Food

Heirloom Ukrainian recipes

Written in English for the first time
In a wind-bound seaside cottage rental where she’s been living this year, Sasha Prygoniuk, a 25-year old Ukrainian, has volunteered to teach me (and you) how to “kook,” (as she so charmingly pronounces it).

By LINDSAY STERLING | May 07, 2008

Gastronomic stimulus package

Splurge a little at the Cheese Iron
This, coupled with the thaw and other natural stimulus packages, write a recipe for the spoils of spring: maturing cheeses, bright wines, green garlic ramps, and outdoor eating.

By TODD RICHARD | April 30, 2008

On the nature of things

Two Greek perspectives on traditional food
Too often we seek just the wrong thing in the legacy of Greece, looking for something deep, weighty, and purifying, when the lesson of the Hellenic way of life should be just the opposite.

By BRIAN DUFF | April 23, 2008

Bar food, with tunes

At Empire Dine and Dance
In offering us a new casual way to sample local culture — social and cultural, if not culinary — Empire is a welcome addition.

By BRIAN DUFF | April 16, 2008

Teach me your beans

Whatever they may be called
I had assumed the choice of beans — black, pinto, or refried — was a Latin American thing.

By LINDSAY STERLING | April 09, 2008

Fishing for filmmakers

Maine struggles to attract the movie industry
When you can make Shreveport look like Bridgton for less money, what’s the bottom-line allure of filming in Maine?

By DEIRDRE FULTON | April 02, 2008

Home-cooked satisfaction

Southern-style cooking needs self-rising cornmeal
Trips to my mom’s house always involve her spoiling me and my friends with Georgia-born home cooking.

By TODD RICHARD | April 02, 2008

Slurping sounds

Noodle houses deliver pleasure in a bowl
The downtown Arts District has recently become a hot spot for Asian noodle soup.

By BRIAN DUFF | March 26, 2008

Livening up Wharf Street

Passage to India has real potential
Passage to India is considered to be one of the best restaurants in the New England area, and is consistently rated among the top Indian restaurants in America and worldwide.

By BRIAN DUFF | March 19, 2008

Changing your world view

One Pad Thai at a time
Real wealth doesn’t have anything to do with having granite countertops.

By LINDSAY STERLING | March 12, 2008

Love it at Leavitt's

Ready-made, or ingredients, with plenty of wine
Besides, the bottle of Wolftrap is ample distraction from your time- and money-saving approach.

By TODD RICHARD | March 05, 2008

Jump right in

Food to answer leap year's questions
Leap year should remind us that the arbitrary and chaotic lurk even in the monotonous tick of the clock and turn of the calendar page.

By BRIAN DUFF | February 27, 2008

Fresh start

StarEast Café brings back a taste of the Middle East
Great books and films about contemporary Iraq uncover admirable and encouraging details but ultimately leave you with a sense of foreboding about the country's future.

By BRIAN DUFF | February 20, 2008

From Mangoland to Portland

Venezuelan arepas bring the tropics to Sleetville
It’s a particularly wonderful experience to eat Venezuelan food in the middle of a sleet storm in Maine.

By LINDSAY STERLING | February 13, 2008

Senses and sensibility

Twenty$pot celebrates Valentine's Day
February is the month of love, and the shortest month on the calendar.

By TODD RICHARD | February 06, 2008

Wrap it up

Eating sandwiches makes a bad economy better
As the economy slides into recession it is time we started to think more seriously about the sandwich.

By BRIAN DUFF | January 30, 2008

Understated flavor

Green Elephant affirms life through the palate
Any group — whether a city, a cohort of friends, or a couple — must be cautious about where they first fall for vegetarian Asian food.

By BRIAN DUFF | January 23, 2008

Vibrant and crunchy

Home-cooked Turkish delights
In the shadow of the Maine Mall is a residential street lined with duplexes that all look alike.

By LINDSAY STERLING | January 16, 2008

The year of the goat?

Slow food and Rabelais Books ruminate
François Rabelais, racy author and advocate of the eat, drink, and be merry lifestyle, was quoted on his deathbed as saying he was “off in search of the great perhaps.”

By TODD RICHARD | January 09, 2008

The iPhone of markets

Fat Baxter’s mealtime offerings
Residents of Munjoy Hill got a Christmakwanzakkah present early this year in the form of Fat Baxter’s East End Market.

By TODD RICHARD | January 02, 2008