Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Seasonal abundance of cookbooks for meatless eating
This summer’s crop includes everything from everyday ideas to paleo-vegetarian recipes.
Nuttin’ better: Do-it-yourself nut butter
Peanut, almond and cashew spreads are easy to make in a food processor or blender.
Sea Food: Into the galley at dawn to start fire for coffee and sticky buns
Try these Pecan Orange Sticky Buns, on the ocean or at home.
Maine-born brew a U.S. cider that’s actually worth drinking
Downeast Cider House inhabits that rare niche where sweet is not cloying and dry doesn’t mean arid.
Co-founder of Mr. Coffee company dies in Ohio at age 91
Marotta and his business partner and high school friend Samuel Glazer turned Mr. Coffee into a household name after asking two engineers to create a drip brewing system like those found in restaurants.
Try creme brulee on the go, a dressed-up dog or a toasty s’more from the city’s new food trucks and carts.
Joel Glatz, head chef at Maine College of Art, has lots of options for filling his summer months, when the school’s kitchen is closed. One year he worked as a summer camp chef. Another, he managed the general store on Great Diamond Island. This summer, he decided to go into business for himself by opening […]
Barrels Community Market, Colby College partner to make the store sustainable
Food co-op closes for a month as the college and the market develop a business plan as part of Colby’s program to help revitalize downtown.
Waterville prepares for influx, parking for Taste
Portions of Main Street, Common Street and Appleton Street, as well as the Concourse, will be closed to traffic and parking on Wednesday for the Taste of Waterville.
Former owner of Bresca cooks up new plan for restaurant in North Yarmouth
The Purple House, with a wood-burning oven and a garden outside, is the next venture for chef Krista Kern Desjarlais.