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Hop the globe with these Easter food traditions

Mainers of varied backgrounds share memories and stories of the family dishes that signal Easter to them.

by Betsy Mayo March 24, 2024March 22, 2024

Four years ago, a home cook in Gray added this bread to her repertoire. It’s versatile, fast and ‘generally delicious.’

by Lindsay Porto January 14, 2024January 12, 2024

Both, Lindsay Porto concludes, and her Anadama bread is delicious proof.

by Kay Wheeler October 29, 2023October 27, 2023

The day a hungry, adventurous goat helped himself to a plate of cookies.

by Christine Burns Rudalevige September 24, 2023September 22, 2023

The Irish countryside is awash in blackberries, which Irish bakers have cleverly learned to pair with apples.

by Laura Stone Burden, with Kevin A. O'Brien August 6, 2023August 7, 2023

A Portland couple carries on a tradition started by one of their grandmothers, who took over an inn in Litchfield as a retirement project.

This frugal, old-fashioned Blueberry Cake with Nutmeg Sauce appears in her new book about Mainers in the blizzard of 1952.

by Christine Burns Rudalevige June 18, 2023June 16, 2023

Faced with an overflowing summer farmers market, who can say no? Certainly not our columnist. The answer to over-indulging: Good storage.

by Christine Burns Rudalevige May 7, 2023May 5, 2023

In most recipes a pecan can stand in for a walnut, a cashew for a Brazil nut, yada yada yada, with just a few small considerations.

Elinor Klivans wrote 14 baking books from her home in Camden. But for Passover there is just a single dessert: Mom’s Walnut and Wine Passover Cake.