Seven restaurants and a brewery, all in southern Maine, will participate in a ‘Truffle Takeover’ this weekend organized by a native Mainer who sells truffles for a living.
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‘Chopped’-winning chef opens new restaurant in Yarmouth
The Garrison joins Dandelion Catering at the Sparhawk Mill on Bridge Street.
‘The New England Catch’ has its ways with seafood
Summertime calls for meals based on fresh fish and seafood, accompanied by garden bounty and a little bit of adventurous spirit.
Learning to bake bread gives meaning to prisoners’ days
Inmates at Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston bake nutritious goods, while learning responsibility – and saving the prison money.
‘A heck of a year’ makes Maine blueberries late – but it’s a good crop
Some pick-your-own farms delay opening their fields to the public this year.
Touchdown! Maine ice cream company teams up with Patriots
Just in time for National Ice Cream Day on Sunday, Gifford’s announces a cool new partnership with the six-time champions.
Districts digesting new school nutrition laws, and their costs
Several new laws that affect school nutrition programs will have Maine school districts retool the way they feed students to avoid ‘food shaming’ while providing nutritious meals.
The Wrap: Long-awaited Yarmouth restaurant to open next week
More openings, a closing, and we’re now accepting theories on why Mainers eat so much ice cream.
New apprenticeship program lets aspiring cooks ‘earn while they learn’
Sponsored by HospitalityMaine, it aims to help ease the state’s restaurant labor shortage.
Bison find a home on a western Maine range
Ted and Doretta Colburn own Beech Hill Farm & Bison Ranch in Waterford. Each day they spend with their 35-member herd is a lesson in patience, hard work and self-sustainability.