More than a dozen eateries provide Mainers with authentic island flavors, while also giving the state’s Jamaican population access to the foods they miss from home.
Tim Cebula
Staff Writer
Tim Cebula has been a food writer and editor for 23 years. A former correspondent for The Boston Globe food section, his work has appeared in Time, Health, Food & Wine, CNN.com, and Boston magazine, among other publications. He is also a former judge for both the restaurant and journalism portions of the James Beard Awards. He was most recently senior editor at Cooking Light magazine, where he worked for 13 years. Tim lives in Old Orchard Beach.
Gritty McDuff’s closing its Freeport brewpub
The restaurant’s 30-year-lease is ending, and the owner was not able to purchase the property.
For these Maine families, food allergies make Halloween treats a little trickier
Kids with food allergies and their parents have to be all the more vigilant during trick-or-treating season. Growing awareness of the issue through campaigns like the Teal Pumpkin Project helps.
As climate change hurts Maine farms and restaurants, stakeholders search for solutions
Three takeaways from Friday’s roundtable discussion among local food industry professionals and lawmakers, organized by the James Beard Foundation.
Landmark Yarmouth restaurant Muddy Rudder closes, listed for sale
The restaurant, which opened in 1976, is located on Route 1 along the Cousins River and can be seen from I-295. It is listed for sale for $1.4 million.
Plant-based food columnist explores Maine’s buried vegetarian history
Avery Yale Kamila talks about her co-curated exhibit, ‘Maine’s Untold Vegetarian History,’ which opened this month at the Maine Historical Society Museum.
New program to provide free counseling for Maine food industry workers
The Behind You pilot program, funded by a Texas nonprofit and implemented by the clinical students at the University of Maine, will cover up to 200 hours of free counseling in its first year.
There are ice cream stands, and then there’s Bresca & the Honeybee
Veteran Chef Krista Kern Desjarlais takes the summertime treat to another level at her lakeside New Gloucester spot.
Once again, Castine revives its restaurant at Dennett’s Wharf
Staffed by a remarkably young team, the venue opened for business this month after winter storms that devastated the property left most townspeople doubting it could launch at all.
Lost Kitchen’s Erin French stars in new food travel show
Episodes of ‘Getting Lost with Erin French’ are airing on Magnolia Network and streaming on Max.