Grandma Nan was as colorful as the Easter eggs that she used to stud the braided loaf she baked annually for the holiday.
Baking
Expand your baking horizons with chickpea flour
Farming chickpeas is gentle on the environment. Baking with chickpea flour is a boon to your cookies and cakes.
‘Donut Day’ at the Amish Community Market in Unity brings people together
Wednesday mornings, when doughnuts are freshly made, are a community staple.
Christmas rum balls were among many things we loved about Betsy
Longtime Portland Press Herald copy editor and page designer Betsy Gattis, who was killed in a car crash this month, was known best for her kind heart, which came through in the annual holiday treat she shared with her co-workers.
Are fancy pans worth their weight?
These obscure kitchen tools will have to prove themselves to keep their spot on the shelf.
Homefront: Pumpkin pie can’t hold a candle to these muffins
These Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins come with a recipe for family love.
One bag of sugar (granulated) is all you need
With it, you can make your own brown, caster, confectioners’ and other sugars, and eliminate unnecessary packaging.
Homefront: A teenager’s cooking project takes the form of bagels
When Martin makes Martin’s Bagels, the whole house enjoys the fruits of his labor (we’re not kidding about the labor).
Maine Grain Alliance cancels Skowhegan kneading conference
The Maine Grain Alliance has canceled the annual conference that brings bakers from all over the country to Skowhegan in July.
Where has all the flour gone? Ask Maine’s home-bound bakers.
Mainers turn to bread, cookies and pastries for comfort, emptying grocery shelves of baking supplies and expanding their waistlines.