LEWISTON — In a wholly unscientific but decidedly sweet sampling of voter preference, Republican Gov. Paul LePage was leading in a dough-slide Tuesday afternoon. LePage’s likeness, or at least his photo baked on top of a sugar cookie, was the favorite for patrons of Grant’s Bakery on Sabattus Street in the bakery’s Election Day cookie […]
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Andover’s Little Red Hen bakery and restaurant moving into former 1920s inn
ANDOVER — The appetite of a teenage boy sent his stepmother into the bakery and restaurant business, derailing her aspirations to get her master’s degree to teach high school English. That’s the story behind Melissa Smith and her husband, Wally Smith, owners of The Little Red Hen, a full-scale bakery and restaurant at 12 Main […]
Livermore Falls woman’s love of cooking spurs her on
LIVERMORE FALLS — Linda Chretien loves to cook. “My son, Luc, inspired me,” she said. “He started taking culinary arts when he was in high school, and I said, ‘If he can do it, I can do it.’” Her mother was a great cook as well, she said. Chretien turned her dining room into a […]