Derek Davis/Staff Photographer Kickin' it on Super Sunday
Hosting? Potlucking? Experts weigh in on fare to share as you party with the Colts and Saints.

Super Sunday recipes: A dangerously good dip, and 'Heroin Wings'

AVERY YALE KAMILA / NATURAL FOODIEGame Day options for the not-a-carnivore

BROOKE DOJNYMainers know this dish at birth

It's a fine time for foodies at the Museum of Art

Dispatches

Treat your sweetie from sweet Valentine's Day menus

JEANNE JONES / COOK IT LIGHTSmall changes make light of this fatty recipe

PATRICK DARR & TOM MARQUARDT / THE WINE GUYSWith merlot, you mostly get what you pay for

MEREDITH GOADKickin' it on Super Sunday
Hosting? Potlucking? Experts weigh in on fare to share as you party with the Colts and Saints.

ANNE MAHLE'Fast food' needn't always involve the use of a fryolator

AVERY YALE KAMILA / NATURAL FOODIERaw-food proponent wants to turn you on to 'uncooking'

JEANNE JONES / COOK IT LIGHTChicken stroganoff gets makeover

Dispatches

PATRICK DARR & TOM MARQUARDT / THE WINE GUYSWhen weather is frightful, throw wine-tasting party

Meal deal
Culinary arts students at SMCC get vital real-world experience practicing on real live diners at thrice weekly open-to-public lunches.

BROOKE DOJNYCurry, raita will perk up menu, mood

Dispatches

AVERY YALE KAMILA / NATURAL FOODIEBaker rises to the Scandinavian gluten-free challenge

JEANNE JONES / COOK IT LIGHTDelicious cranberry cake can be made even lighter

PATRICK DARR & TOM MARQUARDT / THE WINE GUYSItalian food, wines, and you'll be singing 'That's Amore'

MEREDITH GOAD'You give love when you're cooking'
From an early age, Argentinian-raised Mitchell Kaldrovich fed his passion for food, which he now happily shares at Cape Elizabeth's Inn By the Sea.

Cue the 'cue guy: Recipes
Crock-Pot Pulled Pork; St. Louis Web Ribs; Oven Roasted BBQ Chicken; Carolina-Style Collard Greens; Carolina-Style BBQ Cole Slaw; Pixie Dust Dusted Corn Bread

ANNE MAHLEVegetables let you play with your food

Dispatches

AVERY YALE KAMILA / NATURAL FOODIEGrocery tip: Shop the edges, avoid the center aisles

PATRICK DARR & TOM MARQUARDT / THE WINE GUYSWine buying is an enjoyable new year's resolution

JEANNE JONES / COOK IT LIGHTVegetables improve this delicious dish

MEREDITH GOADCue the 'cue guy
Rising barbecue star Dennis Sherman warms to the challenge of whipping up a BBQ feast – indoors – that tastes like summer when, baby, it's cold outside.

BROOKE DOJNYGood soups, no bones about it

AVERY YALE KAMILA / NATURAL FOODIEKamasouptra: Soup makers who deliver on their promise

Dispatch

PATRICK DARR & TOM MARQUARDT / THE WINE GUYSThanks for all the wine-colored memories

Ogunquit chocolatier wins honor from PETA

JEANNE JONES / COOK IT LIGHTParty food takes a turn for the healthy

MEREDITH GOADWhat's cooking?
As a new decade dawns, there's a whole lot going on in what's become one of the biggest little foodie towns in the USA. Here's a glimpse.

ANNE MAHLEIt's time: Take stock, make soup

Dispatches

JEANNE JONES / COOK IT LIGHTTry making healthier spice cookies

AVERY YALE KAMILA / NATURAL FOODIEVegan cookbooks inviting way to ward off cold-weather blues

PATRICK DARR & TOM MARQUARDT / THE WINE GUYSChampagne sets an elegant tone for the holidays

MEREDITH GOADBit by the bubbly?
We asked some local experts how they would deal with the pounding head and queasy stomach brought on by a little too much New Year’s Eve.

CHOCOLATE LOVER'S DREAM

DRUNKEN CRANBERRY DAIQUIRI

DRUNKEN GINGERBREAD MAN

EVANGELINE'S EGG NOG

FLANNEL SHEETS

MARTINI D'AIRELLE

THE CHRISTMAS TREE (aka THE BURNING BUSH)

BROOKE DOJNY / THE MAINE INGREDIENTNew Year's tradition gets easier

TOM MARQUARDT and PATRICK DARR / THE WINE GUYSGift of wine needn't bust the budget

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