This week’s news includes four of our favorite food groups: chicken, salsa, lobster and coffee.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Local & State, Nation & World
Ugly produce seems to have limited appeal, so some retailers pull it
Hannaford in Maine is among the supermarkets that have stopped carrying the imperfect fruits and vegetables.
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Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes, Source
Recipe: Mixed Frozen Fruit Curd
This dish makes a great pick-me-up.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Source
Skip grocery shopping this week. Try eating the freezer
What you’ve stashed away could be the makings of an energy-saving dinner.
Posted inBusiness, Food
Remember Graziano’s restaurant? It returns to Lisbon, but as a takeout business
Grazi to Go is opened by Mary Graziano Richard, who began working at the original family restaurant when she was 10 years old.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Taco Bell in Portland, Auburn among 4 Maine locations closed
The Maine Department of Labor has scheduled meetings to help workers affected by the closures.
Posted inCookbook Reviews, Food, Recipes
“Uncomplicated: Taking the Stress Out of Home Cooking” delivered on its promise
And it made cooking fun, too.
Posted inFood
Dine Out Maine: Under the weather? Dial up some steamy, fiery, starchy, funky, healing Asian soups
It’s January in Maine. Small wonder our critic Andrew Ross has soup on the brain.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Newspaper’s Food section promo a poor choice of words
An effort to highlight Food & Dining content glosses over the plight of the hungry and homeless.
Posted inHealth, Life & Culture, Nation & World
With inspectors furloughed, reduced FDA safeguards ‘put our food supply at risk’
Foodborne illness is a major problem in the U.S., sickening 48 million people each year and killing 3,000, according to the CDC.