Memorable Mexican-influenced fare at the West End all-day restaurant earns 4 stars.
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Pork chops in a strawberry port sauce lean into the fruit’s savory side
Pork and fruit pair well together, and this luscious strawberry pan sauce is further proof.
Brown rice has more arsenic than white. Is it still the better choice?
Recent concerns over the health risks of eating brown rice are mostly overblown.
Trump’s economic policies have no direction | Letter
President Donald Trump has introduced his beautiful tariffs to destroy the economy to save it. This is a fever dream of a fabulist. There is no plan for his marvelous revolution. Every revelation is a big surprise, like a game show. Corporations and businesses were given no heads up as to what was going to […]
Forget about Freeport farm grant and focus on the planet | Letter
The canceled $35 million grant to Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and Environmental would have been wasted anyway since we’ve known for decades that the primary cause of climate change and environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, food insecurity and the rise in degenerative, zoonotic and environmental disease is raising animals as products. On a planet […]
Let’s build the kind of Maine where everyone is treated fairly | Letter
We need to make space for empathy, not division.
French bread pizza topped with salad is a quick, budget-friendly meal
This 20-minute weeknight-friendly dinner is satisfying, low-effort and nutrient-dense.
Leaders must act to reclaim our democracy | Letter
To my knowledge, our legislators have yet to acknowledge that this effort by the MAGA party is a coup. It is time that our representatives and senators stop being apologists for this regime. They no longer need to feel that they are “sticking their necks out” by standing up to be counted among those trying […]
Maine must not lose sight of the power of libraries | Opinion
Our libraries are not just institutions, they are lifelines.
Oldies but goodies: Mainers cherish — and cook on — their old stoves
When it comes to stoves, ‘brand spanking new’ does not appeal to everyone.