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Maine chefs share their favorite restaurant dishes from the past year
As Restaurant Week approaches on March 1, consult this guide for the best local eating.
Nervous about ordering wine in a restaurant? Don’t be
The sommelier can be your new best friend.
The Maine Ingredient: Rediscover the pleasures of hash for breakfast, brunch or supper
With clams, chicken, turkey or more, hash is a regular on high-end restaurant menus.
Rudy’s of the Cape will now be known as …
The Cape Elizabeth restaurant, which has served Mainers for five decades, is changing its name to Bird Dog Roadhouse.
Maine chefs, restaurants nominated for coveted James Beard Awards
The state has a dozen semifinalists. Finalists will be announced March 15.
Bread and Butter: Crafting a wine list is more complicated than you may think
“When I gave my first draft to a friend to review, I felt as if I were handing off my first novel,” Lolita wine director Stella Hernandez says.
Dine Out Maine: Schulte & Herr’s homey German food is a home run
The 24-seat West Bayside dining room is still thriving – despite not having a liquor license.
Bread and Butter: At Lolita in Portland, wine is a conversation, not a monologue
The idea, the wine director says, is not to show off what she knows but to help you figure out what you like.
At Indian restaurant in Brunswick, Maine transplant finds a taste of home
One whiff of turmeric and other spices, and the memories come flooding back.