Use them as a green garnish or in a pungent summertime sauce.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Fresh Air Fund friend returns, eager to eat Maine’s freshest foods
She also is excited by a small-world encounter in Harpswell.
Homegrown: Blueberry Champagne
Toast the season with this new seasonally appropriate drink.
Dine Out Maine: Bandaloop in Kennebunkport
The menu is characterized by innovative dishes and bold flavors.
Young filmmakers shine at Waterville event
The 38th Maine Student Film and Video Festival featured 44 entries from students in grades seven through 12.
Hallowell’s haunted history highlighted on candlelight tour
The original Lady in the Red Cloak, Sally Lobkowicz, and her husband, Greg Latimer, started the business about nine years ago, and they began offering the Hallowell tours last year.
Central Maine Egg Festival draws window painters to downtown Pittsfield
The 43rd Central Maine Egg Festival, which runs through Saturday, won’t have its annual big breakfast this year because the frying pan isn’t available.
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Leave Some for Seed’ and ‘Margel’s Madness’
Bill Bushnell reviews new releases from Maine authors Tom Hennessey and Darcy Scott
Portland family packages grandfather’s recipe to make Italian version of ramen noodles
The Politos hope that Papa’s Juicy Noodles will go national.
Cookbook review: ’40 Mouthwatering Recipes: Crème Brûlée: The World’s Most Famous Dessert’
Given the choice among the four wispy volumes of “40 Mouthwatering Recipes” – Crème Brûlée, Panini, Burgers or Pumpkin – no one should fault me for choosing dessert first. In 63 glossy pages, this narrow volume on the classic French dessert (“Crème Brûlée: The World’s ‘Most Famous’ Dessert”) promised to positively reinvent the dish – […]