I don’t eat red meat often anymore, but this hearty dish made with inexpensive chuck steak, mushrooms and a flavorful sauce, topped with cheesy biscuits speaks to my Irish soul. It’s a wonderful meal for a Sunday when, hopefully, you have time to relax, read by the fire and can enjoy the divine aroma of […]
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Maine Bicentennial cookbook looking for recipes
Writer Margaret Hathaway and photographer Karl Schatz are collecting recipes and photos from kitchens across the state for the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook, which will feature 200 recipes that represent Maine’s culinary past, present and future. The book, printed by Islandport Press, will be available at bicentennial events. Proceeds will be given to non-profit organizations […]
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Cooking at the Cove: Ring in 2020 with a traditional brunch
I think it’s very important to start out the new decade with favorite foods and favorite activities shared with our favorite people. My most-loved tradition is to ring in the New Year with a brisk walk at Popham Beach. In previous years, there have also been extremely competitive board games, read-a-thons, and group yoga classes. […]
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Cooking at the Cove: Christmas Eve supper
Making tourtières this time of year brings out my inner mémère. This meat pie is a delicious Christmas Eve supper that can be made ahead, saved for Christmas morning to have with over-easy eggs, or enjoyed on Boxing Day. Pies can be whipped up and frozen before baking to give as gifts, too. I know […]
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‘The Big Book of Instant Pot Recipes’ is the only cookbook you need
Assuming you have an Instant Pot, that is. The recipes are varied, easy, enticing and economical.
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Cooking at the Cove: Powering through
A few years back, my friend, Elaine took me to Life Alive Café in Cambridge. I totally fell in love with the bowls of beautiful organic vegetable and grain combinations as well as the colorful smoothies. From that day forward, I vowed I would eat this way as often as I could by making grain […]
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Cooking at the Cove: Chicken Pie – The ultimate comfort food
Picture it: Bowdoinham, 1983. January. We were new here and needed to meet people. I herded my four young children (ages 11 months through 9 years) into the Second Baptist Church and, within minutes, the five of us were swept up into a grandmotherly group hug by the woman who would become our adopted Maine […]
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Cooking at the Cove: For a dark and stormy night
Not only can a bowl of Hungarian Mushroom Soup soothe the savage beasties in your household, but this fragrant ambrosia can also be thickened a bit more with the addition of a tad more flour and/or sour cream for a company-worthy sauce for baked chicken, steak cooked in a skillet or can be spooned over […]
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Cooking at the Cove: A fancy French meal
The words “fancy” and “French” do not mean “difficult” and “time-consuming.” I don’t aspire to be Julia Child reincarnated, although I admire her greatly; I’m more like Marjorie Standish … on a good day. However, I recall sampling Poisson en Papillote (Fish in Parchment Paper) years ago and am still entranced with both the method […]
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When perfection is the goal, this cookbook makes it easy as pie
Overcoming a fear of making pie crusts unleashes this writer’s love of making pies. ‘The Perfect Pie’ provides loads of inspiration.