For over 25 years, volunteers from a chapter of Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners have served tens of thousands of bowls of vegan beans at the fair.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
The only pasta salad recipe you’ll ever need
When tossed warm with a Thai-inspired fish sauce vinaigrette, the pasta stays tender and soaks up the sauce’s spicy, savory tang.
Make these blue-ribbon recipes at home
BECKY COPP’S PRIZE-WINNING DILL PICKLES Makes 4 quarts 4 pounds fresh cucumbers 8 heads of fresh dill 6 tablespoons pickling salt 1 teaspoon ground mustard 1 quart water 1 quart white vinegar Wash cucumbers using cold water and cut lengthwise into spears. Combine salt, water, vinegar and mustard in a large saucepan. Bring to a […]
Ready, set, bake! Fairs give home cooks a chance to get creative
Several who regularly enter the food contests at the Cumberland County Fair and the Fryeburg Fair share their experiences.
Green Plate Special: My pantry resembles the condiments aisle, but, hey, I write about food for a living
The new sidebar to this column that serves to both inspire cooks and contain food waste will be called ‘No Loose Ends.’
Melissa Copeland’s veggie-rich Mexican rice: A meal in itself
This easy vegan version is inexpensive, too.
Maine Gardener: Garlic – so many choices
Columnist Tom Atwell plants, and compares, four varieties . Which will he pick to plant again next year?
‘The Anti-Inflammatory Kitchen Cookbook’ can help you devise, deliciously, a healthful diet
And the recipe for White Bean & Basil Cakes is a keeper.
Two landmark Italian eateries in Portland area closing, another relocating
Anjon’s Italian Restaurant in Scarborough is shuttered, and Maria’s will replace Espo’s Trattoria location in Portland.
‘Restaurant: Impossible’ returning to Uncle Andy’s next week
The South Portland diner got a makeover in 2014 from the Food Network show, and Monday the crew is coming back to see how things are going.