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Food & Dining, Recipes, Vegan Kitchen

Vegan Kitchen: With these Thanksgiving centerpieces, you won’t even miss the turkey

by Avery Yale Kamila November 14, 2021November 15, 2021

This year and every year, Maine vegans are grateful for warming entrees from nut loaf to vegetable Wellington.

Food & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes

Green Plate Special: Freezing pie crusts can help save on time and cleanup

by Christine Burns Rudalevige November 14, 2021November 15, 2021

You can also freeze whole, unbaked pies ahead of time to reduce stress on Thanksgiving.

Food & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes

Green Plate Special: Laid low? Feeling sneezy, sniffly and scratchy? Sip this

by Christine Burns Rudalevige November 7, 2021November 8, 2021

A ‘killer’ broth to cure (okay assuage) the common cold.

Food & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes

Upcycle Halloween candy into truffles, pudding and cake

by Christine Burns Rudalevige October 31, 2021November 1, 2021

Employ these baking tricks to turn unpopular Halloween leavings into real treats: Butterfinger Truffles, Whopper Bread Pudding and Almond Joy Bundt Cake.

Food & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes

Betwixt and between: When summer produce lingers, but the calendar says it’s fall

by Christine Burns Rudalevige October 24, 2021October 25, 2021

What to do? Apply cold weather cooking methods, such as roasting and braising, to summery produce.

Food & Dining, Local & State, Recipes

A culinary quest for the best mushrooms led this Maine professor back into the woods

by Peggy Grodinsky October 17, 2021October 18, 2021

When she isn’t teaching political philosophy at Bowdoin, Jean Yarbrough can be found scouring the woods looking for edible mushrooms or in her kitchen cooking with her stash.