No knock on pancakes with syrup, but here are tips and recipes for using spring’s liquid gold to its fullest potential. Try it in everything from salad dressing to oyster mignonette.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Home Plates: A foolproof bread helped 1 family get through the pandemic
Four years ago, a home cook in Gray added this bread to her repertoire. It’s versatile, fast and ‘generally delicious.’
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Skip the seedlings and opt to direct-sow flower seeds this year
Many annuals, and perennials, too, are easy to grow from seed directly in your garden.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes, Vegan Kitchen
St. Patrick banished the snakes. Local vegans banish corned beef
Tofu, tempeh and seitan can all stand in for corned beef in the boiled dinner that’s traditional for St. Patrick’s Day.
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Food stylists get paid to play with their food
Working in creative tandem with photographers, food stylists craft all manner of recipes into cookbook, magazine and ad images meant to make you salivate.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special
Paella wasn’t always a (delicious) dinner party trick
Born as the humble food of farm laborers in Valencia, it was cooked over an open fire in the field with whatever ingredients were easily at hand.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Signs that your houseplants are ready for a new pot – and tips for repotting them
Late winter/early spring is the perfect time to repot houseplants.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Nation & World
Candy companies pitch gum as stress reliever, concentration aid to revive stale U.S. sales
Gum-makers are trying to figure out what will make Americans start chewing again.
Posted inFood & Dining, Things to Do
For Maine Restaurant Week, pick a dining or driving destination and go out
There are more than 70 restaurants statewide offering deals during the event, which starts Friday and runs through March 12.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Tips for springtime pruning
Bonus: Bring any branches you trimmed from flowering shrubs and trees inside and arrange in vases. Be patient, and in a few weeks enjoy beautiful blossoms.