The Maine Maple Producers Association held its annual competition Friday to determine the season’s top products in several categories.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
A look at gardening trends for the new year
Columnist Tom Atwell is hopeful that in 2024, gardeners are doing more to help the environment. But climate change is beyond our (individual) control.
Home Plates: A home cook and bread baker ponders if baking is art or science
Both, Lindsay Porto concludes, and her Anadama bread is delicious proof.
Vegan Kitchen: Nationally known food justice advocate and vegan chef to speak at Bates
Bryant Terry will give keynote address at the college’s food justice forum on Martin Luther King Day.
The simple, sweet pleasures of scallop season
Gulf of Maine scallops are treasured in the culinary world for their firm, meaty texture and sublime sweetness. Here’s how to coax the best out of this special seafood.
Home Plates: Mom’s Italian Chili is comfort food at its best
For Steep Falls resident (and loving daughter) Amy Stanley Whitmore, the endlessly adaptable recipe hits the mark for a ‘truly great recipe.’
He knew about the shoreland zoning laws in theory
Now he knows about them in fact.
A tasty roundup of recent vegan news for your reading (and eating) pleasure
From cats to cookbooks, wine to tattoos – we cover the ground.
Home Plates: Jambalaya, with a few twists
A Scarborough home cook likes the Creole recipe because it easily accommodates substitutes, plus it lets eaters personalize their portions to suit themselves.
Sorta, kinda gardening resolutions for the new year
Don’t sweat the small stuff, columnist Tom Atwell vows to himself, but do play a part in fixing the big, ominous environmental picture.