In lieu of a review the Maine Sunday Telegram has published a guide to the best Asian soups in Portland, and

So as we slide into the nippiest part of the year, I’ve been compiling another list. This one I’m sharing with you: a brief guide to some of Portland’s best Asian soups. Here’s hoping it helps you track down something soothing and restorative when you’re feeling bulldozed by the winter chill.

the Press Herald has reviewed Totally Tubers.

We went for the custom-designed taters, one Russet and one sweet potato, all with cute names, like I Yam What I Yam and Silence of the Yams. We chose the Bosemite Yam, a sweet potato with maple butter, applewood smoked bacon, blue cheese and candied maple pecans, for $9. It tasted as good as it sounds.

Four Maine food producers received a total of 6 wins at last night’s Good Food Awards gala in San Francisco:

• Beer – Liquid Riot for their Blushing Star Barrel-Aged Lager
• Charcuterie – A Small Good for their Cider Brined Coppa
• Cider – Portersfield Cider for their Ridlon 16/2
• Coffee – Bard Coffee for their Organic Costa Rica La Mirella
• Spirits – Liquid Riot for both their Old Port Straight Bourbon Whiskey & Fernet Michaud

The Blueberry Files has posted a first look of Gross Confection Bar.

The menu describes the dishes as a list of ingredients, which creates an element of surprise around what will actually land in front of you. I’m into that—I think part of the fun of Gross is wondering what the kitchen has come up with and encountering flavor combinations you haven’t before. 

The Bollard has reviewed brunch at Highroller Lobster Company,

First off, let me say that at any other time of day, I love Highroller. Both their mobile and brick-and-mortar kitchens put out a killer lobster roll, their crispy-cheese-shell lobster taco is the stuff of dreams, and they have an outstanding selection of local beers. But after a recent visit for Sunday brunch, I can’t recommend their morning meal.