‘Hurricane Season’ by Fernanda Melchor. New Directions, 224 pages. $22.95
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, Recipes
Give cottage cheese a chance
These dreamy pineapple pancakes will make you rethink its image as a dreary diet standby.
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Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Nervous about cooking with seaweed?
These products from Atlantic Sea Farms make it easy, and now is a good time to start.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Book review: A 15-year-old girl has an affair with her teacher
In New York Times bestseller ‘My Dark Vanessa,’ the same girl, now grown up and her life a wreck, wrestles with what it meant.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: The plight of the bumblebee (and other pollinators)
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Local & State
Already in an unpredictable business, farmers face more uncertainties than ever
As planting season looms, the state’s farmers wonder what to plant, how much to plant and how to sell it safely.
Posted inFood, Restaurant reviews
Dine In Maine: Recreate the sounds of dining out while you’re dining in
These Spotify lists from some favorite Maine restaurants (and a favorite Maine restaurant critic) are here to help.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Homefront: Stuffed Bell Peppers save the day
When you’re weary, feeling small, when tears are in your eyes, try this reader recipe.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: What happens to community gardens when the community is 6 feet apart?
Towns are wrestling with how to make community garden plots – and gardeners – safe. Sharing tools is history.