This is the season for planting bulbs. When the snow starts to melt, their cheerful blossoms are the first sign of spring.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
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.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
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.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
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.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
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.
Posted inFood & Dining
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.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Good ole reliable phlox
The many gloomy days this summer have added to phloxes’ bright, pretty charm.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Home Plates: A lobster pro shares a favorite recipe
The Continental Lobster Sandwich is a simple, and simply delicious, summer staple.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte turns 20, beloved by millions and despised by some
The seasonal beverage has produced a huge – and growing – industry of imitators.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine
Woolwich woman eliminated from ‘MasterChef’ TV competition
Nina Interlandi Bell was eliminated Wednesday night on the Fox television show.