The days leading into the Thanksgiving holiday were among the busiest of the year for many Maine bakeries. Read More
Romaine lettuce is unsafe to eat in any form, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday in a broad alert in response to a new outbreak of illnesses caused by a particularly dangerous type of E. coli contamination. Read More
It is Wednesday and tomorrow is the big annual Thanksgiving Feast for which I expect many of you are too busy cooking to even read this column. So when your turkey is all carved up and there are only fragments of pie left, but… Read More
Thanksgiving is just two days away. That means it’s time to make your last-minute runs to the grocery store before everything you need is sold out. Read More
If you want to make beet kvass, the ingredients are simple: chopped beets, water, a little salt and whey. Read More
Small birds are having a big moment. Read More
The former police station site has limited traffic access, making it hard to breathe life into over the years. Read More
For weeks now, I have noticed a tizzy developing in newspaper food sections, food sites on the web, and cooking shows about Thanksgiving which is–egad—next week, early this year. Many imply we are bundles of nervous anxiety about the big day. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
When news of the end of the World War reached Brunswick on November 11, 1918, people poured into the streets in a spontaneous outbreak of joy. But the good mood was turned upside down when young Rose Bouchard was accidentally shot and killed during the celebration. Read More
This business was named Employer of the Year by York County Community College, but doesn't get enough foot traffic in its current location. Read More
Emery’s Meat & Produce opened in October in the Twin City Plaza on State Street in Brewer, next door to the Winterport Boot Shop. Read More
Now that fall is here, people seem to be reaching left and right for anything that’s flavored with pumpkin pie spice. But if that flavor profile isn’t for you, or you have a ton of apples left over from a photoshoot-worthy apple-picking excursion that you don’t know what to do with, consider these recipes. Read More
Bitter Love has not been on the market very long — the product was launched in November 2017 — but its founders are optimistic about the future of bitter sodas. Read More
he Bantam Cafe, which opened in May of this year, is a breakfast, brunch and lunch spot focused on a mixture of healthy, wholesome menu items and more decadent brunch classics, as well as an array of baked goods. Read More
Studded with cranberries and fragrant with orange rind and juice, this bread is an ideal accompaniment to holiday meals. It is not too early to accumulate a few recipes with the holidays in mind and Christine Hessert of Bangor who bakes breads for large… Read More
There’s been a lot of speculation that 2018 will be the “year of the woman” in US politics, with a record number of women on the ballot, and turnout expected to be high among women. Tuesday’s election results will tell us how true that is, but nearly a… Read More
On April 29 1892, Solomon Robitscheck wrote to Lewiston’s Le Messager objecting to the newspaper’s characterization of the city’s small population of Jewish peddlers. Two weeks earlier, Le Messager had published an editorial reprimanding Franco Americans who purchased items from the peddlers. Le Msssager’s argument was primarily… Read More
On Tuesday night's episode, chef Matthew Ginn competed for $50,000 and a new car. Read More
Years and years ago, my friend Susie Hutchins in Worcester, Massachusetts, made green tomato pie which I recall enjoying very much. Susie’s gone now and though I think I got the recipe from her, alas, it is now amongst the missing. Just in the… Read More
Jenna Malloy's cakes look so realistically like other things they sometimes confuse people. Read More
