The dish is perfect if you’re hosting friends and family for the big game.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Quick bok choy can help draw you out of a cooking rut
The new year is a great time to try it out. Like other foods in Chinese culture, the vegetable holds hopeful symbolism.
Big flavor and nutrition, not to mention ease, make broccoli rabe a go-to green
Blanching it before sauteing it with garlic mellows its boldness just enough.
‘Sweet Sugar, Sultry Spice’ offers unusual, delicious recipes
But Malika Ameen’s cookbook has too many recipes that are overly complicated or imprecisely written.
Maine native heads west and finds success with vegan living in Los Angeles
Amber St. Peter, born in Whitefield, has a successful blog and a new cookbook.
More Portland food trucks switch from diesel to dining rooms
The businesses are converting their operations to brick-and-mortar restaurants at a fast pace, giving residents even more dining options.
Dine Out Maine: If Toroso’s food pleases, ’tis the seasoning; if it doesn’t, ditto
The adventurous Spanish tapas freely cross borders.
‘Chicken soup’ sold in Maine recalled because of mislabeling
Whole Foods Market stores sell Kettle Cuisine’s Mom’s Chicken Soup, but the cans contain a different soup that contains known allergens.
Olive oil cake with prune jam and whipped ricotta
Chef Evan Mallett calls this offering “shockingly delicious.”
Garden tomato soup with shellfish and saffron cream
Make a meal of it with a side salad and grilled rustic bread.