The pandemic canceled the parades, but it couldn’t cancel the city’s spirit or its wonderful food.
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, Outdoors, Review
The first comprehensive guide to Maine’s birdlife in some 70 years gets everything right
Peter Vickery did not live to see his life’s work published, but ‘Birds of Maine’ – engaging, gorgeous and packed with information – is a great testament to a great ornithologist.
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In India, the complicated truth behind the killing of two teenagers
What Sonia Faleiro learns while investigating the deaths of ‘The Good Girls’ who are the subject of her new book “reveals as much about the failings of India’s law enforcement, media and politics” as about their murder.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: A coming-of-age novel in tough times
“I usually prefer nonfiction, but (the novel) ‘West With Giraffes’ by Lynda Rutledge is based on some facts: In the late 1930s, two giraffes were shipped across the Atlantic to be placed in the San Diego Zoo. The ship was hit by a horrible hurricane which injured one giraffe, but both miraculously survived. Then, they […]
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Expand your baking horizons with chickpea flour
Farming chickpeas is gentle on the environment. Baking with chickpea flour is a boon to your cookies and cakes.
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A new rose book by Maine rose expert Peter E. Kukielski is a stunner
The lavishly illustrated ‘Rosa: The Story of the Rose,’ encompasses history, art, religion and botany.
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With right attitude and outerwear, the fun of dining outside in winter outweighs the drawbacks
The pandemic has led some restaurants to extend outdoor dining long past the usual season, appealing to diners with heated patios and private chalets. We explore the al fresco experience when the temperature dips.
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Green Plate Special: Grass-fed beef is better for you and the environment, even from Australia
But getting it from local farmers is always best.
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Dine Out Maine: Behind the scenes of a coronavirus scare
Restaurants complain they aren’t getting enough guidance on what to do when staff test positive for COVID-19.
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A Georgetown professor trades her classroom for a police beat
Assigned to a D.C. police district with the highest concentration of Black residents, poverty and reported crime, Rosa Brooks tells stories of Black citizens with few choices, their Black victims and the police who are caught in the middle.