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, Green Plate Special, Recipes

Tired of the same old, same old when it comes to winter squash?

by Christine Burns Rudalevige October 25, 2020October 16, 2020

Try these two neat Sunday prep tricks and the possibilities multiply.

Food, Recipes

Homefront: A teenager’s cooking project takes the form of bagels

October 25, 2020October 16, 2020

When Martin makes Martin’s Bagels, the whole house enjoys the fruits of his labor (we’re not kidding about the labor).

Food

Dine In/Out Maine: An East End recharge

by Andrew Ross October 25, 2020October 24, 2020

Before winter closes in, we take a tour of the good food still to be had (and the places we still miss) in Portland’s East End.

Food, Recipes

These recipes are winners

October 25, 2020October 15, 2020

Not that we ever tire of maple syrup-doused pancakes, but here are three other delicious ways to use the syrup: in a drink, with a fish and as the base for an unusual candy.

Food, Recipes

Dine In Maine: No visa, no passport, no problem

by Andrew Ross October 18, 2020October 17, 2020

If you can’t get away because of COVID-19, your mouth, nose, eyes and even ears can transport you through food.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Twenty years after it was first published, ‘Ernie’s Ark’ feels as fresh as ever

by Joan Silverman October 18, 2020October 17, 2020

Monica Wood’s collection of linked stories is set in a Maine paper mill town and anchored by a sense of decency.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Eight decades of observing ants and their amazing adventures

by Barbara J. King Special to The Washington Post October 18, 2020October 13, 2020

Biologist Edward O. Wilson’s latest, ‘Tales from the Ant World,’ just could change how you look at ants, alternately ferocious, amazing and beautiful.