The art on Maine beer labels grows more creative every year and with more than 150 breweries in the state, there is plenty to look at.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Cheese Louise plans to open in Westbrook’s Rock Row
The fast-casual grilled cheese restaurant would join existing local and national chains in 2025.
Clean up your garden for fall
But don’t be overzealous. Left standing, many garden plants offer food and shelter for birds and other wildlife.
Before hitting the 100-Mile Wilderness, Appalachian Trail hikers tell tales of hunger
Shaw’s Hiker Hostel in Monson serves a bountiful breakfast that’s legendary among hikers.
Maine’s prepared meal services deliver on convenience
Here’s the lowdown on seven of the top prepared meal companies in the state, and how they can help make your weekly meal planning a snap.
Wildfires can make your red wine taste like an ashtray. These scientists want to stop that.
The risk to America’s premier wine-making regions – where wildfires caused billions of dollars in losses in 2020 – is growing, with climate change deepening drought and overgrown forests becoming tinderboxes.
Allagash named brewer of the year at Great American Beer Festival
Great American is the most widely entered beer competition in the country, with more than 2,000 breweries submitting entries this year.
Here we come a-brambling
The Irish countryside is awash in blackberries, which Irish bakers have cleverly learned to pair with apples.
Take the lazy man’s route to saving the fruits of your labor
Skip the canning and the pickling. Sometimes the simplest way to preserve the harvest is to do nothing at all.
Take our poll: Whether you like it or not, it’s pumpkin spice time
Each autumn for the last two decades, pumpkin spice turns up in everything from beer and lattes to pastries and ice creams – even soaps and scented brooms. Maine makers have developed plenty of products to meet the demand.