Here’s a formula for making puddings like this maple budino on the stovetop, too.
2016
Posted inFood
Last write-ups celebrate late, great talent in Maine kitchens
In obituaries, families remember their loved ones for their fudge, or pies, or turkey and dumpling soup.
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Posted inCookbook Reviews, Food
Cookbook review: ‘Scook: The Complete Cookery Course,’ by Anne-Sophie Pic
Beautiful cookbook doesn’t always succeed at making French food more approachable, but it’s a winner nonetheless.
Posted inAppel on Wine, Food
Drinks strange and surprising stand out from the past year
A fresh Italian white, a Beaujolais Nouveau, a Long Island orange and a South African sauvignon blanc are among the most pleasing surprises of 2015.
Posted inFood, Vegan Kitchen
Healthy food shopping on the Portland peninsula has never been better
Both locally owned stores and national chains stock up on kale and quinoa.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Utility companies, grocers charge ahead with unjustified price increases
Have you been wondering why your electric bill hasn’t gone down? They told us it was the high price of oil. Well, the price of oil has gone way down. Where are the stories about Maine citizens being ripped off by Central Maine Power? Have you been wondering why the price of food hasn’t gone […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Down East column sets example for tolerance of different views
Many of us who read and contribute to the Letters to the Editor section of this newspaper rue the increasing lack of civility between people holding opposing political views. As the 2016 election approaches, the tone and intensity of this dialogue have only gotten worse. As an antidote, I suggest the excellent article by Ron […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Casco Bay Bridge contract may entail hidden agenda
Regarding the stunning announcement on your Dec. 29 front page that operation of the Casco Bay Bridge is now going to a Florida company: Did all of us recall that Gov. LePage owns a house in Daytona Beach, Florida? As a property taxpayer in Maine, I and others were not allowed to weigh in on […]
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Letter to the editor: Obama’s planned executive action on gun laws will create constitutional crisis
Our present president doesn’t seem to realize that he has escalated the environment of fear we now have in our country, the main fear being we will continue to be attacked from within by “radicals,” be they religious fanatics or just people who don’t know right from wrong. These wrongdoers are coming from other countries. […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine’s masterpieces don’t belong on mousepads
Artists Andrew Wyeth and Winslow Homer must be rotating rapidly in their graves, thanks to the thoughtlessly butchered “mousepad versions” of their wonderful paintings that ran with the story “PMA acquires works by Homer, Wyeth,” which appeared on Page B2 in the Jan. 2 edition. I think you owe your readers (and the Portland Museum […]