A hearty stew for cooler weather: cannellini beans, kale, tomatoes, and Italian sausage.

Keep out of reach of children: Chocolate bourbon cake.

Apple pie with Custard.

Dragon scales: tempura fried shiso leaves with spicy tuna filling.

Pumpkin layer cake with chocolate ganache and salted caramel cream cheese frosting.

Fabulous lamb burgers.

It’s the season for apple fritters dusted in cinnamon powdered sugar!

Hot giardiniera – pickled hot peppers to make a good sandwich a GREAT sandwich!

Mexico City style roasted corn with chipotle mayonnaise. It’s addictive!

Peach upside down cake.

Canning tomato sauce from juicy, ripe summer tomatoes.

Canning diced tomatoes for winter.

Sweet and savory, it is the perfect time to make this addictive tomato jam.

A nice dip with as much or as little heat as you want: artichoke roasted pepper crab dip.

Some great eats, treats, and local businesses of Portland, Maine and the midcoast.

It’s still summer and we’re still eating the hell out of it: heirloom tomato and corn salad.

Hibiscus tea lemonade – like an Arnold Palmer, but not.

Porcini pizza – it just doesn’t get much better than this.

Homemade churros.

Mushroom tempura sushi handrolls – for the win!!