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Apples to Applesauce

Applesauce in a bowl with a spoon, ready to eat.

Apple picking season is fully upon us, and that can mean only one thing.  It’s time for apple everything.  People will be making apple pies, apple cakes, apple muffins, apple crisp — you get the idea.  Most of the apples I get this time of year, though, aren’t so good for baking.  Macintosh, Empire, and […]

Local Martial Artists Series #2: Capoeira

The back of a t-shirt showing two people kicking at each other and the caption "dance like a warrior".

This month, the Local Martial Artists Series is taking a Brazilian turn, in honor of the Rio Olympics, and highlighting Capoeira.  I’ve interviewed Garrett Boardway, who teaches Capoeira at Capoeira Uma Terra in Bangor to find out more about this unique martial art. CH: What is Capoeira? GB: Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that […]