Even in the midst of a pandemic that has felled many restaurants, points of light remain.
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 inFood, Recipes
This apple and pear cake recipe was a family mystery, until I cracked its delicious code
Homey and nostalgic, simple and straightforward, this cake is a winner on all counts.
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Posted inFood, Recipes
Are fancy pans worth their weight?
These obscure kitchen tools will have to prove themselves to keep their spot on the shelf.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Food, Review
At once fascinating, fun and scholarly, ‘Gin’ distills appreciation for an enduring quaff
Shonna Milliken Humphrey has written a memoir, a novel and now an ode to gin.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: If 2 people and a ham spells eternity …
… then 4 people and a porterhouse is just right. It’s holiday time, so don’t stint on the porcini butter.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Gifts for the gardener in your life
They’ll thank you later for seeds, tools or a gift certificate to a local nursery.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
After a letter goes missing, an ifferent story plays out
When the Ds begin to disappear from an English town, a ‘sensible and resourceful’ girl sets out on a thoroughly modern quest for the truth.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: Three Things: a fast read, beautiful writing, and an indelible heroine
Bonus: “Three Things I Know are True” is set in Maine.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Author Debra Spark on writing
Spark, who teaches writing at Colby, has released a new book of essays on fiction. Just don’t ask her to reread her own early works.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: Camus’ ‘The Plague” is definitely not escapist reading
Nonetheless, it offers hope.