Good Eats

The best of Maine’s healthy & vegetarian dining by Erika Blauch Rusley Maine’s unofficial state motto is “The Way Life Should Be,” but perhaps it should be changed to “The Way Food Should Be.” After all, a great vacation not only involves recreation and relaxation, but also delicious food. Thanks to a great selection of…

DIY: Quick Pickles

By Andrew Lindberg, Fermentation enthusiast Quick pickles are a fun and easy way to brighten up your favorite sandwiches, salads, sides, or main dishes.  Quick pickles only take 10 minutes to make, and can be enjoyed for several days, with an ever evolving flavor. Try adding sweet cucumbers and pickled carrots to a cold-cut sandwich…

A Green Revolution

Changing the world one green smoothie at a time [An expert conversation featured in the Summer/Fall 2012 issue of Green & Healthy Maine] We caught up with Elizabeth Fraser, a raw foods educator and enthusiast and owner of Girl Gone Raw in Portland, to learn a little more about the benefits of raw foods—and how…

DIY: Making sourdough bread

Baking a loaf of sourdough bread may seem like a delicate scientific process, but it’s really quite simple, and yields healthy rewards. Every sourdough loaf begins with the “starter”: a mixture of flour and water in which wild yeast and good bacteria produce the fermentation that makes your dough rise. As they work together, the…