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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.
A son’s grieving tribute to greatness
Rodrigo Garcia’s ‘Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes’ takes readers into the private grieving for a public man.
‘Dream Girl’ turns mundane to macabre
In Laura Lippman’s 25th novel, a bedridden novelist is haunted by a woman who claims to be one of his characters.
New documentary argues carnivores and vegans can find middle ground
Directed by the founder of the Reducetarian Foundation, ‘Meat Me Half Way’ is fascinating and multi-faceted.
This take on bang bang chicken is spicy, sour and quick enough for a weeknight
Sesame paste, chile oil, soy sauce, Chinese black vinegar and ginger infuse the chicken with plenty of punchy flavors.
Not so much Grow, as Mulch
I won’t be planting much in our gardens over the next few weeks, but I will be adding something from now until the end of the year. What I’ll be adding is leaf mold, a cross between compost and mulch. When I first started gardening almost half a century ago, I used a rototiller at […]
Toss pasta with spinach, feta and dill for a speedy supper
Fans of spanakopita will relish this easy spaghetti riff on the dish.
A famous father casts shadows over painful memoir
In ‘Poetic License,’ the daughter of poet Richard Eberhart works to reconcile the love and loathing he inspired.
Food-shaped pool floats are getting ridiculous, with waffles, sushi and Crunchwraps
It started with Taylor Swift and an inflatable swan. Now we’re floating on sushi.
A midseason update from the garden
Everything is early. The flowers have been profuse. Irrigation has been crucial.