You’ll find ketjap manis in most Asian groceries.
Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Three techniques to help cooks make the most of marinade
Managing the process helps environmentally friendly cooks avoid pouring pints of used marinade down the drain.
Dine Out Maine: There’s plenty to like at Calderwood Hall on North Haven
But inconsistent crusts mar the otherwise excellent, seasonally focused pizzas.
Another poke restaurant opening in Greater Portland
Crunchy Poke is moving into the former East End Cupcakes spot in the Old Port
Small organic dairy farmers fight back against mass-production competitors
As some farms lose the fight, others urge consumers to read labels and ensure the product is from operations that follow idyllic practices such as free-range grazing.
Westbrook’s Legends Rest Taproom now has brew with a view
A new Maine law allows restaurants to serve alcohol in unattached outdoor dining areas.
Rather than steaming it, a Portland restaurant returns ‘cotton candy’ lobster to the sea
Scales’ executive chef says, ‘It was just too interesting to cook it.’
Yes, you can fail a drug test by eating a poppy seed bagel
You can plead bagel but ‘the poppy seed defense’ doesn’t always work.
Tomato salad a fresh take on a Southern specialty
But rather than use green tomatoes, the recipe calls for ripe ones.
Grits make a tasty pillow for a pile of Cajun shrimp
The Southern side won’t disappoint.