Tofu, tempeh and seitan can all stand in for corned beef in the boiled dinner that’s traditional for St. Patrick’s Day.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Home Plates: How do you define comfort?
For one retiree in South Bristol, dinnertime comfort means Continental Chicken.
A popular new documentary shows rapid health gains from a vegan diet
The compelling Netflix ‘You are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment’ is finding converts to veganism.
Add a little chaos to your garden
No need to be regimented inch by inch and row by row. Inject a bit of free spirit into your gardening style as a way to use up old seeds and discourage pests.