Zahir Janmohamed, a visiting Bowdoin professor and co-founder of the acclaimed ‘Racist Sandwich’ podcast, asks difficult questions about race, gender and class – and how food relates to them all.
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Booming cold drink sales means more plastic waste. So Starbucks redesigned its cups
The company also adopted strawless lids in 2019, and last year, it said it would accept customer-provided cups for drive-thru and mobile orders in the U.S. and Canada.
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Your morning coffee may be more than a half million years old
The coffee that picked you up this morning is 600,000 years old
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Eid al-Fitr celebration breaks Ramadan fasting in a big way
University of Maine at Augusta hosts Muslim holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
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Hop water infuses Maine breweries with new market potential
New to the nonalcoholic beverage market, hop-flavored seltzer water already has plenty of fans in Maine’s craft brew industry.
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Breaking the Ramadan fast: What Muslims from all parts of the globe eat
Though they fast every day during the holy month, Muslims enjoy scrumptious traditional foods during the evening iftar meals and the holiday’s final Eid al-Fitr feast.
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Maine has 4 James Beard Award finalists
They are Zu Bakery, Atsuko Fujimoto of Norimoto Bakery, Woodford Food & Beverage and Jake Stevens of Leeward.
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Hop the globe with these Easter food traditions
Mainers of varied backgrounds share memories and stories of the family dishes that signal Easter to them.
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Sugarhouses to open Saturday, after storm disrupts Maine Maple Sunday Weekend
An early spring storm dumped snow and ice over much of the state, keeping many sugarhouses from opening on their most lucrative weekend.
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Maine food businesses take a hit when outage forces them to toss perishable items
A weekend ice storm that wiped out power along the coast for more than a day has caused some restaurants and markets to lose food, and revenue.