Except for succession planting – where you plant fast-developing vegetables such as lettuce and beets throughout the season so you can harvest throughout the season – there is now little to be started in the vegetable garden. But that doesn’t mean you have to stop planting. It is a good time to plant pollinator-friendly perennials […]
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: Eat the Weekend
Whether you’re a visitor or a local, this food-filled fantasy weekend in Greater Portland has plenty for you.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘The Gatherings: Reimagining Indigenous-Settler Relations’
A collection of recollections concerning a series of “gatherings” in the 1980s and ’90s by more than a dozen white people and Maine and Canadian Wabanakis
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Murder in the Maple Woods’ and ‘From the Mountains to the Sea’
A superb mystery with a hint of a sequel, and a beautifully illustrated tribute to the Penobscot River Restoration Trust
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: A festival of cheese coming to Pittsfield
Restaurants open – and reopen
Posted inFood & Dining, Things to Do
Bar Guide: State Lunch could be Maine’s cocktail capital
The Augusta restaurant makes good use of its well stocked and attractive bar.
Posted inFood & Dining, Things to Do
Eat & Run: The Salty Moose elevates food truck fare
The new chef-owned truck sets up at Gneiss Brewing in Limerick on weekends.
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South Portland knishery owner won’t want for staff, as long as he’s got his dad
Retired doctor Richard Miller finds a new career helping his son, Graeme, get his business off the ground.
Posted inFood & Dining
Rejecting the tyranny of the new, these three restaurants are maturing, not aging
Why is new always confused with better? Many restaurants find their footing – and their real purpose – over time.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
This pizza crust is really good
Pizza dough from the new Skowhegan-based The Good Crust both tastes good and does good.