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Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Here’s what’s new in Maine gardening catalogs so you can place your orders now
A lime-green snack cucumber, disease-resistant corn and a Hungarian potato are among the new offerings.
Casual restaurant bankruptcies accelerate as customers retreat
Casual restaurants have seen more pronounced difficulties because they depend on customers with lower incomes and have to compete with fast food chains employing the same tactics.
From winter warmers to Jewish-Mexican mashups, the new Maine cookbooks to get or gift
A fresh batch of cookbooks is out just in time for the holidays and baking season.
If you’re looking for a project, try getting your poinsettia to rebloom next year
Otherwise, just enjoy it this holiday season.
Penobscot chef to cook at White House next week
Joe Robbins, who was a James Beard semifinalist this year, will be 1 of 5 Indigenous chefs at the White House Tribal Nations Summit.
Community Plate builds connections in Maine, one potluck supper at a time
The nonprofit group hosts free story-sharing potluck suppers around the state in an effort to combat the epidemic of loneliness.
Pass the cranberries: Maine growers embrace intense demand of holiday season
While many Maine cranberry bogs had a good harvest this year, growers are grappling with the holiday rush.
Central Maine Eats: Morning Moose Coffee grinds it out in Richmond and beyond
Coverage of restaurants, food trucks and food events in the Augusta and Waterville, Maine, areas.
Column: Christmas trees provide joy, and they do so much more
Are you feeling guilty about cutting down a young, living tree? The head of the Maine Christmas Tree Association says the trees do lots of good.