Keeping it—and cooking it—real.

By Kyle Battle

“There’s an old saying—use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without—it’s the Maine idea. People were thrifty in 1820,” says Nancy Harmon Jenkins, author of seven cookbooks and contributing food writer for publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post.

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