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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Our dads and granddads were an undemanding lot at the table
As an entire generation of fathers and grandfathers leaves us, we remember the food they loved (American chop suey, pup-gullion, biscuits) and the experiences that shaped their palates.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Eat more lobster — this is the kind of ask we really like
The lobster industry has been hit hard this year. Here’s a recipe to help you do your bit to help them.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Vegan Kitchen: The new ‘Maine Bicentennial Cookbook’ reveals the state’s vegetarian flavors
While by no means a vegetarian cookbook, a number of the recipes have a vegetarian or vegan bent.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Insight: Malaga’s legacy speaks to our time
Ruthless, racially motivated actions by Maine’s government a century ago expose biases that are still with us.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Workers still fighting to protect integrity of elections
In the 19th century, employer intimidation was the roadblock between Americans and democracy; today, it’s Citizens United.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: How an enslaved woman became a free Maine resident
Brought to Bath by her owners on a trip up North, Clara Battease escaped with the help of the local free black community.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Vegan Kitchen: Embrace of vegetarian diets in Maine predates statehood
In fact, a historical exploration extends the meat-free phenomenon to the days of the American Revolution.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Disease was formidable enemy for Maine soldiers in the Civil War
Then as now – and in surprising ways – illness shaped the way that people live and die.
Posted inBicentennial, Local & State, News
On this date in Maine history: April 14, narrated by Brett Williams
April 14, 1905: Flames sweep through the business district in the York County village of Springvale, consuming two shoe factories, 20 commercial buildings and 15 residences. The fire begins in the W.R. Usher & Son boot and shoe factory’s boiler room and spreads rapidly. Local firefighting equipment proves inadequate to deal with the task. The […]