10/15/2020
The Wrap: Walkers launches food truck, Snapperfest arrives Sunday
The Wrap: Walkers launches food truck, Snapperfest arrives Sunday
Hot dogs and craft beer will be on tap at Snapperfest, and Banded Brewing opens in Portland.
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10/13/2020
When food is so much more than dinner…
When food is so much more than dinner…
A column on sumac inspires an impassioned response, and a recipe for melokhyia, a dish enjoyed in Palestine that is little known in the U.S.
10/13/2020
Vegan Kitchen: Support Black-owned food businesses
Vegan Kitchen: Support Black-owned food businesses
Many in Portland offer a plethora of tasty vegan dishes.
10/13/2020
With offices closed, work lunch gets a new look
With offices closed, work lunch gets a new look
Lunch is much better mid-pandemic, offering a sense of community and a real break. Lunch is much worse – what, now we have to cook for ourselves? And everything in between.
10/12/2020
Green Plate Special: Report from a beekeeper’s first summer
Green Plate Special: Report from a beekeeper’s first summer
Lessons learned: heed bee warnings or get stung, and drought is tough on bees.
10/12/2020
With offices closed, work lunch gets a new look
With offices closed, work lunch gets a new look
Lunch is much better mid-pandemic, offering a sense of community and a real break. Lunch is much worse – what, now we have to cook for ourselves? And everything in between.
10/12/2020
When food is so much more than dinner…
When food is so much more than dinner…
A column on sumac inspires an impassioned response, and a recipe for melokhyia, a dish enjoyed in Palestine that is little known in the U.S.
10/11/2020
Green Plate Special: Report from a beekeeper’s first summer
Green Plate Special: Report from a beekeeper’s first summer
Lessons learned: heed bee warnings or get stung, and drought is tough on bees.
10/08/2020
The Wrap: New Asian restaurant in Portland, and 2 favorites reopen
The Wrap: New Asian restaurant in Portland, and 2 favorites reopen
Silly's and Empire Chinese Kitchen reopen, oysters pop up, and Open Creamery Day goes on.
10/07/2020
Portland looks to extend outdoor dining to Jan. 2
Portland looks to extend outdoor dining to Jan. 2
City staff is developing a plan that will go before the council on Oct. 19.
10/06/2020
Bar Guide: Stock up on syrup and make these maple cocktails
Bar Guide: Stock up on syrup and make these maple cocktails
Use Maine Maple Producers Weekend as an excuse to sip on the sweet stuff.
10/06/2020
Run & Eat: Verbena offers comforting food at discomforting time
Run & Eat: Verbena offers comforting food at discomforting time
The cafe in South Portland's Knightville neighborhood offers soup, quiche and hearty sandwiches, plus a charming outdoor seating area.
10/05/2020
This year, you can get your maple fix during pumpkin spice season
This year, you can get your maple fix during pumpkin spice season
The pandemic cancelled Maine Maple Sunday in March. Organizers of a new fall event hope it will make up for some of that loss.
10/05/2020
Dine In Maine: You may not be able to globe-trot, but your dinner can
Dine In Maine: You may not be able to globe-trot, but your dinner can
The pandemic has complicated travel, but ordering food from elsewhere – for yourself and for others – is one way to experience other places, and to connect during these pretty strange times.
10/05/2020
Maine Gardener: From bearberry to vinca, make groundcovers your friend
Maine Gardener: From bearberry to vinca, make groundcovers your friend
They have many uses in the garden, among them helping you reduce the size of your environmentally destructive lawn.
10/04/2020
Don’t bray at the bay leaves. In case you’ve wondered, they make a difference in your cooking
Don’t bray at the bay leaves. In case you’ve wondered, they make a difference in your cooking
And you can grow the plant yourself for a ready supply of fresh leaves.
09/30/2020
Harvest on the Harbor is canceled
Harvest on the Harbor is canceled
The event, which normally attracts crowds to the city for a food and drinks festival in October, will be back next year, organizers say.
