Beans are among the most productive vegetables people can grow. They are among the easiest, as well. Beans come in many varieties: snap green beans, yellow beans, beans grown to be shelled for their seed, and both bush and pole beans. They aren’t as hardy as peas, which can be planted in mid-April, but not […]
Food & Dining
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Lowering the bar: Baking through the pandemic with an 11-pound chocolate bar
The ritual provides several comforts during a difficult year.
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Green Plate Special: Did you thank a farmer today?
Nationwide, farms are struggling to find enough farmhands to raise and pick crops. In Maine, legislators are considering a law to raise their pay.
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Gordon Ramsay’s tour of the midcoast to air in June
An episode of his National Geographic show, ‘Uncharted,’ will feature Ramsay foraging for and cooking with Maine ingredients.
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The Wrap: Soul food, seafood and autographs
A new soul food take-out business opens in Portland, and Portland Wine Week returns.
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Eat on the street – or in a parking spot – in these southern Maine cities
Portland and Westbrook have closed off sections of streets, while Biddeford and South Portland are making use of parking areas for outdoor dining.
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Bar Guide: Via Vecchia crafts inspired cocktails around Italian liqueurs
The Old Port restaurant has a weekday happy hour menu with drink specials and small plates.
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Run & Eat: At Dina’s Cuisine, the name has changed but the food has not
The menu at the former Ameera Bread in Portland offers a tour of the Middle East and parts of the Mediterranean.
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Green Plate Special: New UMaine program helps towns to turn food waste into ‘black gold’
At home, you can put sour milk to use in pancakes.
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Grow: onions
Onions are a wonderful plant to grow because, if things go well, you can eat them beginning in June and keep eating them all the way to March. People who start their seeds inside can start them as early as February. Now is the time to plant seedlings or onion sets – which are dried […]