Connie MacAuley of Old Orchard Beach found the recipe when her mother was moving.
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.
Bedside Table: Something different for a very different time
‘Breasts and Eggs’ by Mieko Kawakami, Europa Editions, 448 pages. Hardcover, $27
A Japanese rice bowl with lamb and egg from a London chef
A delicious dish to make at home since eating at the counter restaurant is not possible in these pandemic times.
The gun that made a Wild West huckster a wealthy man
In the 19th century, Samuel Colt worked out the first reliable, mass-produced “repeating firearm.” By the time he died, his pistols were legion and legendary.
Maine Gardener: In a tough season, the garden has been a blessing
Much of the nation ground to a halt because of the coronavirus. The garden carried on more beautifully than ever.
Green Plate Special: A tropical rhizome finds its way to a Bowdoinham farm
Farmer Ian Jerolmack is a dab hand at the labor-intensive baby ginger root.
Dine In/Out Maine: Signs of outdoor life in the Old Port
Join us on a leisurely stroll through pandemic-altered Portland’s new dining scene.
Covid-shaped cakes are popping up in restaurants, bakeries and home kitchens
Many of the dozens of cake images posted to Pinterest and Instagram appear to be based on a widely shared illustration from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In ‘Becoming Duchess Goldblatt, a Twitter celebrity is ready for her close up
But her creator remains anonymous.
Bedside Table
‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ by Michelle Alexander. Anniversary edition: The New Press, 2020