Yes, we compete for customers, one chef said. ‘But we’re also close friends who talk about food constantly, learn from each other regularly, and inspire each other to cook the best food we can.’
Recipes
Sea Shepherd cookbook tells about feeding a crew and furthering a mission
‘Cookin’ Up A Storm: Sea Stories and Vegan Recipes’ has a serious message and many good recipes.
Cookbook review: ‘Rose Water & Orange Blossom’ by Maureen Abood
Her recipes help the reviewer connect to her Lebanese heritage – and take no shortcuts.
Erica Bartlett’s Chocolate Chip Cookies
Erica Bartlett’s Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 cup butter 3/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 12-ounce bag chocolate chips 21/2 cups flour, or more as needed Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Melt the butter, but be careful not to […]
The Maine Ingredient: Keep the home fires burning for Grilled Spatchcocked Chicken
Sharpen up your kitchen scissors to make butterflied chicken with a Spanish-inspired sauce.
Learning to enjoy chocolate chip cookies once more
Mindfulness allows Portland’s Erica Bartlett to lose 130 pounds by changing her relationship to a beloved family recipe.
Three recipes that make the most of Maine apple varieties
Bake up a batch of Apple Brownies, Baked Apples with Bourbon-Soaked Raisins, or Brown Butter Apple Loaf with your haul from the orchard.
Dynamo chef with Maine roots keeps raising status of vegan cuisine
Matthew Kenney’s restaurants — including one in Belfast — and books are a force in the plant-based food world, but his biggest influence may be in the new chefs he teaches.
Chasing the memory of perfect noodle kugel
Kugel after kugel, she tried to re-create the flavor. The closest – here in time for Rosh Hashana – is the recipe.
Mandoline gives salads a paper-thin bite
Shavings of strong-tasting vegetables, and even garlic and chili peppers, give a salad a pleasant zest instead of overpowering intensity.