I like to do my food shopping slowly and deliberately, unencumbered by a big metal cart and away from the glare of fluorescent lighting and programmed music. So you’ll often find me at a farmers’ market somewhere. I especially enjoy the opportunity to chat with the farmers and makers connected with the food I’m preparing […]
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Chili & Chowder Challenge
The results of the Chili Chowder Challenge are as follows: Best Display 3rd place Kuzzins Cove 2nd place Rolly’s Diner 1st place Davinci’s Eatery Best Chili Chef’s Award 3rd place South of the Border Mexican Restaurant 2nd place Hurricane Cafe and Deli 1st place Kuzzins Cove Best Chowder Chef Award 3rd place […]
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Hillandale Farms donates 9,000 dozen egs to Good Shepherd
AUBURN — Now that would make a really big omelet. Maine’s egg farmers are donating more than 100,000 eggs to people in need of food assistance just in time for Easter. Hillandale Farms — which runs an egg farm in Turner — says it’s giving 9,000 dozen eggs to Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn. […]
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Decomposed bat found inside bag of salad from a Florida Walmart
Fresh Express CEO Steve Taylor looks over a salad packaging machine at the Fresh Express packaging plant in Salinas, California, on Monday, Jan. 31, 1999. Fresh Express is a major producer of pre-packaged salads. As the Miami Herald would observe, Saturday’s notice recalling an untold quantity of organic salad from Walmart stores across the southeastern […]
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‘Unforgettable’ chronicles a wild and delicious life
At the height of her career, Paula Wolfert, the author of eight influential cookbooks, had a memory that her peers could only envy. She would notice an unusual salt used in the water to cook pasta. She could re-create a complex recipe from two lines scribbled in her notebook. But in 2010, at age 72, […]
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Coffee company to buy Panera Bread for $7.5 billion
JAB Holding Co. agreed to buy Panera Bread Co. for about $7.5 billion, adding a fast-growing U.S. bakery chain to a food empire that spans coffee, bagels and doughnuts. Panera investors will receive $315 per share in cash, the companies said in a statement Wednesday. That’s 20 percent higher than the closing price on March […]
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Bill would let towns keep bars open an hour later
BATH — A Maine lawmaker wants to keep bars open longer to keep tourists happy. Republican Rep. Wayne Parry of Arundel said Monday that pushing back the closing time from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. would help the state compete with Canada and other New England states. He said Maine is one of only five […]
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Public invited to grand opening
WILTON — In celebration of the grand opening of Collins Cakes and Bakes in downtown Wilton, the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce invites people to a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 8. Collins Cakes and Bakes is at 285 Main St. The bakery serves fresh-baked items, exquisite cakes and pastries, bread and bagels. […]
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Eats: High dining at Schooner Estates
Shrimp and scallop pie at Schooner Estates in Auburn. For years, the monthly restaurant excursions offered to residents at Schooner Estates were one of the most popular group activities at the Auburn senior living community. Now, says Schooner’s resident services director Mark Prevost, he has a hard time getting anyone to sign on for these […]
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Maine beer sales keep hopping
Jon Green, brewer and cellarman, measures the level of carbonation in a batch of beer at Baxter Brewing in Lewiston on Thursday afternoon. Luke Livingston drove to New Jersey on Thursday with three employees, headed down to pour 6,000 samples at the Atlantic City Beer & Music Fest. Although Maine-based and Lewiston-grown, his Baxter Brewing […]