The chef at Local in Brunswick offers ideas for combining fresh Maine ingredients with convenience.
Green Plate Special
Mount Desert Island Ice Cream takes the cake in sustainable practices
Try the recipe for chocolate-caramel ice cream.
Multi-grain pancake mix fuels you and the soil
Align your breakfast with chef Dan Barber’s ‘Third Plate’ principles.
Fish and chips – made with Maine brews – hit the road
A classic combo gets the local treatment by food truck entrepreneurs.
Marathoner fueled by local food
A Topsham runner travels more miles than his food does.
Green Plate Special: Try one fish, two fish, redfish and new fish
Dogfish, marinated and grilled on skewers, is just one way to promote sustainability.
Free-range eggs, a surprising perk, get paid forward
Six of them go into a Lemon Curd Almond Cake and reward the colleague who shares her hens’ bounty.
Smoked Alewife and Corn Risotto
This native fish has umami galore.
A vegan diet – good for you, good for the planet
Plus a recipe for Cashew Corn Cakes.
A fiddlehead patch of one’s own
A recipe for Fiddlehead and Pancetta Pasta puts the cream in the crop.