Chef Heidi Parent strives to be innovative with her culinary arts program, including using COVID-19 pandemic relief funding to buy a food trailer for her students to run.
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Former pro baseball manager has become prolific restaurateur, now with Westbrook sports bar
Since 2016, Alex Markakis and his partner have launched local restaurants and bars at an impressive pace. And at 31, he’s just getting started.
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Culinary crash course aims to feed need for Maine restaurant workers
HospitalityMaine has teamed up with York County Community College to offer the New Cook Bootcamp.
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A fresh batch of food trucks opens restaurants
Emboldened by their successes and encouraged by their customers, several area food truck operators are opening brick-and-mortar spaces this season.
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Gardening probably won’t offset your grocery bill, but for most, that’s beside the point
There are ways to keep down the cost of growing vegetables and also value to the process beyond what lands on your plate.
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Alcohol to go is here to stay
The once-temporary measure to help restaurants and bars during the pandemic became law on Monday, and now includes beer and wine by the glass as well as cocktails.
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Portland orders restaurant to remove antique doors over ‘false sense of history’
Papi imported doors from Puerto Rico, but the city says the doors must come down because they don’t honor the history of the Exchange Street building. Some residents say it’s unfair.
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As costs soar, some restaurants tack on fees instead of increasing menu prices
Aiming for transparency, the industry acknowledges it’s more expensive, either way. But which charge is easier for the dining public to swallow?
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Veteran-owned food truck finds pop-up location in Waterville
Hero’s on Wheels is one of many food businesses in recent years to eschew the traditional brick-and-mortar restaurant and take to the road.
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Joann Grohman, Carthage farmer and author of ‘Keeping a Family Cow,’ dies at 94
A health advocate and cow-keeping trailblazer, Grohman lived self-reliantly and led by example.