PORTLAND Italian Street Festival set for Saturday and Sunday Feast on traditional Italian fare at the 87th annual Italian Street Festival this weekend. The festival, which celebrates the Feasts of the Assumption and St. Rocco, will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday and 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at St. Peter’s Church, 72 […]
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Natural Foodie: Maine locavores invite you to their backyards
Been thinking about joining the locavore movement? Take a tour Saturday to visit with and learn from like-minded folks, and observe how they’ve transitioned to backyard gardening.
Puff, the magic pastry
It looks like it should be complicated, but delicate pate a choux is deceptively easy to make.
The Maine Ingredient: Pick the freshest ingredients, and you can’t go wrong
It makes sense to buy locally and let available foods inspire you in the kitchen.
New Yarmouth eatery to serve local food for families
A new 80-seat restaurant opening in Yarmouth in mid-September will cater to families who want to eat seasonal local foods at affordable prices. Gather, in the old Masonic Hall on Main Street, will be a casual place where families can eat food raised by Maine farmers and prepared by a well-regarded chef. “I’ve been very […]
Could duck be the new chicken? Quackin’ good idea
I recently spent two glorious barbecue-filled weeks in Austin, where I happily cooked for 1,200 hungry folks at a food festival. While these events tends to be crazy busy, they also involve a fair amount of down time. In this case, that down time was while I patiently waited for 50 briskets to slowly smoke […]
Maine chefs share recipes for using blueberry bonanza
Each week in August, they’ll share. Today: Campside Wild Maine Blueberry Upside Down Cake from the Azure Cafe in Freeport.
Soup to Nuts: Burning lovefor grilled steak
If you’re feeling it, here are some tips from experts about how to choose cuts and ideas for getting the best flavor.
Truth Test: Dems’ attack on state senators gets facts mostly correct
But they omit information that’s key in understanding income tax changes the GOP pushed through.
Romney: End dependency culture
He says his rival is reversing popular changes to welfare – accusations that the Obama campaign contests.