Used in baking, with seafood or drizzled on vegetables, brown butter offers nutty, complex depth that improves everything it touches.
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Lemons aren’t (remotely) local. Can you substitute something else?
It’s situational, depending on the dish and technique, but sumac, for one, may work.
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With these desserts, you’ll have them begging for rutabagas
And don’t forget the parsnip and the beet. These cold-weather root veggies, longtime New England staples, can make excellent sweets.
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Decorate cookies for a sweet, festive Hanukkah
Camden resident and expert baker Elinor Klivens offers a recipe.
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Efforts to restore American chestnut tree raise burning question for food lovers
When do we get to eat the chestnuts? Experts say they are tastier than the Asian and European nuts we import.
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A hand pie is just one way to thank the farmers who lend you their hands
Buying local products is another way to show your appreciation for all the work they do.
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Green Plate Special: A new app helps prevent waste at small local food businesses
Meanwhile, app users score some terrific food at bargain prices.
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Bloody good: Stephen King-themed cookbook blends delicious, dreary into fearsome froth
In ‘Castle Rock Kitchen,’ released this month by Ten Speed Press, a cookbook author from New Brunswick and a Maine photographer let their creative juices splatter.
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Green Plate Special: 13 tips for cooking in a chilly kitchen
Here are some tricks to prepare ingredients and equipment before cooking begins.
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DNA testing sheds light on the vast, mysterious world of heirloom apples
Genetic testing is helping identify older varieties of Maine apples, and may promise more delicious, more diverse fruit in our future.