This St. Patrick’s Day, brine your own corned beef – starting now

The process isn't difficult but can take up to a week, so you better get cracking.

Homefront: For culinary comfort on a dreary March night, reach for this Moroccan chicken

Which type of clam chowder is best? The debate is alive and well

For decades, New England partisans – and don't forget New Yorkers – have debated the matter, bickering over specifications like cream, tomatoes, salt pork and roux.

Expand your baking horizons with chickpea flour

Farming chickpeas is gentle on the environment. Baking with chickpea flour is a boon to your cookies and cakes.

Homefront: Secret rum fudge is a secret no longer

Green Plate Special: Grass-fed beef is better for you and the environment, even from Australia

But getting it from local farmers is always best.

Rice makes the world go round, but at high environmental cost

Researchers are working on projects all over the globe to figure out how to grow it more sustainably and equitably.

Homefront: The sandwich is from Denmark, the ingredients from Maine

Homefront: Even without rosemary bushes in the yard, this chicken pasta dish is favorite

The Sheaffs brought this recipe from California to their Harpswell home.

For Valentine’s Day, cook dinner for the one you love

Even if you're not much of a cook, your lover will appreciate the gesture and the meal. This menu makes it easy.