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You don’t have to wait in line for this lobster roll

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By Sandy Oliver Verified
| Bangor Daily News Verified
Make a gift in honor of the good that comes from BDN journalism in your hands, and help raise $60,000 this spring to support our reporting. Make a donation now. This story was originally published in August 2019. It’s not true that you can’t get past the Kittery tolls booths southbound unless you have lobster on your breath. But from the lines we see at lobster shacks and full parking lots at the lobster pounds along the coast, you would sure think it was true.
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Making food in the time of AI

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By Sandy Oliver Verified
| Island Institute
AI isn’t going to peel your carrots for you. It’ll explain how and why to do it or not, or, most appealing to modern people, what’s the fastest way. In fact, here is what AI advises: “The fastest way to peel carrots is to use a swivel peeler to make rapid, back-and-forth strokes along the length of the carrot without lifting the blade.” Ah. Links follow to various videos of humans (at least I think they’re real people ) peeling carrots quickly. Nor will AI cook your carrots for you.
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My best kitchen utensils

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By Sandy Oliver Verified
| Island Institute
Periodically, some august publication sets forth a prescription for The Best Kitchen Utensils. Sometimes I even agree with them, though their emphasis is usually on new single gadgets while my list contains splendid vintage items and multitaskers. Here is my current list. Good knives: a large chef’s knife, two fine paring knives—one serrated, one not—and a bread knife. I prefer carbon steel but it is harder now to find than when I was a youth.
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