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  May 5, 2024
  

  Home Plates: For this Shapleigh woman, a farm stand customer’s rhubarb cake recipe became a rite of spring

  Rebecca Tuttle has loved rhubarb since she was a kid but was first introduced to it in cake form as a young adult.

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  April 28, 2024
  

  When condiments took over their tiny Portland apartment, this chicken dish came to the rescue

  Chicken Vinegar Bread started as a way to use up a jar of hot cherry peppers but has become a staple for Rachel Getz and her partner.

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  March 24, 2024
  

  Home Plates: A foolproof bread helped 1 family get through the pandemic

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

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  January 21, 2024
  

  Home Plates: May we introduce you to kasha?

  A Saco cook of Polish and Ukrainian descent grew up on homey bowls of buckwheat groats – and she thinks you should try them, too.

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  January 7, 2024
  

  Home Plates: Mom’s Italian Chili is comfort food at its best

  For Steep Falls resident (and loving daughter) Amy Stanley Whitmore, the endlessly adaptable recipe hits the mark for a 'truly great recipe.'

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  December 31, 2023
  

  Home Plates: Jambalaya, with a few twists

  A Scarborough home cook likes the Creole recipe because it easily accommodates substitutes, plus it lets eaters personalize their portions to suit themselves.

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  November 26, 2023
  

  Home Plates: The Whatever School of Cooking

  Cape Elizabeth resident Elaine Kahaner believes if you can read, you can cook.

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  November 19, 2023
  

  Home Plates: A father’s ‘rite of succotash’

  The son of a plain-eating Mainer doctors his dad's simple recipe.