Make that lack of rain. So how to plan for the coming gardening season?
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
In Stephen King’s latest, 6-year-old Jamie Conklin can see dead people
But if there are some horror tropes in ‘Later,’ King knows how to use them to best effect. Expect to be hooked fast.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Religion and Values
Anne Lamott reflects on the popularity of her spiritual books and how she became ‘a pretty decent writer’
Lamott’s latest, ‘Dusk Night Dawn,’ satisfies literary as well as spiritual tastes.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: 2 books, 2 rivers (in Arizona and Maine) and 2 great tales
“I am reading ‘The Emerald Mile,’ by Kevin Fedarko. It’s about the history of expeditions that attempted to navigate the wild Colorado River that flows through the Grand Canyon. It wraps in the story of dams – like the Hoover Dam, which I visited with my family in 1967 – that were built to tame […]
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
This St. Patrick’s Day, brine your own corned beef – starting now
The process isn’t difficult but can take up to a week, so you better get cracking.
Posted inFood, Vegan Kitchen
Energy drinks, plant-based dinners delivered to your door and more
A delectable wrap-up of new products and services for and from Maine vegans.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Last year’s seed shortage may extend to this year, but not to worry
Leftover seeds from last year, and sometimes as much as a decade ago, may still be viable.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Homefront: Secret rum fudge is a secret no longer
“I saw the recipe for Christmas rum balls in this morning’s Sunday Telegram. I must print because my cursive writing is illegible. I am 89 years old and now reside in assisted living in Casco, Maine. “For several years, I have (been) making rum fudge from a secret recipe that could only be found on […]
Posted inFood, Recipes
Pop open a box of cereal for a crunchy twist on oven-baked chicken tenders
Channel your inner kid – hey that’s fine.
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