Bait, dog, serendipity and trapping – each method has its advantages.
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 inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: ‘Tis the season to watch shorebird migration
But time your outing carefully, as birding at low tide is a fool’s errand.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
The 10 books to read in September
Get past the blockbusters and look for these other promising new tomes.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
A new book tells the story of Maine through museum artifacts
Using items from the Maine State Museum, ‘A Story of Maine in 112 Objects’ reflects the state’s cultural ups and downs with wit and imagination.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Beethoven was a genius who broke all the rules
John Clubbe has written a thoughtful cultural history that takes into account the times in which the composer lived and worked.
Posted inFood, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: Traditional and crossover tacos take center stage at the stylish Bird & Co.
The ordering trick to this ear-splitting Woodfords Corner neighborhood spot is knowing which to select and which to avoid.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hunting: The signs are subtle but summer is ending
To prepare for winter, animals are changing their locales and their diets.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hiking: Lovely moonrise, sweet sunset, brilliant stars and at one with John Muir
Carey Kish continues on his Pacific Crest adventure. Join him at Muir Pass in California.
Posted inFood, Recipes
This fresh tomato sauce is rich, flavorful and yours in under an hour
Now is the time to buy local tomatoes and make sauce.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
A largely forgotten Maine reformer and journalist is brought to life
Anarchist and Quaker Jeremiah Hacker published a radical newspaper in Portland during the 19th century. Mainer Rebecca Pritchard chronicles his life and thinking.