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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 inBusiness, Food
Dine in Maine: Food industry embraces an essential ingredient: Technology
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the business-model changes necessitated by the pandemic result in an even better connection to consumers.
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Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ new president hopes to make it a must-see destination
For Gretchen Ostherr, this is the latest job in a career spent outdoors.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
A defiant woman, a dazzling city and the fate of feudal Japan
Through multiple marriages and divorces, deception, disgrace and disownment, the real 19th-century woman at the heart of “Stranger in the Shogun’s City” was determined to do things her way.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: A good deal leads to a good read
‘The Lotus Eaters’ views the Vietnam War through the lens of photography.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: After you bring home the bacon, bake it
Then make a quiche. Bonus points if you use the bacon fat in the pie crust.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: It doesn’t take many tools to tend a garden
But some work requires an expanded arsenal, feeding a perfectly natural attraction for gadgets.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Book review: An old wound casts a shadow over the wily thriller ‘Freefall’
Jessica Barry’s debut centers on a widowed Mainer and her estranged daughter, who is presumed dead in a plane crash.
Posted inFood, Recipes
The grill brings out eggplant’s best flavors in this colorful summer salad
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Summer without the fair leaves foul feeling in the air
Organizers, vendors and 4-H’ers take a financial hit from fair cancellations, and you can kiss fried dough goodbye.