Bonus points for fillings made from leftovers.
sustainability
MOFGA talk offers advice on planning, caring for your vegetable garden
Hint: Crop rotation doesn’t work in a small vegetable garden.
Summer salads may get all the love, but Maine’s (long) winter has something to offer
Take at least one root vegetable and try techniques from raw to roasted.
Big brands start taking their packaging back
A program provides products in reusable containers that can be returned for a refund.
Recipe: Bourbon-Butterscotch-Sour Milk Pudding
This recipe serves four.
Sour milk is tremendously useful in a green kitchen
Helpful in tenderizing chicken or replacing buttermilk in baked goods, it’s nothing to be sour about – though truly spoiled milk must go.
Recipe: Double Garlic, Anchovy and Chickpea Pasta
This recipe serves 4 people.
When nothing else grows, seed catalogs sprout
Our columnist gives the highlights of several local ones.
The argument for local garlic: Better taste, many choices and fewer food miles
Maine garlic production, happily, is on the rise.
South Portland forming municipal coalition to back pro-solar legislation, energy-saving construction
The coalition would push for an overhaul of ‘outdated energy policies at the state level that have not kept pace with progress’ when it comes to practices that reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.