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Food & Drink

At Sunday River, the Best Doughnuts You Can Buy on a Ski Trail

The Ona-Tripp food truck is slinging gluten-free sweets slopeside.
meatloaf; chicken and waffles with buffalo whipped cream; duck-egg-topped succotash from Bissell Brothers Three Rivers

At Bissell Brothers Three Rivers, the Food Rivals the Beer

Chef Joe Robbins scatters his menu with eclectic Native influences.

Maine’s Best Food Block Is on SoPo’s Ocean Street

South Portland’s Knightville neighborhood hosts five new establishments with standout dishes.

Is Maine Lobster Greener Than Commercially Raised Meat?

Luke’s Lobster, a Maine-based seafood company, calculates its carbon clawprint.
Sidereal Farm Brewery

Sidereal Farm Brewery Is Home to High-Flying Beers (and Science!)

A new Vassalboro farmhouse brewery houses a variety of fermentation enthusiast Justin Amaral's food-and-drink science projects.
the refurbished lounge at Top of the East

The New Top of the East Is (Ahem) an Elevated Affair

Freshly refurbished, the cocktail bar on the 15th floor of the Westin Portland Harborview isn't your typical chain hotel lounge.
Bixby Chocolate advent calendar

Our Favorite Maine-Themed Advent Calendar Is Filled With Amazing Chocolate

We love the sharp design of Bixby Chocolate’s new calendar — and the sweets, made in Rockland.
boxing cranberries at Birch Bog Farm

Newbie Farmers Preserve a Pick-Your-Own Organic-Cranberry Operation in Western Maine

Cranberries sold fresh need to be dry-harvested, which is how it’s done at Birch Bog Farm.
charred corn and tomato salad

Camden’s wolfpeach Restaurant is Unorthodox — and Unmissable

Simplicity is the mantra at this hyper-local (and gratuity-free) fine-dining spot.
Allen’s Coffee Brandy Taste Better Out of a Collectible Lighthouse Bottle

Allen’s Coffee Brandy Tastes Better Out of a Collectible Lighthouse Bottle

The maker of Maine’s favorite coffee liqueur is releasing six beacon-shaped bottles — the latest, Petit Manan Light.
Erin French's clam chowder is Governor Janet Mills's favorite

Governor Janet Mills’s Favorite Clam Chowder Recipe

Erin French's sweet clam chowder is “a quintessentially Maine recipe," Mills says.
fête rhubarb wine from Eighteen Twenty Wines

Can a Veggie Wine Taste Just Like Regular Wine?

By adding a bit of natural flavoring to its rhubarb wine, Portland’s Eighteen Twenty Wines says it can approximate familiar wine styles.
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