“Bush Runner,” by Mark Bourrie, tells the real-life story of adventurer Pierre-Esprit Radisson, for whom the Radisson hotel chain is named. It’s a truth-is-stranger than fiction tale, think shipwrecks, pirates and cannibalism.
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
Brussels sprouts that haters have to love
Don’t wait for the main event. Eat them with toothpicks as appetizers.
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Posted inFood, Green Plate Special
Green Plate Special: Red cabbage is a keeper
The underrated workhorse of the winter kitchen grows locally and stores well.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Freshen up the Waldorf salad with persimmons, Asian pear and grapefruit
The classic gets a snappy, salty, pleasingly sour update.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Winter squash dishes dressed up for company but easy enough for weeknights
Stuffed squash can serve as a meatless main course or an elegant side.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: And the envelope please …
What plants are walking the red carpet, so to speak, in 2020? Plant associations announce their favorites.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Mysterious deaths set the latest Michael Cassidy thriller in motion
Filled with impeccable period 1950s detail, ‘Night Watch’ is populated with Nazis, CIA operatives and an unknown psychopath. David C. Taylor’s detective definitely has his hands full.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hunting: Planning your grand slam
When talking turkey, a grand slam means to shoot one of each of the four subspecies of wild turkey found in the U.S. Completing a grand slam requires good organization.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hiking: Mt. Agamenticus offers more than you may realize
The views of the Atlantic are well-known, but did you know the preserve is the largest unfragmented parcel of coastal forest between Acadia and New Jersey’s Pine Barrens?
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Scholars have dismissed debutante balls, but ‘The Season’ digs in to the strange, fascinating history
Author Kristen Richardson draws on her own personal history, too.