Also, Papi plans a pop-up for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico, Anoche crowdsources apples for cider, and local companies launch seasonal treats.
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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At Anthony’s Italian Kitchen, a tight-knit family wants you to taste the love
Anthony’s Italian Kitchen is a family affair, through and through. Anthony Barrasso, 82, opened the restaurant in 1992 on Middle Street in Portland, near the courthouses. It was a second career – maybe a third, if you count a brief stint selling Cadillacs – that was inspired by working at his mother Lucy’s East Boston […]
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DNA testing sheds light on the vast, mysterious world of heirloom apples
Genetic testing is helping identify older varieties of Maine apples, and may promise more delicious, more diverse fruit in our future.
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: Maine Lobster Week is on; Primo closes in Tucson
Also, the Talking Food in Maine series returns next week to Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater, closing night comes for Katahdin Restaurant in the Arts District, and Leeward and Twelve restaurants get lots of love from The New York Times.
Posted inFood, Maine, News
Leeward and Twelve make New York Times best restaurant list
Portland finds itself on even footing with major restaurant cities across the country in the rundown of the ’50 places in America we’re most excited about right now.’
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Wolfe’s Neck Center receives $35 million federal grant to boost climate-smart agriculture
The five-year award will let the group lead a national alliance dedicated to improving soil health.
Posted inFood
Portland High students are more than just customers to downtown lunch vendors
Local restaurateurs – many of them parents themselves – welcome the ‘joyous noise’ of the city’s high schoolers who, despite free lunch at school, sometimes just need to get off campus for a bite.
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The Wrap: Kennebec Cheesery wins big at Maine Cheese Awards; Allagash expands to Scarborough
Plus, food festivals in Portland and Kittery, and Barton Seaver cooks in Kennebunk.
Posted inBooks, Food
‘Foodtopia’ and the fifth wave: Maine’s millennial farmers stand on the shoulders of their forebears
Maine author Margot Anne Kelley’s new book explores historic back-to-the-land movements and how they helped today’s young breakaway farmers succeed.
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Regards makes Bon Appetit’s list of top 50 new restaurants
The California-inspired restaurant received three stars from the Press Herald in July.