And if you’re trying to use up a stray box of almond paste uncovered in your pantry, so much the better.
Peggy Grodinsky
Green Plate Special: Pretty, tender and mild, Swiss chard deserves more love
Use it anywhere you might use spinach — and don’t toss out the stalks.
Maine Gardener: Plant perennial fruits and vegetables to be well-stocked for years
Then, when you crave asparagus, raspberries, rhubarb, apples…, you just walk out to your back yard and harvest dinner or a snack.
Cook like a Mainah with three new Maine cookbooks
Go beyond, way beyond, lobster rolls, bean hole beans and blueberry pie, but yeah, those too.
Outdoor dining slowly reemerges in the Old Port
Just a handful of restaurants opened for outdoor dining Monday, and there was no lunchtime rush.
Maine Gardener: Do the environment a big favor; shrink your lawn
Replace it with a flower garden, and as a bonus, you won’t have to mow so much.
Green Plate Special: Can reusable shopping bags really transmit the coronavirus?
Or is spreading that fear the work of the plastics industry and climate change skeptics?
One sweet journey back in time
Inspired by recipes from vintage cookbooks in Bowdoin College’s special collection, ice cream maker Lauren Guptill churns out interesting, old-fangled flavors.
BikeMaine cancels its annual cycle around the state
The organization said it was impossible to host the event safely in the middle of a pandemic.
Dine In Maine: What does a prestigious award nomination mean when your doors are closed?
It’s complicated.