Go beyond, way beyond, lobster rolls, bean hole beans and blueberry pie, but yeah, those too.
Recipes
Green Plate Special: Can reusable shopping bags really transmit the coronavirus?
Or is spreading that fear the work of the plastics industry and climate change skeptics?
One sweet journey back in time
Inspired by recipes from vintage cookbooks in Bowdoin College’s special collection, ice cream maker Lauren Guptill churns out interesting, old-fangled flavors.
Green Plate Special: Local food has filled gaps in supply chains disrupted by the pandemic
Experts urge customers not to abandon local producers in favor of cheap, supermarket food once the shutdown ends.
Homefront: Blueberry Pie
A treasure trove of last year’s wild Maine blueberries is put to good use during the pandemic.
Green Plate Special: Put a little spring in your soup pot
Brighten up root vegetables to stretch soup into another season.
Look to a cookbook’s margins for secret recipes and the stories behind them
Scribbles in cookbooks can tell us a lot about the recipes – and about ourselves.
Gretchen’s table: An easy, fresh-tasting chicken dish for spring
Lemon chicken takes advantage of a citrus staple that is a cook’s secret weapon.
Green Plate Special: BEE happy, BEE useful, BEE kind and BEE careful
A new bee “mom” worries about, and delights in, her new responsibilities.
Green Plate Special: Separated by a pandemic, a mom and her son steal virtual time to cook
Plus a gnocchi recipe that will transport you to Italy.