Parivash Rohani and her family are among as many as 300 million people worldwide who celebrate the Persian New Year.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
‘A Modern Way to Cook’ has great ideas, but falls short of its promised ‘quick’ meals
When all was said and done, our reviewer was left with eight things to wash, not counting the kitchen towel.
Hoist by their own batard: The rise of Spruce Baking
Chefs Kim Rodgers and Alison Parsons on Saturday launched a wholesale baking operation in the Pepperell Mill in Biddeford.
Renowned chef and her husband, former owners of Zapoteca, indicted on theft charges
Shannon Bard and husband Thomas are accused of theft by deception and negotiating a worthless instrument.
Marginal profits mean it’s closing time for Tempo Dulu and Opium, restaurant and bar at Danforth Inn
The closures are unrelated to a foreclosure matter involving the inn and a sister property in Camden, the owners say.
For TV food host Andrew Zimmern, Maine is a state of fatherly love and food
An episode of ‘The Zimmern List,’ airing Tuesday on Travel Channel, is all about his and his late father’s favorite places in Maine.
New cheese shop coming to Portland in June
The Cheese Shop of Portland will open initially in a renovated shipping container at the corner of Washington Avenue and Marion Street.
Dine Out Maine: Sweet (sometimes too much so), whimsical New England-y small plates at Moxy in Portsmouth
The restaurant is run by chef Matt Louis, a multi-James Beard award nominee.
Smuttynose Brewing Co. has new owner
Runnymede Investments, a family-owned firm located 5 miles from the brewery in North Hampton, New Hampshire, teams up with a brewery executive.