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.

Food, Recipes

Forget avocado toast. Have you tried avocado pesto?

by Kate Krader Bloomberg News March 28, 2021March 19, 2021

‘Along the Italian Riviera, chefs add potatoes and green beans. In California, I add avocados,’ chef David Kinch says.

Business, Food

We’ll have what he’s having: Our critic reveals some of the best things he’s been eating

by Andrew Ross March 28, 2021March 27, 2021

These are a few of his favorite things.

Food, Recipes

Spiced meatballs with carrots and labne call for hands-on cooking

by G. Daniela Galarza The Washington Post March 28, 2021March 19, 2021

It’s no replacement for a hug, but cooking is a tactile craft. So put your hands to work making meatballs.

Food, Green Plate Special, Recipes

An Italian Easter bread from an unforgettable lady

by Christine Burns Rudalevige March 28, 2021March 27, 2021

Grandma Nan was as colorful as the Easter eggs that she used to stud the braided loaf she baked annually for the holiday.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Two hundred years on, a medical book finally sees the light of day

by William Barry March 28, 2021March 27, 2021

Rockport resident Richard Kahn beautifully illuminates ‘Diseases in the District of Maine, 1772 to 1820,’ an unpublished manuscript by the remarkable Jeremiah Barker.

Food, Recipes

Homefront: A treasured, and comforting, family recipe from Croatia

March 28, 2021March 25, 2021

“This savory, one-pot Croatian recipe has been in my family for generations. My Grandma O., born Agnes Bukovic, must have had it as a young girl in what was then Yugoslavia. She arrived in the United States when she was 16 and eventually raised a family of six kids, including my father, in her Pennsylvania […]