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Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Bacon may disappear in California as pig rules take effect
At the beginning of 2022, the state will begin enforcing an animal welfare proposition that requires more space for breeding pigs.
Making whoopie pies is a growing business in South Portland
Cape Whoopies are now on shelves in Wegmans Food Markets in Massachusetts, and soon could be in all 106 of the high-end supermarkets across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states.
Taste of Waterville moves to Head of Falls for annual event next week
After a break last year because of the pandemic, Taste of Waterville will be in a new location in a move prompted by Main Street construction.
New Portland brewery will make only non-alcoholic beer
The craft brewery in West Bayside will be the first in the state dedicated to beer without alcohol.
Slice of Princess Diana’s wedding cake up for sale
The iced slice came from one of the 23 official wedding cakes marking the July 29, 1981, wedding between Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.
The Wrap: Shroom school, all-day cafe, a farewell to Figgy’s
At a new Portland restaurant, sustainability is on the menu.
Slow Money Maine to dissolve. ‘It just seemed time,’ the founder says.
The networking organization is calling it quits after 11 years of providing funding and technical assistance.
No crabs, no scallops: Seafood is vanishing from U.S. restaurants
A pound of halibut that cost up to $16 pre-pandemic is now $28. Blue crab has gone from $18 to $44 a pound.
Tap Lines: New Mast Landing location adds to Freeport brewery archipelago
It’s not a walkable cluster, but the town has become a destination for beer lovers.