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Joe Ricchio
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Joe Ricchio is a former Down East food editor.
Chef’s choice sashimi dish
Food & Drink

Izakaya Minato

Small plates have a big impact at East Bayside’s bustling Japanese pub.
Pearl Kennebunk
Food & Drink

Pearl Kennebunk

A star chef’s Maine cooking comes home.
Drifters Wife - Black bass with chickpeas, squid, and yogurt
Food & Drink

Drifters Wife

Once a tiny restaurant crammed inside a wine shop, this creative East Bayside bistro now has bigger digs and a more elaborate menu to match.
Maine Dining Taverna Khione
Food & Drink

Taverna Khione

Three years after exiting his first Brunswick restaurant, chef Marc Provencher and his Greek gastronomy are back in town.
crafty tap handles
Food & Drink

Northern Maine Brewing Company

High-tech brewing and creative cooking generate a buzz at Aroostook County’s only brewpub.
A shareable meal of lamb meatball curry, palak paneer, and butternut-squash and beetroot curries.
Food & Drink

Serendib

A husband-and-wife team spices up the Ellsworth restaurant scene with their lip-tingling Sri Lankan cooking.
Garden Street Bowl
Food & Drink

Bowled Over

Strike the crusty nacho cheese, shriveled hot dogs, and skunky beers. A few Maine alleys have a new recipe for success, wowing bowlers with chefy chow and crafty drinks.
Matt Haskell
Food & Drink

Juggling Act

Five restaurants, a brewery . . . and an eco-resort in Belize? How Matt Haskell, son of Bangor, started out scrubbing pots and wound up a restaurant mogul.
Highroller Lobster
Food & Drink

Is This a Lobster Roll?

“People sometimes get upset that we’d ever do such a thing to a lobster roll,” Highroller Lobster owner Andy Gerry says.
McLoons Lobster Shack
Food & Drink

Air Bug

Lobster rolls anywhere, anytime.
layers of Dysart’s buttery, flaky crust
Food & Drink

Anatomy of a Joke

Food editor Joe Ricchio wants you to take Dysart’s buttery, flaky crust seriously.
Pig out: pastry chef Ilma Lopez's Spanish sundae, with chocolate cake, caramel, and smoky serrano ham ice cream.
Food & Drink

Chaval Is a West End Brasserie That’s More Than the Sum of Its Parts

The culinary duo behind Piccolo, Portland’s much-loved Italian restaurant, dives into Spanish and French fare.
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