We tell ’em and dispel ’em.
Peggy Grodinsky
Staff Writer
Peggy is the editor of the Food & Dining section and the books page at the Portland Press Herald. Previously, she was executive editor of Cook’s Country, a Boston-based national magazine published by America’s Test Kitchen. She spent several years in Texas as food editor at the Houston Chronicle. Peggy has taught food writing to graduate students at New York University and Harvard Extension School. She worked for seven years at the James Beard Foundation in New York and spent a year as a journalism fellow at the University of Hawaii. Her work has appeared in “Best of Food Writing” in 2017 and in “Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing” in 2008.
Bedside Table: New biography of famed Maine poet sparks cherished memories
“I selected ‘Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,’ by Nicholas A. Basbanes, from the Kennebunk Free Library during the winter shutdown, not only for a Portland Press Herald write-up, but because it brought back memories of my Dad, a Longfellow scholar, born, raised and schooled in Boston, a few hundred years after […]
Two cookbooks lavish seasonal berries with love
‘Blueberry Love’ and ‘Strawberry Love’ offer recipes savory and sweet, classic and new for these seasonal treats.
August is an excellent time to evaluate your garden
Too much green? Here are some blooms that can solve that.
Grow: Raspberries
We are in the middle of raspberry picking. Of the fruits we grow, these are my favorite – both for their flavor and because they are simple to grow. We planted our bed about 40 years ago, and while it needs to be weeded and the canes that produced fruit removed every fall, growing raspberries […]
Tomatoes, eggplant and sausage make a quick sauce for this one-pot pasta
This dish takes about a half-hour to prepare, making it a good option for a weeknight supper.
Apples make this Puerto Rican potato salad a savory, sweet and polarizing side dish
Apples are a common ingredient in many versions of the dish, which may also include cilantro, pimiento-stuffed olives and roasted red peppers.
Vegan hot dogs are nothing new in Maine
(Finally) catching on elsewhere in the U.S., the dogs have been available here for more than three decades.
Cherry turnovers get a lightened-up makeover with the help of phyllo
A healthful take on turnovers, using summer’s bounty of cherries, with crispy, forgiving phyllo.
Need to explain, or understand, the United States today? Read this history
‘How the South Won the Civil War’ brilliantly explains today’s news by looking at yesterday’s.