A good cut of meat, seasoned well and cooked just long enough can be even better than a steakhouse version.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Sea Food: Steps to relaxing and savoring abundance from the earth
The volume of fruit and vegetables can seem overwhelming, but here are tips for using it all well.
‘Jonny’ St. Laurent: From barbecue guru to summer camp chef
St. Laurent, who introduced southern Maine to great barbecue at Uncle Billy’s, now spends his summers at Camp Walden, making mac-n-cheese. Lots and lots of mac-n-cheese.
Skowhegan State Fair to feature strange performers on the midway
The World of Wonders performers include a sword swallower, a circus hula-hoop expert and knife-throwing target, an escape artist, a tattooed circus clown with long dreadlocks, and a fire eater.
National Endowment for the Arts chairman praises Waterville’s cultural, arts collaboration
Jane Chu visited the city’s Railroad Square Cinema, which benefited from an NEA grant, on Tuesday.
Startup energy brings new ‘Star Wars’ BB-8 droid toy to life
The robot – which looks like a mechanical head on a spinning ball – was the brainchild of filmmakers behind ‘Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens.’
Investigators: Focus on driver fatigue in Tracy Morgan crash
The Wal-Mart truck driver who slammed into the back of a limousine-van in which Morgan and several other entertainers and friends were riding had been awake for the previous 28 hours.
Dine Out Maine: Sea Glass in Cape Elizabeth
Elegance and stunning views are guaranteed at the Inn by the Sea restaurant in Cape Elizabeth. Consistency is the missing ingredient.
Beat the heat, keep the flavor with these no-cook dishes
Ceviche with local fish or zucchini noodles with sauce offer satisfying heat-free dining.
Rooftop gardening, and cooking lessons, come to new apartment building in Portland
Residents of the Avesta mixed-income apartments on Cumberland Avenue can grow their own vegetables and learn to prepare them in state-of-the-art garden plots and kitchen.