ROCKPORT — Riley School will hold its inaugural 5K on Sunday, March 23, 2025. The race route, which participants may run or walk, starts on the Riley campus at 73 Warrenton Street and…
Cooking
Fun run, 5K, Maine Maple Sunday, chili cook-off, and more
ROCKLAND — On Wednesday, March 5, at 5:30 p.m., Abi Morrison L.Ac. will be speaking on selecting and blending teas appropriate for the season, for health, and for flavor, at the Hole in the Wall…
Union St. Sourdough, in Camden, was founded in 2023
ROCKPORT — Rockport Public Library’s “foodie series” returns Saturday, Feb. 15, at 12 p.m., with a presentation by Union St. Sourdough owner/baker Bridget Mariner. A variety of…
ROCKLAND — A gluten-free sourdough workshop will be held Sunday, Feb. 16, from 2:30 - 4 p.m., at Hole in The Wall Bagels, 754 Main Street, Rockland.
Participants will learn how to make…
CAMDEN — For eighteen years, Sandy Oliver sent a weekly recipe to the Bangor Daily News for her column called Taste Buds. To come up with over 900 recipes during that time, she turned to cooks…
SEARSPORT—At the site of the old Captain Tinkham's Emporium, a new brewery has quietly opened, becoming a new "third place" for locals and visitors to sit down at the wooden benches, talk, and…
“Cookie Crazy: The Spectacular Seven”
ROCKPORT — The next program in the Rockport Public Library’s red-hot “foodie” series is entitled, “Cookie Crazy: The Spectacular Seven.” This adults-only cookie tasting extravaganza will be held…
long-time organic apple grower
LINCOLNVILLE — Lincolnville Community Library presents a special talk, Wednesday, Aug. 7, at 7 p.m., about the many uses of vinegar from cooking to using it for multiple medicinal benefits.
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Christina Olson is famous, thanks to Andrew Wyeth. Alvaro, Christina’s brother, and caregiver for many years, never gained recognition, but from his friend, Andrew.
Al and Christina’s…
Waldo County Technical Center’s (WCTC) Culinary Arts program made life a little sweeter for Hospice volunteers last week when they baked over 300 different types of scones for the organization’s…
Atlanta restaurant hopes to become a Maine-stay
CAMDEN – Buttermilk Kitchen at Marriner’s celebrates its grand opening Thursday, April, 25. Marriner’s closed after 41 years in business…
Turning cooking and science into a multimedia presentation
CAMDEN – Ninety-plus eighth grade students at Camden-Rockport Middle School participated in an inter-scholastic, inter-disciplinary challenge focusing on food. Anchored in science, the project…
CAMDEN – Albatross is a new restaurant opening at 115 Elm Street in Camden, on the same property as the Cedar Crest Inn. Owners Maggie and Jeffrey Harris have a rich history in the food service…
Wassail: A cup of cheer for the upcoming holiday parties
The comforting aroma of hot cider, ginger, and cinnamon fills the kitchen when you make the ancient mulled drink wassail, but did you know that the drink itself dates back to pre-Christian times…
What to do with end-of-season bounty
Rutabaga. What do you do with this alien softball-sized thing?
This is the kind of vegetable I’m likely to pass over at a farmer’s market, because it’s so unfamiliar, but it’s a fall/…
What to do with end-of-season bounty
Kale, like beets, for me, is one of those vegetables I so want to like. It’s part of the Mediterranean diet, it’s …
What to do with the end-of-season bounty
So, how do you solve a problem like beets? They’re available in season now and packed with fiber, folate (vitamin…
What to do with the end-of-season bounty
It’s harvest time!
When your neighbors drop off heaping bags of produce from their gardens and the farmer’s markets are overflowing, the question remains: “What should I make tonight?”…
Dishes are made with love for anyone in need
A pay-it-forward initiative that started in the Boston area during the pandemic offering one of Italy’s most iconic comfort dishes to anyone in need has expanded nationally and is now solidly in…
The Best Café
BELFAST — Waldo County General Hospital’s Best Café is now offering a selection of foods from Maine farms for purchase in its “Buy Local” food stand.
Patients, visitors and care team…
In business
WARREN — Anyone craving authentic jerk chicken, tender and juicy, slow-cooked on the grill, along with rice and peas, a classic Jamaican…
Maine Celtic Celebration’s annual fundraising event promises food, whisky, lively poetry and Highland piping
Haggis. Whisky with a “y.” Robert Burns.
