Head cook Jose Mata, along with his sister, Yolanda and her husband, Todd MacWhinnie, have opened a Mexican restaurant in Lewiston called El Pocho’s Mexican Grill. Anyone who’s spent a few hungry hours driving around central Maine for business or pleasure knows the large stretches of road with few places to stop besides gas stations […]
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Eats: Auburn’s Chef’s Cupboard spices it up with custom blends
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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‘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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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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Eats: What's for dinner? Depends on what's in the cupboard!
Strata, a savory and cheesy bread pudding, can be made in advance using stale bread and a couple cups of chopped meat and vegetables left over from other meals. I live over 10 miles from the nearest grocery store so I have a tendency to stock up when I’m in town. I never know when […]
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Eats: Going wild in the kitchen
Cooking wild game in general, and moose in particular, is a lot like cooking other meats, explained Lily Joslin to a group of hunters, cooking enthusiasts and others at a late November “Wild Game Cooking” workshop hosted by Kennebec Valley Community College and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife at KVCC’s new culinary […]
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Eats: Dishing up ‘the new kale’
Everybody’s talking about it — the “other seafood,” the “new kale.” Seaweed, known as “sea greens” or “seagreens” in culinary circles, is showing up on more menus as it is integrated into dishes other than the typical sushi, miso soup and salads enjoyed in Japanese restaurants in the U.S. Sea greens tingle your taste buds […]
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Eats: Moxify the menu!
Award-winning Moxie recipes range from spicy chicken wings to creme brulee. “Peppy, cheery and determined. It’s all the goodness in life.” Those are the words that Julie-Ann Baumer, coordinator of the Moxie Festival’s Recipe Contest, comes up with when she thinks about Moxie. Baumer left New Hampshire just a couple years ago to settle down […]
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Eats: Award-winning apple pies celebrate autumn
Not to be outdone by summer, autumn in Maine is a smorgasbord of comfort and familiarity, a feast for all the senses. Hillsides are covered with brilliant shades of yellow, red and orange, much to the delight of locals and tourists. School buses once again rumble through towns while mothers snap photographs in celebration at […]
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Eats: Sweet homemade treats
No one is laughing now though, especially when Katie presents one of her “epic” cakes at a family gathering, enters local contests, brings plates of cookies to bake sales, or takes muffins and doughnuts to school breakfasts. When the community of Bowdoinham is in need of sweet treats of any kind, she often volunteers. “Whenever […]