In the early days, Atwell and his wife tilled, installed lawn, and reached for fertilizers and insecticides. But as time has gone by, the couple has become more and more attuned to nature’s needs in their garden.
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 inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Chocolate, gin and cats: An octogenarian on growing old gracefully
In ‘The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly,’ Margareta Magnusson explains her secrets to a full life. But is there anything Swedish about it?
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A fascinating, expansive look at the ‘disappearing music of the coast’
In ‘A Foghorn’s Lament,’ writer Jennifer Lucy Allan explores the telltale blast that signaled both hope and fear.
Posted inGreen Plate Special, Recipes
Save the planet, and time, with one-pot cooking
Sustainable recipes like this Muhammara and Chickpea Stew also suit busy lives.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
A friendship in life and words
An old friend takes stock of a new Wes McNair collection, which caps a decades-long career in poetry.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: As the subhead says, Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Book recommendations from readers
Posted inFood, Vegan Kitchen
Surveys, studies and reports this year point to an increasingly vegan world
And some newly uncovered information even shows that humans historically ate less meat than we thought.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Chores are barely done, but never too early to shop for next year’s gardening season
Some great local catalogs encourage buying and daydreaming on cold winter days.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
‘Twas a greener night before Christmas
Out with the sugar plums, in with the recycled wrapping paper. (But we do like that renewable-energy-powered reindeer vehicle.)
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
A fascinating history of beavers shows how the species shaped the U.S.
Leila Philip’s book is thrilling, both on scientific and historical levels.