There’s a welcome lack of drama – unless you insist on homemade sauce.
Food
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
A last-minute grain salad turned out tastier than the cook had any right to expect
Barley-Fiddlehead-Asparagus Salad is a nice taste of spring.
Judge ‘just stares at you and chews,’ and other inside scoops from a former Mainer on ‘MasterChef’
Contestant Mark Ingraham, who spent his childhood in Rockport, dishes with us.
The Wrap: Lots of ‘news’ for Portland consumers – the eating kind, that is
Lio, Duckfat Frites Shack and the second Elsmere open.
Maine vegans, you are never alone
An active community of Maine vegans on Facebook can tempt you with photos of mouthwatering vegan meals and tell you where to buy jackfruit.
To cook up a real taste of Maine, some chefs find it takes Moxie
Chefs enjoy the challenge of cooking with the love-it-or-really-hate-it, quintessentially Maine soda.
Recipe: Apricot, Pistachio and Ghee Laddoos
These are rich, buttery, and gone in two bites. A quick, sustainable and fitting end to a summer lobster boil dinner.
Ghee whiz: Become one using all that comes from clarifying butter
Use the butter with lobster, and finish the meal with treats made from leftover milk solids.
Dine Out Maine: Front Room’s delightful service mitigates sometimes uneven meals
More than a dozen years on, the restaurant still packs the house with lovers of meatloaf and macaroni and cheese and other comfort foods.
Ella Brennan, icon of New Orleans food scene, dies at 92
The feisty matriarch of the Commander’s chain once told Emeril Lagasse, ‘Leave your ego at home.’