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Food
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Gardener: Skip the Off. Plenty of plants and good bugs can help repel the bad ones
Skip the tansy, too.
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Portland Pie in Waterville offering takeout, delivery
Owner Patrick Mulligan said he had to lay off workers, but those who remain are grateful for customers who order takeout and delivery.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, News
Without restaurants to buy their goods, farmers turn to consumers
A Waldoboro cheesemaker made a spreadsheet of Maine farms and what they have to sell. Before you could say local lamb, University of Maine Cooperative Extension turned it into a website.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: Virtual pop-up, and help for hungry students
The coronavirus outbreak has led to lots of community-building in the restaurant industry.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Business, Food & Dining, Lakes Region Weekly, News
Maine Maple Sunday news not so sweet
The Maine Maple Producers Association recommended Monday that maple producers cancel their weekend events. The group hopes to reschedule later in the year.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, News
Restaurants double down on safety as coronavirus arrives in Maine
As concern over the virus grows, restaurants work to alleviate customers’ fears and to prepare themselves for what may come.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: Five Fifty-Five is closing, bartenders taste victory and Hawaiian shave ice coming soon
Plus New York Times food editor Sam Sifton talks about food – what else? – at Maine Voices Live.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
Portland restaurant Five Fifty-Five closing after 17 years
The owners of one of the city’s best-known restaurants have announced they’re closing in April.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
A brewer’s decision to ‘Do What’s Right’ pays off, for the planet and his bottom line
Dan Kleban and his brother founded Maine Beer Co. during the Great Recession and have taken it to national prominence.