Surprising flavor combinations are showing up more frequently in grocery stores and restaurants.
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Why more cooks – and gardeners – should embrace sorrel, an underrated lemony leaf
The perennial herb comes up in Maine gardens in early spring.
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Boothbay botanical garden gets a gift of irises
The late Currier McEwen of Harpswell hybridized dozens of Siberian irises. A collection of his irises will go on display at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
Posted inFood & Dining, Nation & World
There’s bird flu in U.S. dairy cows. Raw milk drinkers aren’t deterred.
The FDA and the U.S. CDC call raw milk one of the ‘riskiest’ foods people can consume.
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Sushi from Yosaku, ajo sauce from Maiz and more: Maine moms’ first bites after giving birth
For Mother’s Day, we talked to experts about the latest nutrition advice for pregnant woman and to moms about what they craved.
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Home Plates: Two-for-one dal and rice recipe is her mother’s legacy
Tanuja Desai Hidier’s mother taught her to cook during the pandemic.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Move over, roses. Here’s what you should plant for a fragrant garden
Herbs, lilies and lilacs are among the options.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
When posting pictures of your yard, beware of plant shamers
Non-native plants and patches of grass can have a place at your home, no matter what the internet trolls say.
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Home Plates: For this Shapleigh woman, a farm stand customer’s rhubarb cake recipe became a rite of spring
Rebecca Tuttle has loved rhubarb since she was a kid but was first introduced to it in cake form as a young adult.
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From birria to lobster, our tacos can teach us a lesson
The variety of tacos available in Greater Portland speaks to the evolution of the Mexican dish. One professor teaches a whole course on it.