Besides talks and demonstrations, including cooking tricks like mushroom reduction, there are more veg-friendly food offerings than at most fairs.
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Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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USM ready to get students started in Maine’s food scene
The university hopes its food studies program will help bring the state’s fragmented food system together, train the workforce and bring in some much-needed tuition revenue.
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Bread and Butter: Joys and sorrows of the staff revolving door
Mike Wiley of Eventide Oyster, et. al, enjoys the privilege of working with dedicated, talented cooks, and gets used to losing them.
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Thurston’s Wicked Good Burgers on Forest Avenue closes
The restaurant, which opened in 2014, may re-open in a new location.
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Trying to get to the essence of wine with a final, goodbye column
After writing about it for five years, Joe Appel reminds readers that wine is more than numbers and buying guides.
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What saved the 1970s from a purely polyester legacy? Culinary breakthroughs
Though the era had dreadful clothes, we at least got some iconic restaurants and cookbooks out of it.
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Grilled greens – and reds – gain silky texture and deeper flavor
And oh, what cherries can do for radicchio charred on the grill.
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The Maine Ingredient: Do yourself a flavor and roast tomatoes
Now that native Maine tomatoes are here, bask in the glory.
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For healthy, forgiving cooking, try a foil pack in the oven
Easy tacos with fresh or frozen fish and veggies are an excellent way to fix dinner in heavy-duty foil.
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Local restaurant server and finance expert work together to rethink flatware
Certine, a new brand of ceramic flatware that is the brainchild of local entrepreneurs, aims to change the eating experience for diners.