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Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Dine Out Maine: It’s not hard to eat your vegetables at Baharat
Even the pickles are standouts on the ‘stellar’ vegetable-centric Middle Eastern menu.
Samphire, sea bean, glasswort – whatever you call it, it’s delicious
Forage for seaweed in a marsh near you, and then serve it up for dinner.
Maine’s wild blueberry growers get another bonus buy from USDA
The federal agency agrees to buy $10 million of surplus frozen, wild blueberries to help offset depressed crop prices.
Food paintings at Rockport gallery come alive with fruit, crumbs that pop off canvas
Beverly Shipko’s paintings of everything sweet look good enough to eat. She shows her work through Aug. 1.
A simple but sublime French cake unleashes powerful feelings
For a transplant to Maine, a slice of far Breton evokes not only a sense of place but also of promise.
When it comes to wine, don’t let boredom be your drinking buddy
Here are some ideas for wines that could help break you out of a rut.
Three Portland trucks cover more ground with vegan food
Mashed, Falafel Mafia and Thainy Boda expand the choices on the street for plant-based dishes.
For this week’s Moxie Festival, cook with Maine’s most celebrated soda
A Winslow resident entered this recipe in the 2013 festival recipe contest.
‘Pies and Tarts’ offers a starting point for beginning bakers
Less inspiring than some personalized cookbooks, this guide covers a range of basics.