Proposed legislation would educate people and make it easier for farmers to donate ‘ugly produce’ to fight hunger, she says.
Food
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Dine Out Maine: Stirling & Mull in Freeport
Look beyond gimmicks to find reliable dishes, including the barbecue burger and the drinks.
Five ways to use your fall apple bounty – peels, cores and all
Ideas for reducing waste range from making vinegar to flavoring bourbon.
Restaurant industry leader Danny Meyer cuts out tipping: Will others follow suit?
Menu prices at his fine-dining restaurants will rise 20 to 35 percent and he says he’s working on a system to keep servers’ wages the same or better.
Diversify with slow-cooked chicken and pork
Ten fresh ideas for easy meals may renew your affection for your cooker.
Ditch rice; go with a new grain for better stuffed peppers
Freekeh, a Middle Eastern ‘green’ wheat, is delicious, healthy and behaves well under pressure.
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.