This spring, birds moved into a Portland neighborhood in a big way.
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, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Finally! A way to preserve an early summer garlic scape haul
This versatile scape condiment can be drizzled on crostini, turned into salad dressing or used to sauce pasta.
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Homefront: In social isolation, sweet-toothed teacher gets saucy
Above-the-Norm Chocolate Sauce can top a dessert or be eaten on its own – in moderation.
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Maine Gardener: These Maine-designed dresses give a whole new meaning to floral pattern
Just don’t put these outfits in the laundry.
Posted inFood, Recipes, Restaurant reviews
Dine In Maine: Shop once and eat twice at Lake & Co.
Because of the pandemic, the catering company has temporarily become a market and a restaurant of sorts.
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Run & Eat: Minato Express offers Japanese in a jiff
Popular Portland restaurant Izakaya Minato is making inexpensive bento boxes and more for pickup.
Posted inFood, Recipes, Restaurant reviews
Dine In Maine: Dinner Plus One explores restaurant-grocer hybrids, beginning at Local 188
Order a prepared meal for one night and pick up the ingredients for a second for the next.
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Green Plate Special: Eat more lobster — this is the kind of ask we really like
The lobster industry has been hit hard this year. Here’s a recipe to help you do your bit to help them.
Posted inLocal & State
Record dry weather in Portland region further complicates farming
The past month has seen less than a half-inch of rainfall, unprecedented for this time of year.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Food
With a new series of her own, Padma Lakshmi is at the top of her game
The host of “Top Chef” and former model grew up in two cultures. In Taste of the Nation, she interviews immigrants, and others, about their own foodways.