Local farmers market asparagus doesn’t come cheap. But there are ways to make this favorite vegetable stretch.
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Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Students, farmers to benefit from partnership that will bring state-grown broccoli into UMaine dining halls
The broccoli, grown at Circle B Farms in Caribou, will be served this fall.
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Posted inMaine, News
Portland Parks Commission chair resigns after rift over food trucks on Eastern Prom
Michael Mertaugh submitted his resignation Thursday after a meeting in which commissioners failed to pass his motion in support of moving food trucks to the midlevel parking lot on Cutter Street.
Posted inDo This, Food
Eat & Run: Lunch at Odd By Nature Brewing is a tasty, messy heap of fun
Featuring playfully innovative dishes from sister operation Food For Thought in Ogunquit, Odd By Nature Brewing in Cape Neddick serves brewery food to brag about.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Kids learn about local foods, improve cooking skills, and help their peers
The six-week 4 Kids By Kids course culminates in a fundraising meal to fight food insecurity.
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The Wrap: Maine cheese wins big, and Erin French guest stars on new Ina Garten show
Seaweed-lined cheese from Lakin’s Gorges Cheese in Waldoboro topped major competitors in its category at the curd-world Oscars, Erin French appears on a new Food Network show, and HB Provisions in Kennebunk goes on the market for $3.8 million.
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Green Plate Special: Don’t call it mud season. March in Maine is spinach season
Even if you buy a very large bag, you won’t run out of delicious ways to use it.
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Green Plate Special: Mexico, Paris, China, Norway – Maine’s got ’em. Up next: Aleppo, Maine?
A gift of locally grown, harvested, dried and crushed Aleppo pepper delighted this spice-loving, locally minded cook.
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The Wrap: New restaurants and food shops, fundraisers, Ninety Nine reasons to love Maine spuds
New restaurants to open in Biddeford and Portland, a happy hour to help fire victims, and Ninety Nine restaurants in New England to serve Maine potatoes exclusively.
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Some of us love trash, and some of us love beets…
Happy Valentine’s, Oscar the Grouch (and the rest of you, too). Please sing along!