Even if the 4-year-olds fill up on pizza and ice cream, their parents can enjoy something healthful and satisfying, Roasted Red Pepper and Pomegranate Dip. Bonus: It comes together really fast.
Food
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
A garden at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens gets a refresh
Over the years, trees grew, invasives invaded, and grasses spread far and wide. Now, the Haney Hillside Garden is being restored.
Home Plates: A restricted childhood diet bred an adventurous cook and eater
Barbara Beauregard says she’ll try anything once.
Fall is coming. That means it’s time to think about spring
This is the season for planting bulbs. When the snow starts to melt, their cheerful blossoms are the first sign of spring.
A fresh corn primer: How to choose, store and cook summer’s golden treasure
Four area chefs offer their expertise so you can enjoy this season’s sweet corn crop to the fullest.
Home Plates: Pasta and a tea kettle help keep this marriage together
When his wife was heavily pregnant, George Murray mastered an unusual spaghetti recipe.
Read all about it! This summer’s vegan news, and lots of it
A new donut shop, a new plant-based butter, and more vegan scoops.
A progress report: The columnist’s garden in September
The plentiful blooms make a powerful argument for late bloomers. But the tomatoes, sigh, are taking their own sweet time.
For 100 years, a family has gathered in Penobscot County to reconnect and eat beans
Two marriages first conjoined the Smith and Smart families, and an anniversary party in 1923 turned into an annual reunion that marked a major anniversary of its own this summer.
Good ole reliable phlox
The many gloomy days this summer have added to phloxes’ bright, pretty charm.