‘Enter the Aardvark,’ by Jessica Anthony. Little, Brown and Company, 192 pages. $26
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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In these strange times, get in the kitchen and cook something!
Then share your recipe with the rest of us.
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Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: The fate of wild salmon may point to the fate of the planet
And if history is any guide, we should be worried, writer Mark Kurlansky argued on a recent visit to Maine to promote his new book.
Posted inCookbook Reviews, Food, Recipes
From Russia with love: A new cookbook captures a place, a people and their palate
If butter, fermentation and skillful storytelling are a few of your favorite things, pick up a copy of ‘Beyond the North Wind.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
‘The Mirror and the Light’ is a masterful finale to Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell Trilogy
Mantel builds suspense by turning readers into alarmed onlookers as Cromwell meets his fate.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
How far will artists go to live the creative life?
Portlander Anne Elliott’s debut collection of interlinked short stories offers some answers.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Deceptively easy, trout amandine really does come together in 30 minutes
And if you keep fish in the freezer, you may have all the ingredients on hand.
Posted inFood
How to cook for and with your kids during extended school closures
In the time of coronavirus, give them control over food, as much as you can, and comfort.
Posted inFood, Recipes
This nourishing emerald green spinach soup will usher in spring
Plus soup is a comfort in these anxious times.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Skip the Off. Plenty of plants and good bugs can help repel the bad ones
Skip the tansy, too.