Jicama is a root vegetable with a thin brown skin and crunchy white flesh.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inCookbook Reviews, Food & Dining, Recipes
America’s Test Kitchen’s ‘Bowls’ is right on trend
Its ‘how to bowl’ guidelines are helpful, plus the test recipe was tasty and nicely balanced.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Wild blueberries in January? Time to go to bat for Maine’s troubled, iconic fruit
Most of the crop is frozen, anyway, so resolve this year to eat more of what may be the healthiest – and tastiest – berry there is.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Beans are good for the planet, but can be tiresome to eat
The solution? Next time you cook, play hide-and-seek with the legumes.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Trending for 2020: New plant-based delicacies on the menu
Here are 8 vegan treats that Maine entrepreneurs are cooking up this year.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Read catalogs to preview the coming gardening season
What’s in and what’s out? Prepare to bid farewell to Iona Petit Pois and say hello to cover cropping.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
OFF RADAR: “Curious Toys”
A good, weird murder mystery by Elizabeth Hand, set in 1915 at the Riverview Amusement Park in Chicago
Posted inLife & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Little Women’ popcorn for the ages
Most film critics claim Mervyn LeRoy’s 1949 Technicolor production as the very best, but modern reviewers take umbrage at that claim and have given Greta Gerwig’s 2019 offering a big hug.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Lucky Clark On Music: Dana Colley
Mainer helps keep spirit of Morphine alive and well with Jan. 11 show at Bayside Bowl in Portland.
Posted inBooks, Lewiston-Auburn
New book brings more attention to Lewiston’s Somali community
Cynthia Anderson’s “Home Now” offers a portrait of a city coping with an influx of immigrants and discovering in the process a path to a brighter future.