The outdoor space is diverting and a lot of fun.

The new sidebar to this column that serves to both inspire cooks and contain food waste will be called 'No Loose Ends.'

Columnist Tom Atwell plants, and compares, four varieties . Which will he pick to plant again next year?

For over 25 years, volunteers from a chapter of Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners have served tens of thousands of bowls of vegan beans at the fair.

And the recipe for White Bean & Basil Cakes is a keeper.

Keep this handy technique in your back pocket as the holidays approach.

This easy vegan version is inexpensive, too.

Make it crispy and bright – and at home.

When tossed warm with a Thai-inspired fish sauce vinaigrette, the pasta stays tender and soaks up the sauce’s spicy, savory tang.

General Mills issued the voluntary recall Monday after a sampling at its Kansas City facility tested positive for E. coli.

Foundation and Brewery Extrava are replicating styles from Germany and Belgium.

China Xpress opened in South Portland this summer, with a menu of ready-to-serve dishes and a drive-through window.

Anjon’s Italian Restaurant in Scarborough is shuttered, and Maria's will replace Espo's Trattoria location in Portland.

The South Portland diner got a makeover in 2014 from the Food Network show, and Monday the crew is coming back to see how things are going.

Plus, we offer a short preview of Harvest on the Harbor.

Diners on a budget will find lots to choose from, including seafood sandwiches, seafood tacos and lunch combos.

Aside from the pie, they are why people go to Unity House of Pizza.

The recipe comes from a recent cookbook from Boston's Myers+Chang restaurant.

Cars are partly to blame for climate change. A diet of beans can help combat it. The two intersected nearly a century ago with onetime Maine summer resident and industrialist Henry Ford.

Chicken wings have long been associated with football season, but the popular snack has stepped up its game with a variety of sauces from the wonderful to the weird.

Cheese lovers rejoice! Research is starting to suggest dairy fats may have a neutral-to-positive effect on the heart.

The pleasant pepperiness of the greens offsets the bold tang of the figs.

But the family-friendly, farm-to-table restaurant can wobble when it stretches to global cuisine.

How to avoid overeating, over-shopping, wasting food, wasting money and eating a joyless diet of leftovers.

These shrubs produce beautiful fall colors and berries, extending the garden season.

Along with the prose, Janet Reich Elsbach's new cookbook contains recipes intended to sustain new parents, new neighbors, ill and recovering patients and the grief-stricken.

Going on a date? Seeking fall scenery? There's an orchard for you.

Next year, the company will start selling the 'Incogmeato' burger, which is designed to look and taste like meat.

Regular consumption of soft drinks - both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened - was associated with a greater risk of all causes of death.

Andrés and his nonprofit World Central Kitchen landed in Nassau ahead of the storm and began staging relief efforts even before Dorian churned closer to the islands.

The new owner of Pat's Pizza plans to open a speakeasy and give away lots of pizza, and a fundraiser for hungry youths is looking for benefactors who will pay handsomely to feed them.

Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's has unveiled Justice ReMix'd, a new flavor to highlight what it calls racism and a broken criminal justice system.

The decor, music and relaxed, friendly staff take you back in time.

The Lewiston brewery plans to tweak its branding and beer lineup.

Rather than waste water to wash used food jars and tubs, first make vinaigrette, dessert sauce, sweetener for tea and more right in the containers.