Among the many casualties of the coronavirus this spring? An important Jewish holiday. Maine’s Jewish community scrambles to gather virtually.
Food
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine Gardener: Gardens can be our salvation right now
Yes, we must stay home to keep ourselves and our communities safe. Luckily, our gardens are contained in the word “home.”
UMaine to offer program this summer in food preservation
Participants will learn techniques such as canning, drying, freezing and fermenting.
Where has all the flour gone? Ask Maine’s home-bound bakers.
Mainers turn to bread, cookies and pastries for comfort, emptying grocery shelves of baking supplies and expanding their waistlines.
Bar Guide: There are many perks to having a virtual happy hour
No flagging down a bartender or splitting the bill, but you do have to do your own dishes.
Comfort foods from Annette’s Diner available curbside
The Naples diner has so many homemade options, including Greek pizza with an option to go gluten-free.
Homefront: A delicious, healthful one-bowl meal
Examine your pantry, figure out what to cook, and then please tell us about it.
Vegan Kitchen: A meat-free diet in Maine is nothing new
In the first half of the 19th-century, some Mainers promoted a vegetarian diet. One doctor wrote that it did for “the wretched invalids what the best medical treatment had utterly failed to do.”
Freeze your food to keep your cooking fresh for weeks to come
From bread to fruit to aromatics, here is how.
Dine In Maine: What’s a restaurant critic to do when all the restaurants are closed? Order in
Cheese (and drink) in the time of coronavirus.