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Bison meat is a popular healthy alternative to beef; fans say it’s sweeter and lighter. But what to drink with this beast of the plains? “Most buffalo is grass-fed before the animals are finished on grain,” says Gourmet magazine food editor Ian Knauer. “As you might expect, the flavor of the grasses comes through in […]

And in this corner … Professional jailer and Auburn City Councilor Ron Potvin has squared off with his colleague, the famed antagonist Councilor Dan Herrick. The loud, public scrap featured such magnificent lines as this one, uttered by Howling Herrick in defense of his past battles with other councilors besides Potvin: “I’m not one to […]

 Animals, food and fun promised at Open Farm Day. Today is Open Farm Day, a day when more than 100 farms in Maine open their doors to the public between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to show how the food we eat is raised and grown. You can choose from vegetable farms […]

The American bison is back, and not just on the Great Plains. Thanks to two Teds – President Teddy Roosevelt and media mogul Ted Turner – the bison has traveled an unlikely path from ubiquity to near extinction to rising star of culinary scene. The problem now is that Americans – who last year bought […]

As gloomy weather continued to hang over much of the state, Sun Journal photographer Amber Waterman and I found a bright spot at Miyako Japanese Cuisine on Route 1 in Freeport. The restaurant, located on the second floor above China Rose, was recommended by a friend and, it turns out, with good reason. The sushi […]

 While I was shopping for cupcakes to chop up and mix into ice cream, I noticed mini lemon meringue pies. It isn’t much of a leap to consider doing the same with a lemon meringue pie. LEMON MERINGUE PIE ICE CREAM Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours (10 minutes active) Servings: 4 1 small (1 […]

It’s simple, really. If you want to impress a business client, a date or your in-laws, you can’t go wrong with the Falls. The restaurant at Great Falls Plaza in Auburn is upscale. You will be greeted by a suited man at the door. The decor is elegant and the menu short and to the […]

Surely I’m not the only person who has spent the past 20 years trying to recreate that one perfect ice cream moment from my youth. Long before cake batter ice cream became commonplace, I found a tiny ice cream shop serving scoops of cake ice cream. As in, chunks of cake – fully baked and […]