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Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Can’t find flour at the store? We’ve got you covered
These recipes for muffins, cookies and cake don’t require it.
Green Plate Special: With egg purchases limited, make your eggs count
Count cartons of eggs among the grocery items we are anxiety-hoarding during the coronavirus.
Dine In Maine: Restaurants are forced to reinvent themselves
Said one restaurateur: “When they said you couldn’t have anybody in the store, it was basically like coming up with a whole new restaurant in a matter of hours.”
Homefront: Never a better time for tomato sauce
How are you passing the time in the kitchen as we wait out the pandemic?
Vegan Kitchen: Coronavirus Diary
Vegan Kitchen columnist Avery Yale Kamila cooks, grocery shops, records — and takes the pandemic day by day.
Maine Gardener: Seeds. So little cost for so much hope.
Looking for something to do? Plant something.
Pandemic compounds challenges for restaurants that are just getting cooking
At opening time, restaurateurs are maxed out on debt, yet they may not be eligible for government relief.
Bunnies to the rescue as virus undercuts Belgian chocolatiers
Easter Sunday is normally the most important date on Belgian chocolate makers’ calendar, so some producers offer eggs or bunnies in medical masks.
Maine Grain Alliance cancels Skowhegan kneading conference
The Maine Grain Alliance has canceled the annual conference that brings bakers from all over the country to Skowhegan in July.