From chefs working in the kitchen with their dads, to bar, restaurant and food cart owners using their businesses to commemorate their late fathers, there’s no shortage of father-son love in the Maine hospitality world.
Tim Cebula
Staff Writer
Tim Cebula has been a food writer and editor for 23 years. A former correspondent for The Boston Globe food section, his work has appeared in Time, Health, Food & Wine, CNN.com, and Boston magazine, among other publications. He is also a former judge for both the restaurant and journalism portions of the James Beard Awards. He was most recently senior editor at Cooking Light magazine, where he worked for 13 years. Tim lives in Old Orchard Beach.
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Portland restaurant Broken Arrow closes after staffers quit
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Celebrating Portland’s wine scene, where women rule
The upcoming 7th annual Portland Wine Week helps remind us that – in a welcome twist from the gender dynamic in other major food cities – female sommeliers, wine directors and other professionals dominate the local wine scene.
The Wrap: Fish & chips coming to Washington Avenue, supper and cocktails to downtown
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Duckfat owners, pioneers of Portland’s food scene, retire and sell restaurants
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Portland cracking down on Monument Square parking violations
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