More than 200 different craft beers are sampled Saturday by 2,000 festivalgoers.
Food
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Culinary tourism: More than half of Maine’s visitors came to eat or drink
Brand USA promotes regional cuisines as a main selling point to attract visitors.
Minnesota Dairy Queen thinks outside the cone
A 1940s-era contract allows the DQ in Moorhead to localize its menu, customize toppings and serve generous portions.
Oxbow brewing a beer made with lobsters
Lobster and a dash of sea salt flavor the Portland brewery’s new summer beer.
In praise of trout, cooked almost any style
It’s superb with a fine – not chunky – nut coating, or poached in red wine or roasted with lime and dill.
Serious contenders for wines that ask you to keep drinking
The human touch is detectable in all of these candidates for getting carried away.
Chefs give gomasio its season in the condiment limelight
The Japanese blend of sesame seeds and salt lends a savory flavor and light crunch to whatever it’s sprinkled on.
Sea Food: Remote Maine island perfect for lobster bake, but backyard works, too
Wherever it happens, it’s an eating experience everyone should have at least once.
Patti Hamilton makes really terrific cole slaw – for 900 hungry people
The food director for the Bicycle Coalition of Maine chops all that slaw by hand.
Fresh from Samantha, healthful drinks in the family tradition
Her new line of bottled smoothies goes beyond her parents’ juices to superfood status.