If you like the tradition of eating for good fortune, here are a couple of dishes that symbolize wealth.
Recipes
A simple, healthy lentil salad tastes anything but
French lentils, which hold their shape and have lots of flavor, make all the difference.
High heat turns cabbage into a healthy wintertime dinner
Roasting brings out the maligned vegetable’s earthy sweetness.
You didn’t finish the champagne and it’s gone flat? Cook with it
Columnist Christine Burns Rudalevige offers many ideas.
Cookbook review: “Roast Figs Sugar Snow: Food to Warm the Soul” by Diana Henry
Comforting recipes from northern climes are good news for Maine cooks.
The Maine Ingredient: Salmon, extra greens and fruit set stage for a nourishing 2015
This special New Year’s Eve dinner is as healthy and delicious as it is celebratory.
Winter baking creates treats for the senses
Maple syrup sweetens vegan gingerbread muffins, pumpkin pie bread and cranberry-pecan coffee cake.
Savor bourbon’s sweet side in kicked-up desserts
Bourbon-pecan pie, Bourbon and cola cake, apple-ginger tart and eggnog waffles are spirited, cold-weather sweets.
For a healthier planet, blessed are the local cheesemakers
Pair Maine-made cheeses with a colorful cranberry, ginger and lemon chutney.
Pan dulce reminds moms of cherished past, sweet present
The Mexican buns also give them a meaningful baking experience with their sons.