The state’s restaurants and food professionals were nominated in numerous categories, including Outstanding Restaurateur, Best New Restaurant and Best Chef: Northeast.
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Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Plants are learning how to self-pollinate – and that’s not good
Pansies have figured out how as a response to the dire drop in pollinator numbers, but self-pollination produces weaker plants.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Home Plates: May we introduce you to kasha?
A Saco cook of Polish and Ukrainian descent grew up on homey bowls of buckwheat groats – and she thinks you should try them, too.
Posted inFood & Dining, Local & State
The results are in: This was the best maple syrup made in Maine last year
The Maine Maple Producers Association held its annual competition Friday to determine the season’s top products in several categories.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
A look at gardening trends for the new year
Columnist Tom Atwell is hopeful that in 2024, gardeners are doing more to help the environment. But climate change is beyond our (individual) control.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Home Plates: A home cook and bread baker ponders if baking is art or science
Both, Lindsay Porto concludes, and her Anadama bread is delicious proof.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Vegan Kitchen: Nationally known food justice advocate and vegan chef to speak at Bates
Bryant Terry will give keynote address at the college’s food justice forum on Martin Luther King Day.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
The simple, sweet pleasures of scallop season
Gulf of Maine scallops are treasured in the culinary world for their firm, meaty texture and sublime sweetness. Here’s how to coax the best out of this special seafood.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Home Plates: Mom’s Italian Chili is comfort food at its best
For Steep Falls resident (and loving daughter) Amy Stanley Whitmore, the endlessly adaptable recipe hits the mark for a ‘truly great recipe.’
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
He knew about the shoreland zoning laws in theory
Now he knows about them in fact.