NOCA drinks are now for sale in several states.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Dine Out Maine: The Best Policy
When the paper resumes publishing restaurant reviews, honest feedback – both positive and negative – is the way to go.
The Wrap: MOFGA store opens for the season
Mainers win specialty food awards. Lobster pizza lures diners.
Eat & Run: Fat Puppy Fusion puts flatbread to good use
The food truck stationed in Brunswick for the summer serves creative hot dogs and other handheld concoctions.
Tap Lines: The yeast among ingredients of favorite Maine beers may be the most important.
At Allagash and Maine Beer Co., those distinctive flavors are dependent on particular strains.
The list of invasive plants banned for import and sale in Maine soon to grow
A committee has been meeting to decide which plants should be on the list, the state’s second.
What’s for dinner? Toast. Think it sounds unsophisticated? Then call it tartine
It’s fast, it’s creative, and you can use up all your leftovers.
Diners are back, but with staff and supply shortages, restaurants are still scrambling
Some changes made during the pandemic have helped them keep up with the onslaught of business that they desperately need, but others have had to go.
Vegan ice cream is easy to find in Maine
And with lots of people paying attention to quality, the ice cream is as good as that made with dairy.
Tastefully taking on tacos: Once hard to find in Maine, a Mexican staple suddenly stands tall
Restaurants are filling tortillas with local ingredients – haddock! lobster! beaver! – as well as experimenting with fusion offerings that span the globe.