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Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Asparagus and pork get gussied up with a lemon-truffle sauce
The savory-yet-tart drizzle is a fine complement to the just-off-the-grill meat and veggies.
The Maine Ingredient: Easy pan sauces transform quick chicken dinners
A recipe with sausage and peppers and one with maple syrup, mustard and sage are two tasty examples.
Cookbook review: ‘Woman’s Day Easy Everyday Lighter Dinners’
This update of old-time magazine recipes offers shortcuts for speed and accentuates healthy ingredients.
Expanded horizons lead to prejudice-busting sauvignon blancs
As with chardonnay, looking further afield from where and how the white wines are famously made can yield surprises.
Grill veggies for gazpacho that tastes like puttanesca
It’s a chill way to enjoy Italian flavors.
Simple flavored butter enriches anything it’s on
Seasoned toppers make steaks, veggies and fish even more delectable.
Maine woman founded church, converted followers to vegetarianism
Gorham-native Ellen G. White became a major influence on health-conscious eating in the 19th century.
In a perfect Portland dining world, wine would lead the way
Can you imagine restaurants where the food and the wine teach us while transporting us?
Mainer of Lebanese descent is unofficial patriarch, keeper of family recipes
Inspired by a grandmother he never knew, Rick Elias makes kibbeh.