Peggy Grodinsky

Staff Writer

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Published
July 16, 2015

Michael Hayden, MOFGA journeyperson

Michael Hayden has a big heart. While operating a vegetable farm in Milbridge, Folklore Farm, he somehow finds time to tutor migrant workers in math. And to volunteer at a weekly community dinner. And to teach kids yoga, another volunteer gig. He works with Incredible Edible, a project in Milbridge that has placed gardens in […]
Published
July 5, 2015

Green Plate Special: Use stone fruit pits to give desserts a haunting almond flavor

The French call it noyaux. We call it delicious.
Published
July 5, 2015

Market Watch: Sugar snap peas

I am feeling depressed about sugar snap peas. I waited all winter long – it was an awfully long winter – for this sweet and snappy taste of early summer, but now that the peas have arrived, I don’t think I can afford them. Sugar snaps are selling for, gulp, $9 a pound, or some […]
Published
July 1, 2015

Four foods that make one Mainer proud to call herself an American

What foods do the same for you?
Published
June 28, 2015

What’s that? Plovers who are in no mood for piping

Fireworks may endanger fragile chicks.
Published
June 17, 2015

Packed with clippings, recipe book stirs sweet memories of Dad

He didn’t cook, but he sure liked to think about food.
Published
June 14, 2015

What’s that? Produce packaging at the grocery store

When an apple wrapped only in its own skin isn’t good enough.
Published
June 7, 2015

Editor’s Letter: Welcome to the Source transportation issue

We offer ideas on living as a one-car family, and introduce you to people pursuing green auto care and carpooling in Maine.
Published
June 3, 2015

Portland exhibit re-examines the pickle fork

A 19th-century implement gets a fresh look.
Published
May 20, 2015

Collector’s addiction: Maine food editor owns nearly 500 cookbooks

Why? The easy answer is because she writes about food for a living. But there’s more to it than that.