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Food & Dining
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maple syrup and honey producers won’t be stuck with confusing label
An amendment passed by the Senate works around an FDA requirement to label the products as having added sugar when they don’t.
PETA has an uncommon message for people arriving at Portland airport: Don’t eat lobster
Ads that went up just as the Maine Lobster Festival was getting underway will remain in the airport through August, the organization said.
Serve Stuffed Fried Zucchini Blossoms with marinara sauce
Gardeners looking to rein in their zucchini crop should zero in on the female flowers.
Those in the know find there’s nothing fishy about Lay’s lobster roll chips
Maine experts taste test the new flavor, which is representing the Northeast in the Tastes of America line.
A little-known tropical fruit is showing up as a meat substitute on Maine menus
It’s called jackfruit, and “little known” is about to change.
Dream job? Restaurant servers say restless nights come with the stresses of August
This month is to restaurant servers what April is to tax accountants. We asked people in food service to dish up some of their worst nightmares.
Drifters Wife, Rose Foods make Bon Appetit’s ‘Best New Restaurants’ list
The magazine will whittle down the list to a ‘Hot 10’ to be announced on Aug. 14.
There’s a lot more to Vietnamese cuisine than pho
‘Made in Vietnam’ is a delicious and mostly accessible introduction to that country’s cooking.
Two Portland restaurants on Bon Appetit’s 50 best new restaurants
Drifters Wife and Rose Foods both made Bon Appetit’s annual list of America’s Best New Restaurants, which the magazine will whittle down to the ‘Hot 10.’