PETA Eater

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has praised Little Lad’s Basket, a vegan bakery and restaurant with three Maine locations (including Main Street in Bangor) in its PETA Eats Web column. The group singled out Little Lad’s as its June “selected restaurant” and reviewer Andrew Butler writes, “If you have any preconceptions about what a vegan restaurant is supposed to look like and what the food is supposed to taste like, prepare to change them.” Butler also liked the all-you-can-eat buffet – a bargain at $3.99. For more information, visit http://www.peta.org/liv/eats/index.html.

Berry good

You can have your (short) cake and eat it too during the Presque Isle Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Strawberry Shortcake Day. On Thursday, June 20, the Chamber will sell strawberry shortcakes for $2 each. To place your order, call 764-6561 by Friday, June 14. Deliveries will be made to any business ordering 10 or more shortcakes. One delivery will be made to Caribou, as well. Walk-up customers can visit the shortcake booth from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 20 at the Katahdin Trust Co. building in Presque Isle.

Beau-tea parlor

Iced tea is a refreshing summer beverage, but it’s equally refreshing for sunburn relief or to ease mosquito bites. After brewing tea, chill the tea bags and place them over sunburned skin, puffy eyes or swollen mosquito bites. You can also rinse with warm black tea to condition sun-dried hair. For more tea-lightful ideas, visit www.liptont.com.

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