The solution? Next time you cook, play hide-and-seek with the legumes.
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
Wild blueberries in January? Time to go to bat for Maine’s troubled, iconic fruit
Most of the crop is frozen, anyway, so resolve this year to eat more of what may be the healthiest – and tastiest – berry there is.
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Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Read catalogs to preview the coming gardening season
What’s in and what’s out? Prepare to bid farewell to Iona Petit Pois and say hello to cover cropping.
Posted inFood, Vegan Kitchen
Trending for 2020: New plant-based delicacies on the menu
Here are 8 vegan treats that Maine entrepreneurs are cooking up this year.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hunting: Deer Season Never Really Ends
While deer hunting season is done, the “shed” season, when you can find and collect antlers, is just getting underway.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Skiing: From new snowmaking equipment to new lifts, improvements abound
Ski areas large and small have been working all summer to get the slopes ready for you.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: An introduction to Maine’s alcids
The state has six regularly occurring alcids, including the iconic puffin. Once, it had a seventh.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: At your next gathering, set a new, plant-based default
You’d be amazed at the difference it makes – both to people’s eating habits and the planet.
Posted inFood, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: More than 2 decades on, Fore Street gets better and better
The granddaddy of Portland’s farm-to-table ethos stays blissfully true to its mission.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Choices – and perspectives – in the garden and elsewhere
Comments from readers and neighbors encourage columnist Tom Atwell to reflect.