You’ll find out what all of this means January 28, even if you have no Celtic blood in your ancestry.com profile. The Maine Celtic Celebration’s…
originality, connection to the holidays, and use of Maine ingredients
Real Maine, a division of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry, is supporting the …
ROCKLAND — Aldersgate United Methodist Church will be selling homemade Thanksgiving pies this year.
“Want more time with family and friends for Thanksgiving?” said Aldersgate, in a news…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer several opportunities for volunteer cooks to receive important food safety training in September and October. “Cooking for Crowds” will be…
Northport/Belfast has become the ‘Bakery Trail’ with a number of new businesses
BELFAST—Matt Burke and Jim Thompson, who moved to Midcoast Maine four years ago, have been working toward taking their cookie and granola company, Sweet Monkey Business to its fullest potential—…
compete for prize money
The Maine Lobster Festival is looking for amateur chefs to compete in its annual Seafood Cooking Contest, Friday, August 5, 2022.
Amateur chefs as young as 18 years old are invited to…
Forty Flavors of Scones and Live Music Saturday, May 28
NORTHPORT — Whenever Veronica Stubbs speaks about her business, her face lights up with a combination of total joy and mild astonishment. Give her a few minutes and she will invariably recount a…
ROCKPORT — Through the month of March the Rockport Public Library is collecting recipes to compile into a community cookbook. These recipes will be printed and published into a book that will be…
Here in the Boothbay Region when we hear “Mumbai to Maine,” we immediately think of Mumbai native Cherie Scott who has been our friend and neighbor these past 14 years. We recall the exciting…
Good Shepherd Food Bank
Good Shepherd Food Bank, Maine’s largest hunger relief organization, is launching NutritionForME.org, a one-stop online resource to find simple, nutritious, and easy-to-make recipes using everyday…
ROCKLAND — The Good Tern Co-op natural food store and bagel café at 750 Main Street in Rockland, will bring the flavors of sunny Morocco to the public this winter in…
ORONO— The University of Maine is calling attention to the blue economy conversation and its goal of providing global marine leadership with a YouTube video promoting the…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension has numerous resources to help prepare a safe and healthy Thanksgiving meal.
If turkey is on the menu, UMaine Extension…
UNION — The Union Masonic Lodge 31 is taking orders for homemade pies for Thanksgiving 2021. Pies include Apple, Blueberry, Chocolate Cream, Custard, Minced Meat and more.
Costs range…
7,600 farms in Maine, and all getting more resourceful
HOPE – The blueberry barrens were abuzz Monday afternoon at Brodis Blueberries with a visit from Governor Janet Mills to announce the state is using $20 million in federal relief funds to directly…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control…
AUGUSTA — With the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Maine public schools have long offered a nutritious breakfast and lunch meal program to thousands of children in Maine during…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online class about using electric pressure cookers to prepare classic barbecue recipes Thursday, May 27, from 6 - 7:30 p.m.
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An apple salsa, squash mac and cheese and cheesy crackers came out of this project
FAIRFIELD—The amount of food that is grown every year only to be thrown into a landfill is staggering.
The Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) Culinary Arts program tackled this…
Maine State Music Theatre
Cherie Scott, a Mumbai-native who now calls Maine her new home and the creator of Mumbai to Maine – Maine’s first Indian-inspired culinary brand, will share her cultural roots and nostalgic…
In business
NORTHPORT — Hana Thurston has been baking cakes for the last eight years, and formally launched her Hana Cakes business two or three years ago after always wanting to launch a cake business. …
All with a fascinating backstory
For the holidays, we’re continuing our series to shine the spotlight on Maine craftspeople. This week, we’re focusing on Maine…
The consensus? It turned out to be very good
On Thanksgiving day, I decided to roll up my sleeves and attempt to bake some bread. Not just any bread. Loaves made from those damn acorns it took me one hour of gathering, two weeks of cracking…
AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration announced today that it will dedicate more than half a million dollars in Coronavirus Relief Funds to extend home-delivered meals to older Mainers and caregivers…
recipes and food safety tips for Thanksgiving
University of Maine Cooperative Extension has several resources to help prepare a safe and healthy Thanksgiving meal.
Before buying that turkey, UMaine Extension…
‘I’ve been exposed to different approaches to thinking and experiencing wine’
SYDNEY, Australia — A few months shy of her 21st birthday, Belfast native Callie Cook is not legally old enough to consume wine in the United States, though that detail has not halted her progress…
Staying healthy has always been important, but never more so than this year, the year of COVID-19. Diet plays a crucial role in keeping our immune system strong – it’s our first line of defense…
