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Food
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Dine Out Maine: Green Elephant in Portland
The vegetarian food isn’t groundbreaking, but it is mostly satisfying.
Fish once seen as ‘trash’ move up the food chain
With haddock and cod in decline, species such as dogfish and scup are rebranded and accepted. But does mean they’ll taste better?
Vermont about to make Gilfeather turnip its state vegetable
A farmer and legislator who lived about a century ago crossbred a turnip with a rutabaga to come up with the tasty tuber.
No chicken soup for plant eaters who don’t feel well, so what to do?
Try these plant-based, DIY remedies and recipes.
‘Treats’ like brain cake and cow heel soup await readers of vintage cookbooks
The historic cookbooks to be displayed at Bowdoin College starting next week reveal intriguing flavors from Colonial times through the 1800s.
Baking like it’s 1877: Testing out recipes from Maine’s first-known cookbook
We try a cake recipe from Maine’s first cookbook, and it turns out heavy as a doorstop – but delicious.
‘Maple Syrup Cookbook: Over 100 Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner,’ by Ken Haedrich
Yes, you do need another recipe for pancakes, and for waffles, soup and salmon.
Thinking Super Bowl? You’ll score with Vermonster Chili
If you don’t have Vermonster handy for this recipe from “New England Open House Cookbook” by Sarah Leah Chase, use any malty, dark beer.
For delicious diversity, check out the spirited Channing Daughters of Long Island
The winery makes the most of its varied conditions and isn’t trying to be anything but its innovative self.