When I volunteered weekly at the Gathering Place, a drop-in day shelter and resources center on Tenney Way behind the Brunswick downtown Hannaford, our guests ate lunch next door at Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Center. Before the pandemic, they experienced a free, sit-down restaurant experience, with waiters bringing main course, drinks and then dessert offerings. […]
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Voters will decide if Mainers have a constitutional right to food
The Legislature approved the proposal by a two-thirds margin, but some critics worry that embedding the language in the Maine Constitution could have unintended consequences.
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We Love to Eat: March 25
Drive thru fish dinner – Friday, March 26, 4:30-6 p.m. St. Anthony Parish, 268 Brown St., Westbrook. Baked haddock, green beans, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, roll and dessert. $10. To benefit St. Anthony Parish. Pick up dinners in lower church parking lot. Haddock supper buffet – Saturday, March 27, 5 p.m., Living Waters Church, Parker Farm […]
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Waterville’s Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen closes permanently
The soup kitchen, which operated at Sacred Heart Church for 40 years, closed temporarily when the coronavirus pandemic hit in March.
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Bicentennial bites, books and booze
Chefs, bartenders and craft brewers are finding delicious ways for Mainers to celebrate the state’s 200th birthday.
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Community Meals
MONDAY Martin Luther King Jr. Day Pasta supper, including the option of gluten-free noodles, and featuring homemade meat and vegetarian sauces, focaccia bread, salad, desserts and coffee. 5 to 7 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Middle St., Brunswick. $10 suggested donation. All proceeds from the event will benefit MCHPP, which provides assistance to more than […]
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In new food pantry model, Root Cellar patrons help themselves
Making a small payment and boxing up the food that they and others bring home is meant to help maintain dignity and build resilience.
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Maine food tour wins international award
Maine Food for Thought wins an award in London at the World Food Travel Association.
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Community garden offers harvest dinner to Yarmouth residents
YARMOUTH — The Yarmouth Community Garden will hold a harvest dinner at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16 at the high school, located at 286 West Elm St. Tickets, which are available at the door, are $10 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under. The event will feature garden produce, a silent auction and […]
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Ready, set, bake! Fairs give home cooks a chance to get creative
Several who regularly enter the food contests at the Cumberland County Fair and the Fryeburg Fair share their experiences.