09/30/2020
The new ‘Home of the creton pizza’? It’s Lewiston
SunJournal.com:
• New nine-unit apartment complex for downtown Lewiston • New $7M CMP substation for Auburn • ME & coffee fun facts • And Auburn teases three potential developments in the works
09/29/2020
Bar Guide: Use kombucha as a mixer for creative cocktails
Bar Guide: Use kombucha as a mixer for creative cocktails
Follow recipes posted regularly by Root Wild or order a mixed drink from these Portland bars.
09/29/2020
Run & Eat: Get big bowls of goodness from Engrain in South Berwick
Run & Eat: Get big bowls of goodness from Engrain in South Berwick
The owners of the former Thistle Pig turned their restaurant into a fast casual spot, made for current times.
09/29/2020
Whoop it up all month long, in the name of the state treat
Whoop it up all month long, in the name of the state treat
The Maine Whoopie Pie Festival, usually held in Dover-Foxcroft, has been transformed this year into Whooptoberfest, an extended virtual celebration.
09/28/2020
Where’s the beef? Right here in Portland
Where’s the beef? Right here in Portland
Beef sandwiches inspired by classics in other American cities are filling a niche in Portland's food scene.
09/28/2020
Dine Out: Maine restaurants warm up to prepaid tickets
Dine Out: Maine restaurants warm up to prepaid tickets
Some local restaurant chefs are experimenting with a prepaid, ticket-based model for dinners, which hold special appeal during a pandemic.
09/28/2020
Yes, there is a correct way to cut the cheese
Yes, there is a correct way to cut the cheese
Plus, a recipe for crackers that are not Cheez-Its, but are just as addictive.
09/27/2020
Yes, there is a correct way to cut the cheese
Yes, there is a correct way to cut the cheese
Plus, a recipe for crackers that are not Cheez-Its, but are just as addictive.
09/21/2020
Dine Out: The restaurant industry is forever changed, for worse and for better
Dine Out: The restaurant industry is forever changed, for worse and for better
There will be no returning to 'normal' after the pandemic.
09/21/2020
Use every part – including the feet
Use every part – including the feet
Keep your squeamishness in check and add silky-textured chicken feet broth to your repertoire. If you eat the meat, you can eat the feet.
09/21/2020
Un-fair! We miss fair fare
Un-fair! We miss fair fare
With Maine agricultural fairs canceled because of the pandemic, fairgoers are hankering for their fair food favorites. But there are other ways to get your fried dough fixes.
09/20/2020
Use every part – including the feet
Use every part – including the feet
Keep your squeamishness in check and add silky-textured chicken feet broth to your repertoire. If you eat the meat, you can eat the feet.
09/17/2020
The Wrap: Bread, cookies and chocolate
The Wrap: Bread, cookies and chocolate
Ameera Bread is closed indefinitely, Leigh Kellis turns to cookies, and Black Dinah chooses a new name.
09/17/2020
Mainers are canning like crazy – if they can find supplies
Mainers are canning like crazy – if they can find supplies
In the spring, many quarantined Mainers planted gardens. Now that the harvest is here, they want to preserve the fruits (and vegetables) of their labor.
09/17/2020
Preserve that garden bounty safely
Preserve that garden bounty safely
A lot of resources exist to help beginners can fruits and vegetables properly.
09/15/2020
Westbrook chocolatier changing name to Ragged Coast Chocolates
Westbrook chocolatier changing name to Ragged Coast Chocolates
The owners say the change from Black Dinah Chocolatiers is being made to support the Black Lives Matter movement and to position the business for the national market.
09/15/2020
Bar Guide: Cocktails now come bundled with other fun stuff
Bar Guide: Cocktails now come bundled with other fun stuff
Have fancy drinks while you're setting sail, watching a movie or making a meal.
09/15/2020
Run & Eat: At Luis’s Arepera, a sizable and satisfying lunch
Run & Eat: At Luis’s Arepera, a sizable and satisfying lunch
But when will Maine inaugurate the afternoon siesta?
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