‘Olive, Again’ speaks to ordinary heartbreaks and what it means to live in Maine winter, summer, spring and fall.
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, Vegan Kitchen
At USM’s renovated Brooks Dining Hall, vegans will eat better
The cafeteria heard student complaints about the lack of options – and took a big step forward.
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Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Volunteers hope to restore the original Peary gardens on Eagle Island
But it’s not as straightforward as weed, till and plant.
Posted inBusiness, Food
Airlines are trying to improve their food
But feeding people at 35,000 feet is no easy task.
Posted inFood, Recipes
With tuna, eggs and potatoes, this Tunisian fricassee sandwich hits all the right notes
Find it in Paris or Tunisia – or make it in your own kitchen.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
The season for fun summer beach reads has ended
Several excellent new nonfiction works by Mainers, coming this fall, cover topics as wide-ranging as wool, ghosts and Muslim refugees.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
What’s Up in September: Earth strikes a balance on the 23rd
How you view the sky depends, in part, on the language you use to describe the experience.
Posted inFood, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: Technique, balance, simplicity. The Other Side Diner gets almost everything right
British food writer Elizabeth David famously wrote, “As everybody knows, there is only one infallible recipe for the perfect omelette: your own.” Judging by the Portland diner’s spinach omelette, she got that wrong.
Posted inFood, Recipes
The good old cabbage roll turns over a new leaf
Filled with gingery chicken, fluffy rice and bright vegetables, these cabbage rolls may change your opinion of the dish.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
It’s Worth the Trip: Holbrook Island Sanctuary offers unique experience
A nature sanctuary, not a traditional state park, the Brooksville property is unspoiled.