Recommended: A sweet moscato, a Bordeaux-blend and a chenin blanc.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Death of an Italian Chef’ and ‘Salt and Roses’
The 14th book in the Hayley Powell Mystery series, and essays that allow the reader to almost see, smell, hear and feel the Maine coast
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
‘Da Vinci Code’ author brings animal-themed classical music performance to Portland
Dan Brown will read from his children’s book ‘Wild Sympony’ while the Portland Symphony Orchestra performs pieces of classical music he composed.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘Aventurine and the Reckoning’ and ‘Amber Road’
A couple of romances by central and eastern Maine writers
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine, News
Three Maine restaurants emerge from a second winter of hardships with hope
Broken Arrow, Maine Street Steak & Oyster and Old Port Sea Grill take on a labor shortage and COVID surges during what’s always the slowest season with nothing to lean on but their will to survive.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Dine Out Maine: Can you separate the recipe from the recipe creator?
The Good, the Bad and the Umami.
Posted inFood & Dining
Serious food lovers can’t resist the lure of tinned seafood
When you need a quick snack, simple supper or even party food, little beats the unfussy elegance of world-class fish straight from the tin.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Douglas Tallamy would like you to help build a Homegrown National Park
Use your backyard to plant species that will help slow Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinction.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Buccaneer Coast’ and ‘Operation: Midnight’
Maine writer James Nelson’s first volume in a new historical fiction series, and Brunswick author Rick Simonds’ third suspense novel
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine
Maine Maple Sunday Weekend is back at ‘full steam’
Loyal customers and comfort food cravings helped carry sugarhouses through the pandemic, but maple producers are excited to see visitors again, face to face.