Families are welcoming summer and gathering around grills outside, celebrating the long-awaited season with friends and neighbors by cooking and sharing delicious meals. Imagine if each of those gatherings generated zero waste while creating twice the joy. The path from good intentions to significant impact starts simply with rethinking how we share meals and cookouts. […]
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Posted inBusiness, Food
Maine’s American Unagi is named a Food & Wine magazine ‘Game Changer’
American Unagi grows out elvers to eels for the commercial food market, shifting production of the lucrative eels from Asia to Maine.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
A Harpswell chocolatier wants to make her Buoy Pops Maine’s next iconic treat
It started with a question: ‘Why has nobody made a lollipop shaped like a lobster buoy?’
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston’s Obscura Cafe to close, citing ‘ongoing challenges’ with city
In response, the city said it worked with owners ‘to help make their vision viable.’
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
A new era for Maine’s iconic red snapper hot dogs
Even as W.A. Bean & Sons tweaks its recipe to comply with a federal ban on artificial dyes, fans love the bright red dogs just the same.
Posted inAnimals, Business, Food, Maine
Dog park and restaurant coming to North Deering
Woof Play Eat is expected to open in a few months on Northport Drive.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Well & Good Brewing buys Mainely Custard in Freeport
The brewery will add a beer garden and limited food menu to the ice cream shop this summer.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Yosaku owners opening new Japanese restaurant in South Portland
The sushi and small plates venue is slated to open next spring in the former Elsmere BBQ space.
Posted inMaine, News
Wabanaki group restoring 245-acre farm in Swanville as food hub
Niweskok, a Wabanaki-led food sovereignty organization, recently bought the farm to aid its work reinvigorating traditional crops and land management.
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Oldies but goodies: Mainers cherish — and cook on — their old stoves
When it comes to stoves, ‘brand spanking new’ does not appeal to everyone.