Creativity, appearance and big flavors will help assure what you bring to the party will be a favorite.
Food
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
The Maine Ingredient: From pizza to pesto to jewelry, garlic scapes are versatile and tasty
Look for them at your local farmers market.
New food delivery service comes to the midcoast
Park Row Provisions will deliver some staples and prepared foods to vacationers
Scheurebe is relatively rare, certainly in Maine, but worth getting to know
This kin to riesling is “exuberantly aromatic,” “lusty” and fun.
Tenth Annual Kneading Conference in Skowhegan expected to attract more than 250 people
The event features speakers Amy Halloran, Nancy Harmon Jenkins and others
Pitting Standard Baking Co. against baking standards
Alison Pray, the co-owner of of Standard Baking Co., judges her breads using Michael Kalanty’s Aroma and Flavor Notes for Bread chart.
Tess Ward’s ‘The Naked Cookbook’ is haphazardly organized but worth a look
The recipes are quite eye-catching even if the book is a bit of a mess.
Bread lovers, like wine connoisseurs, now have a chart to describe the flavors of a loaf
Baker and sensory scientist Michael Kalanty has invented a flavor chart to help you express the love of your loaf
Dine Out Maine: Zapoteca in Portland gets some things very right
Others, say the overcooked chicken mole, need a little retooling.
For summer baking, let your grill take the cake
Keep your kitchen, and yourself, cooler without having to use more electricity.