Mainers turn to bread, cookies and pastries for comfort, emptying grocery shelves of baking supplies and expanding their waistlines.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Bar Guide: There are many perks to having a virtual happy hour
No flagging down a bartender or splitting the bill, but you do have to do your own dishes.
Comfort foods from Annette’s Diner available curbside
The Naples diner has so many homemade options, including Greek pizza with an option to go gluten-free.
Homefront: A delicious, healthful one-bowl meal
Examine your pantry, figure out what to cook, and then please tell us about it.
Vegan Kitchen: A meat-free diet in Maine is nothing new
In the first half of the 19th-century, some Mainers promoted a vegetarian diet. One doctor wrote that it did for “the wretched invalids what the best medical treatment had utterly failed to do.”
Freeze your food to keep your cooking fresh for weeks to come
From bread to fruit to aromatics, here is how.
Dine In Maine: What’s a restaurant critic to do when all the restaurants are closed? Order in
Cheese (and drink) in the time of coronavirus.
Green Plate Special: The cure for what ails you could be a flapjack and a splendid stroll
Just remember to keep your (social) distance.
Maine Gardener: Mommy, I’m bored! Have you heard that lately?
While we all wait out the coronavirus at home, consider a garden project with the kids.
Stock your pantry with simple ingredients for quick, budget-friendly soups
Good for now, when we’re at home because of the coronavirus, and good for later, too, when things get back to normal.