Home Plates: Jambalaya, with a few twists

A Scarborough home cook likes the Creole recipe because it easily accommodates substitutes, plus it lets eaters personalize their portions to suit themselves.

Sorta, kinda gardening resolutions for the new year

Don't sweat the small stuff, columnist Tom Atwell vows to himself, but do play a part in fixing the big, ominous environmental picture.

Whiskey wooing young Chinese as top distillers target a growing market

A French wine and spirits group says the whisky is produced using traditional whiskey-making techniques combined with Chinese characteristics including locally grown barley.

Do you schmear what I schmear? Bagels are the new Christmastime tradition

Local bakeries say demand for the once quintessential Jewish bread spikes during holidays, including Christian ones.

Lack of snow makes our yards less attractive and more vulnerable

A blanket of snow not only makes winter berries pop, but it protects plants underneath from the cold.

Plant-based food gets seat at U.N. climate summit’s table

Houseplant inventory

Come winter, a Maine gardener's gaze turns inward.

This chicken paprikash lightens up a classic but keeps the big flavor

This popular Hungarian stew gets its bright flavor from aromatic, intensely hued paprika.

If Stilton is everywhere, it must be Christmas in London

You can adapt the tradition locally, with the many excellent blue cheeses made in Maine.

Chocolate prices are rising everywhere as cocoa rots in West Africa

Punishing rains and the relentless creep of black pod disease push futures to their highest since the 1970s.