter root veggie potpie
“Many cooks will prefer to make one large pot pie with this recipe and serve sloppy slices instead of individual pies,” chef Evan Mallett says.
Sheet-pan salmon supper keeps diet resolution afloat
If healthy eating is complicated and time-consuming, we will lose interest before Valentine’s Day has arrived. That’s why sheet-pan salmon suppers are so terrific.
Recipe for beer-infused Super Bowl sliders one for the win column
These sliders end up both juicy and crusty.