Karin Cole once aspired to be a chef. Now, baking is one of a few duties she’s claimed in her family’s kitchen.
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Gluten free and just as sweet: Sweets and Co opens in Saco
Baker Lorraine Fagela is offering up gluten-free treats at her first Saco cafe.
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TV reporter Jim Keithley’s foolproof recipe for banana bread
So OK, it’s his grandmother’s recipe. Either way, this one-bowl loaf has stood the test of time.
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Granola is a nutty, spiced shortcut in this tender yogurt cake
You’ll want leftover granola just to make this delightful cake.
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An old farmhouse on the Kennebec River, and the former owner’s date bars, get their due
When Hallie Flint Gilman signed on to restore a 19th-century farmhouse in Somerset County, little did she know the previous owner’s ‘legendary’ old-fashioned date bars would help to make it a home.
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When her oven broke, she turned to the toaster oven
It turns out you don’t need a deluxe Wolf or Bertazzoni stove to make first-rate dinners and desserts.
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Tiramisu is a ubiquitous dessert. We have this Italian chef to thank
Roberto Linguanotto, who died in late July at age 81, is credited with creating the popular coffee-flavored dessert in the 1970s.
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Home Plates: She tested and tested the recipe until her blueberry pie suited her to a T
The secret of learning to be an excellent cook? ‘Taste, taste and taste again.’
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And the best croissants in Portland are…
We asked a group of local French ex-pats and their Francophile spouses and friends to taste test some of the city’s best. The results were complicated.
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Home Plates: A newly betrothed young woman gets her family-to-be’s mint brownie recipe
For decades, she baked the brownies and brought them to family occasions. Then her husband died, and everything changed.