L.L. Bean Bootmobile meets Planters Nutmobile in corporate crossover

A 13.5-foot-tall boot and an 11.5-foot-tall peanut — both on wheels — met in the L.L. Bean employee parking lot Sunday. Instagram handles, honey-roasted peanuts and miniature L.L. Bean boot keychains were exchanged.

Bagel craze spreads through central Maine

Augusta-area residents' appetite for the beloved ring-shape bread is growing. Two bagel shops have opened in the city in the last year, and another is set to open in Winthrop at the end of October.

Hard cider is having a renaissance, and it’s taken hold in Maine

Maine has twice as many producers as it did just four years ago, while cider sales have increased 10% in the past year.

Bugs: It’s what’s for dinner

Selling everywhere from online to giant Iowa truck stops, a Lewiston company is helping to change consumer tastes about crickets, mealworms, scorpions, ants and other crawling and flying edibles.

UMaine helping to get bugs on the menu

Commercial kitchen planned for downtown Skowhegan to boost local food economy

The nonprofit group Main Street Skowhegan is working to raise at least $1 million to help small food businesses cut overhead costs and increase their following with a shared commercial kitchen and food hall at 185 Water St.

Working: Corwin St. Pierre, pizzaiolo and entrepreneur, defies odds in restaurant business

Cibo Pizza is marking its fifth year in business.

Who has the best lobster roll in Maine?

No trip to Maine is complete without a lobster roll. We asked a lobsterman, a food writer and a travel agent where they buy theirs.

The winners and losers of the 2023 growing season

Area farmers faced unusual weather conditions this summer, from a late spring frost to persistent hard rains. Based on their reports, here are the crops that fared the best and worst in Maine (so far).

Sliders Sports Pub holds soft opening in the Lewiston Mall

New concept for Lewiston looks to become must-stop for cornhole fans.