Freekeh, a Middle Eastern ‘green’ wheat, is delicious, healthy and behaves well under pressure.
Food
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
In the age of the amateur, does wine expertise (or any expertise) matter?
Joe Appel wants to teach you how to think about wine, not merely which bottles to drink.
Maine chefs selling lots of from-scratch veggie burgers, even to ‘meat guys’
‘I’ll have bacon with that,’ some diners request when they’re ordering up a plant-based patty.
Cookbook review: ‘Brazilian Barbecue & Beyond’
A shrimp soup is one of many tantalizing recipes that go along with insights about Brazil’s culture.
Cooking on loan: We visit the Maine Tool Library to see how kitchen lending works
The library offers kitchen tools, alongside saws and bolt cutters, which means you may not need to own that Vitamix.
Unrefrigerated caramel apples may pose deadly listeria risk, study suggests
After an outbreak sickened 35 people in 2014, it’s wise to be careful with pre-packaged treats.
Green Plate Special: Farmed salmon from Maine now comes with more sustainability
Aquaculture here has improved, giving locally raised fish a smaller environmental footprint.
Dine out Maine: Little Village Bistro in Wiscasset
At the relatively new restaurant, the chef continues to refine and polish.
Research beefing up steak, hamburger with omega-3 acids
Meat from cows fed flaxseed or algae supplements offers heart-healthy fatty acids and sold well in a consumer test run.
Group sues FDA for failure to limit salt in food supply
The Center for Science in the Public Interest wants salt to be reclassified and more stringently regulated as a food additive.