The recipes are quite eye-catching even if the book is a bit of a mess.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Dine Out Maine: Zapoteca in Portland gets some things very right
Others, say the overcooked chicken mole, need a little retooling.
For summer baking, let your grill take the cake
Keep your kitchen, and yourself, cooler without having to use more electricity.
Barton Seaver dives deeper into sustainable seafood
With the publication of his sixth book in as many years, we ask the sustainable seafood expert and Maine resident what fuels his productivity.
Marinating salmon in juice makes a delicious difference
Pineapple juice is one chef’s secret before grilling the fish.
The Maine Ingredient: Native strawberries and backyard rhubarb make all-star desserts
Shortbread topped by ripe fruit and whipped cream rates high on the sublime meter.
What is the right price to pay for a bottle of wine?
The answer is easier than you might think.
‘The New Sugar & Spice: A Recipe for Bolder Baking’
Not all the recipes, which infuse exotic spices into American-style baked goods, are precise enough, but when they’re good, they’re very good.
Dine Out Maine: When you break bread at Tiqa, you’ll sense you’re in good hands
The pan-Mediterranean restaurant in Portland takes risks and mostly they pay off.
PR specialists help busy chefs in good times and bad
Their passion for food draws Gillian and Jim Britt to food-related clients who need marketing (and occasional reality checks).