Food & Dining - Centralmaine.com

Make fig brandy for gifts, and get brandied figs as a bonus

by CATHY BARROW October 4, 2017October 3, 2017

Figs are sweet enough on their own to stand up to a boozy bath.

by MELISSA D'ARABIAN October 4, 2017October 3, 2017

This meal involves just a few ingredients that work in concert to produce a lot of flavor.

by KATIE WORKMAN October 4, 2017October 3, 2017

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the premade puff pastry.

by Marlene Parrish October 4, 2017October 3, 2017

This type of salad is too often overlooked.

by Sean Turley October 4, 2017October 3, 2017

The state is full of unique fruit trees that often are free to pick from.

by Anna Stoessinger October 4, 2017October 3, 2017

And Portland, Maine, is not the first place our columnist expected to find it.

At 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, the line of waiting customers stretched down the side of the building on Main Street in Saco.

by Christine Burns Rudalevige October 1, 2017September 29, 2017

The more we eat this less familiar but delicious fruit, the more we may aid in its revival in Maine

The tale of a dishwasher and a chef at Portland’s Back Bay Grill was selected for the 2017 book.

by Sean Turley September 27, 2017September 26, 2017

Despite what you think you know, crabapples can be eaten out of hand, or used for cooking or cider.