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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.
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Dandelions are the key to a locally sourced piccata
The flower’s buds can be made into capers, which typically come from a plant that doesn’t grow in the U.S.
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Bedside table: ‘The Extraordinary Journey of David Ingram’ by Dean Snow
Book recommendations from readers.
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Culinary crash course aims to feed need for Maine restaurant workers
HospitalityMaine has teamed up with York County Community College to offer the New Cook Bootcamp.
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In a nutshell: One nut is pretty much like another
In most recipes a pecan can stand in for a walnut, a cashew for a Brazil nut, yada yada yada, with just a few small considerations.
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What did Shakespeare really look like? One writer’s quest to find out
In his lively new book ‘Stalking Shakespeare,’ Lee Durkee chronicles his adventure seeking answers about the Bard’s identity.
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This lemony pasta with smoked salmon is a low-lift, 30-minute recipe
A bonus? You can easily adapt it to use up leftover bits of whatever you’ve got.
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This clam toast is a shortcut to the classic New Haven pizza
If you can’t get to Connecticut soon, this 10-minute French bread pizza recipe will give you a taste of a regional favorite.
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‘Hatchet Island’ is multilayered and gripping from the get-go
With missing people, murder victims, endangered puffins, racism and romance, Paul Doiron’s 13th Mike Bowditch mystery is jampacked.
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The spicy margarita is everything we want in a warm-weather drink
Adding spice to a margarita should be an exercise in balance and restraint, not an extreme-sport challenge.