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Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
‘The Best Mexican Recipes: Real Flavors of Mexico Within Reach’ by America’s Test Kitchen
The book teaches how to cook better Mexican food – and better food in general.
Aromatized wines offer a chance to dip into a different world of artisanal drinks
You know them as vermouth, and maybe you’re also familiar with americano, chinato and amaro.
Salads so good they satisfy resolutions and taste buds
It’s a perfect time to experiment with healthy combinations of salad ingredients.
Labeling error leads Whole Foods to recall pepperoni pizzas
The packages say incorrectly that the pizza is topped with uncured beef pepperoni, when in fact it is pork.
TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Bangor
We found new favorite menu items at Geaghan’s, one of our favorite restaurants
Dine Out Maine: Green Elephant in Portland
The vegetarian food isn’t groundbreaking, but it is mostly satisfying.
OFF RADAR: ‘Aroostook Sketches’
Dana Wilde takes a look at poems by James Lowe.
Fish once seen as ‘trash’ move up the food chain
With haddock and cod in decline, species such as dogfish and scup are rebranded and accepted. But does mean they’ll taste better?
Vermont about to make Gilfeather turnip its state vegetable
A farmer and legislator who lived about a century ago crossbred a turnip with a rutabaga to come up with the tasty tuber.