Kate Shaffer’s newest cookbook also serves as a guidebook.
Recipes
The Halibut Project at Chaval restaurant brings mouth-to-tail-fin eating to diners
For the length of local halibut season, chef de cuisine Kirby Sholl is featuring halibut on the menu from head to rib to ‘wing.’
At 102, South Portland woman doesn’t hold back feelings about the food she loves, or doesn’t
Kareemi Atallah wanted again to eat the Middle Eastern food she grew up with. She sort of gets her wish.
Japanese knotweed is often vilified, but among its uses? You can eat it
Foragers say the sprouts of the invasive plant can be treated like asparagus or rhubarb.
Settle in to a verdant green setting to enjoy your ‘green’ picnic
Some suggestions for making your Memorial Day picnic green in both senses of the word.
Spring clean your pantry and bolster your sustainable eating habits
Lentils and seaweed lurking in the back of the pantry like some people we know? Keep them front and center and you’ll reach for them more often.
After the panic, home cooks face down their pandemic stashes
Remember when everyone was hoarding canned goods, pasta, dried beans, and all kinds of grains? What happened to all that stuff?
Lowering the bar: Baking through the pandemic with an 11-pound chocolate bar
The ritual provides several comforts during a difficult year.
Green Plate Special: Did you thank a farmer today?
Nationwide, farms are struggling to find enough farmhands to raise and pick crops. In Maine, legislators are considering a law to raise their pay.
Green Plate Special: New UMaine program helps towns to turn food waste into ‘black gold’
At home, you can put sour milk to use in pancakes.