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Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Rosemont Market opening new store in Cape Elizabeth
The store will be ‘medium-sized,’ like ones in Yarmouth and Portland’s West End.
Portland gelato shop handles vandalism with jokes (and emojis)
With a tweet, Gorgeous Gelato shows off its destroyed window in the Old Port.
Fork Food Lab entrepreneurs: The Graduate
White Cap Cold Brew Coffee Co. will leave Fork Food Lab in January to open a tasting room on Washington Avenue in Portland.
Fork Food Lab entrepreneurs: The Dropout (for now)
Fat Pants Bakery had to leave Fork Food Lab, but its owner says her dream is not dead yet.
Fork Food Lab entrepreneurs: The Up-and-Comer
Mill Cove Baking Co. is making its name with crackers.
Fork Food Lab entrepreneurs: The Superstar
Cape Whoopies just landed a huge order from Amazon and will be on QVC in December.
Apple Culture: Sleuths encouraged to hunt for Maine’s lost apples
You, too, can become an explorer, searching for heirlooms and helping return them to their home communities.
‘Six Seasons: A New Way With Vegetables’ brings joy, not virtue, to vegetables
Co-author and chef Joshua McFadden spent two years learning with farmers and writers Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch in Maine.