Greek bond deal progresses as protests, strikes continue Greece’s private creditors signaled progress late Tuesday in a bond-swap deal but crucial debt negotiations over another round of austerity measures dragged into another day. The talks came after more than 20,000 protesters marched through central Athens as unions called a general strike against the new job […]
February 2012
Posted inFood, Life & Culture
The ultimate party food? Consider the humble meatball
Sometimes there’s a disconnect between the proclamations of food gurus and what regular folks eat. Not so in the case of meatballs. Once labeled “dish of the year” by Bon Appetit magazine, meatballs are welcome everywhere. They were the unexpected star of the buffet table at a holiday party I attended with 40 other guys. […]
advertisement
Posted inFood, Life & Culture
Soup to Nuts:Some not-so-modest proposals
Our Valentine survey reveals that when it comes to matrimonial intentions, some folks think WAY outside the little black jewelry box for ways to package the question.
Posted inFood, Life & Culture
The Maine Ingredient: Five’ll get you 10 servings of fruits and vegetables at my table
“Did you have your five today, Mama?” Five what, you might ask. Nope, not pills. Not vitamins. It’s five fruits and vegetables to which my daughter referred. Like many other families, with the tornado of the holidays settled and behind us, our household has had a little more time to focus on fitness and healthy […]
Posted inFood, Life & Culture
Food & Dining Dispatches, Feb. 8, 2012
PORTLAND Nine-course meal with wine offers omakase experience Miyake promises a true omakase experience at its Feb. 19 wine dinner, which is being held in conjunction with Easterly Wines. The dinner will be a nine-course meal paired with French wines. The menu will feature specialty items direct from Japan, such as glass eel, giant scallop […]
Posted inFood, Life & Culture
Cookbook Corner: ‘Crazy About Cakes’ by Krystina Castella
Krystina Castella’s “Crazy About Cookies,” reviewed here a few weeks ago, was so creative, I decided to check out her most recent publication, “Crazy About Cakes: More than 150 Delectable Recipes for Every Occasion” (Sterling, $17.95). Well, the cakes are as tempting as the cookies, although many of them look much more complicated to make. […]
Posted inBusiness
Bernanke holds to Fed plan of keeping interest rates low
WASHINGTON— Ben Bernanke on Tuesday reiterated the Federal Reserve’s plan to hold interest rates near record lows until at least late 2014. The Fed chairman stuck with the three-year time line at a Senate Budget Committee hearing, even after the government last week reported a surge in January hiring that drove the unemployment rate down […]
Posted inFood, Life & Culture
Appel on Wine: Bamboozling, intended or not, about wines sways us all
Scenes from a world of lies: A guy who works in a local, well-regarded wine shop tells me, “I have a vertical prestigious German Riesling producer’s wines, going back to the early 1990s.” (A “vertical” is one wine in an unbroken succession of vintages.) Each week, one of the most widely read wine writers in […]
Posted inNews
Dapolito recounts events the day his wife was killed
The Limington man, testifying in his own defense, denies there was ever any violence in their home.
Posted inNews
Santorum wins Minnesota, Missouri
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich mounts no significant campaign in Minnesota or Colorado.