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maine food
Without restaurants to buy their goods, farmers turn to consumers
A Waldoboro cheesemaker made a spreadsheet of Maine farms and what they have to sell. Before you could say local lamb, University of Maine Cooperative Extension turned it into a website.
Maine Maple Sunday news not so sweet
The Maine Maple Producers Association recommended Monday that maple producers cancel their weekend events. The group hopes to reschedule later in the year.
Bicentennial bites, books and booze
Chefs, bartenders and craft brewers are finding delicious ways for Mainers to celebrate the state’s 200th birthday.
The Wrap: Five Fifty-Five is closing, bartenders taste victory and Hawaiian shave ice coming soon
Plus New York Times food editor Sam Sifton talks about food – what else? – at Maine Voices Live.
Portland restaurant Five Fifty-Five closing after 17 years
The owners of one of the city’s best-known restaurants have announced they’re closing in April.
The Wrap: Restaurant openings and an update on Bob’s
And if you like to bake, make like Paul Hollywood and help choose Maine’s Best Baker.
Try Dos Naciones for a Mexican or El Salvadoran meal
You’ll find good food and a warm atmosphere at this new Congress Street restaurant.
When the tourists leave a resort town, this is where the locals go
The rustic Thistle Inn in Boothbay Harbor offers food, fun and community during the frigid off-season.
Bowdoin College chef wins breakfast cook-off that launches Restaurant Week
Maine Crab Breakfast Flatbread comes in tops at the Incredible Breakfast Cook-Off at Sea Dog Brewing Co. in South Portland.