What is Maine Restaurant Week? It’s a celebration of the culinary talents of restaurants, which offer specially priced three-course meals. Chefs go above and beyond. The first restaurant week originated in New York City and caught on in Maine in 2009. What are the special menu prices? Depending on the restaurant, three-course dinners are $25, […]
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Krispy Kreme may be planning a shop in your town
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is coming to Maine. Three shops to be exact. Cort Mendez, owner of NH Glazed, Inc., has plans to open the fresh-baked doughnut in unnamed Maine locations in the next few years, according to a Krispy Kreme news statement. “The demand for Krispy Kreme doughnuts and coffee continues to grow throughout New […]
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Burger King to put hot dogs on its menu
NEW YORK — Burger King is looking for a new crown: Hot Dog King. The Miami-based chain says it plans to put hot dogs on its menu nationally for the first time starting Feb. 23. It may seem like a jarring addition for those who know the chain for its Whoppers. But Burger King says […]
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Chipotle to close Feb. 8 for food safety meeting
2015 E.coli Cases Linked to Chipotle | HealthGrove In the wake of a nightmare year for Chipotle, in which hundreds of people were sickened after eating at the popular Mexican-inspired fast food chain, the company says it is taking another step to clean up its act. All of the roughly 2,000 Chipotle restaurants in the […]
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New dietary guidelines: Eat less sugar
Data curated by HealthGrove Data curated by HealthGrove WASHINGTON — Some Americans may not have to cut back on eggs and salt as much as they once thought and eating lean meat is still OK. But watch the added sugars, especially the sugary drinks. The Obama administration’s new dietary guidelines, released Thursday, back off the […]
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Chipotle contends with falling sales, federal subpoena
NEW YORK — Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., struggling to rebound from multiple outbreaks of foodborne illness, reported a worse-than-expected plunge in fourth-quarter sales and said it was served with a grand jury subpoena in a federal criminal investigation. Same-store sales — a closely watched benchmark — tumbled 14.6 percent in the period, the Denver-based company […]
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Frank Talarico Sr., creator of the ‘Fergy’, dies
LEWISTON — It took a police sergeant’s hunger and a cook’s skill to create Lewiston’s simple, iconic sandwich — the Fergy. Frank Talarico Sr., the man credited with inventing the sandwich, died Wednesday at Clover Manor in Auburn. “He had a fabulous Christmas,” said his caregiver, Randy Curtis. “We have great pictures with him and […]
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Good Shepherd hopes Shaw’s reinstates donations statewide
AUBURN — News that Shaw’s Supermarkets had reversed its decision to discontinue donations to a Brunswick-area food bank earlier this week had officials at the Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn hopeful the grocer would reinstate donations statewide. When Shaw’s discontinued donations of perishable foods that were near their expiration dates in 2013, the impact […]
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Rep. Chellie Pingree targets food waste with legislation
PORTLAND — Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree on Monday proposed sweeping new legislation that seeks to reduce food waste in the United States with a system of new tax credits and a redesign of food expiration date notices. Pingree said as much as 40 percent of food produced in the U.S. is wasted, including uneaten […]
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Tim Hortons, Pizza Huts close without explanation
LEWISTON — The future of fast food in the Twin Cities seemed murky Wednesday as several stores across Lewiston and Auburn closed without notice. Tim Hortons closed stores in both cities in the middle of the day, and a pair of Pizza Hut shut down at two Auburn locations. Tim Hortons on Sabattus Street in […]