The businesses, a gourmet neighborhood grocery in Knightville, announced the decision on Instagram.
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.
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Eat & Run: Looking for your happy place? This Saco bakery may be it
Scandinavian bakery Fika serves delicious pastries and snacks with a helping of good cheer.
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The Quarry seemed like an improbable Beard Award winner, unless you’ve met Marilou Ranta
Since winning the prestigious award for Outstanding Hospitality in May, the tireless chef/owner of the Monson restaurant continues to prove why she’s deserving of an onslaught of new customers.
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For Maine food businesses, helping each other out is part of the job
In a tough, fast-paced business where something often goes wrong, Maine restaurateurs, bakers and brewers have countless tales of coming to one another’s aid – or being the recipient of help.
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: Crooked Face Creamery in Skowhegan wins award, Portsmouth Restaurant Week is on
Judy Gibson in Knightville to shut its doors, Baba’s Cafe on Peaks Island to temporarily transform itself, and more.
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How to use bitters beyond cocktails in everyday cooking and baking
Because of bitters’ ability to balance sweetness, cut through rich foods and add an extra oomph to dishes, their uses in the kitchen are endless.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
A stirring guide to the great Dutch painters
In ‘The Upside-Down World,’ Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser combines biography, art criticism and touches of memoir.
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Eat & Run: At its new location in New Gloucester, Maples is as good as ever
The bakery/cafe is known for its bagels and excellent sandwiches.
Posted inFood, Outdoors
Before hitting the 100-Mile Wilderness, Appalachian Trail hikers tell tales of hunger
Shaw’s Hiker Hostel in Monson serves a bountiful breakfast that’s legendary among hikers.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Memory, my mother and me
As Mom is less and less herself, I’m trying to come to terms with the person she’s becoming.