Scott Tyree just became the 256th master sommelier in the world, and the first from Maine.
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The Wrap: Ice cream (for all eaters), and shopping local – from farm and sea to table
A little something to sweeten your Memorial Day weekend – a new scoop shop on Portland’s West End.
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Summertime, and the eating is exciting
Here’s our annual look at the new restaurants due to open in southern Maine this summer.
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Outdoor dining to extend into Portland parking spaces
The city is launching a pilot program this summer, allowing as many as 5 restaurants to use on-street parking spaces for seating.
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A few good tricks to make a small amount of meat yield big flavors
And by cutting back on meat, you can help save the planet, one delicious plate at a time.
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How to make pommes dauphinoise, the dreamy French casserole of potatoes and cream
A step-to-step guide – it’s easier than you may think.
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With this cookbook, break into the elusive world of French cuisine via the humble egg
Michel Roux’s ‘Eggs: The Essential Guide to Cooking With Eggs’ is a terrific – and tad intimidating – compendium of new ways to use eggs.
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Vignola Cinque Terre in Portland closing, and building is under contract
Vignola Cinque Terre will close permanently at the end of dinner service Sunday. Joshua Miranda, owner of Blyth & Burrows, plans to open a new restaurant there in the fall.
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The Wrap: A sommelier, a baker and a chef walk into this week’s column, and that’s no joke.
Maine has its first Master Sommelier, a Little Bigs Baker lands at Monte’s Fine Foods, and a Camden chef will cook at the James Beard House.
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Why is Steven Soderbergh coming to Portland? We’ll let him tell you
The award-winning director will be at Little Giant on Tuesday with his favorite liquor in hand.