Local chefs and market managers helped us compile loads of dish ideas to reinvigorate your Easter proteins the second time around.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
When the blossoms have gone by, plant your Easter lily outside
If you’re lucky, you’ll get blooms in the garden the following year, apt for a flower that symbolizes rebirth.
California lawmaker wants Peeps to change its ingredients
A bill in the California Legislature would ban five chemicals found in some of the most popular candy in the U.S.
Green Plate Special: A fool for fools? Who can blame you?
This centuries-old English dessert is not only simple and delicious, but it’s also an excellent vehicle for using up leftover fruits, jams, syrups and other bits and bobs from your refrigerator and pantry.
Of all the cakes she’s baked, there’s just one this cookbook writer makes for Passover
Elinor Klivans wrote 14 baking books from her home in Camden. But for Passover there is just a single dessert: Mom’s Walnut and Wine Passover Cake.
Maine Gardener: Try live staking to prevent runoff from harming lakes, ponds and streams
If you own waterfront property, consider creating a buffer zone. It’ll help curb pollution.
The Sea Dogs will soon be back, along with the Sea Dogs Biscuit
The Gifford’s HomeMaine Ice Cream treat will be available at the Portland Sea Dogs home opener and for the remainder of the team’s 2023 season
The Quarry in Monson named a finalist for a James Beard award
But 10 other semi-finalists from Maine did not move on. Winners of the prestigious culinary awards will be announced in June.
Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball
An Australian company’s meatball is made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mammoth.
Pingree pushes for climate-friendly addition to 2023 Farm Bill
The Maine Democrat is proposing legislation that would help farms and food systems reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.