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.

Food, Recipes

This pasta with a creamy broccoli-lemon sauce reminded me how much my blender can do

by Ann Maloney The Washington Post January 30, 2022January 20, 2022

But after you make this particular pasta, don’t just slip that blender back in the cabinet. Use it to whip cream, grind nuts and grate cheese, too.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Book review: In a small town in Maine, the radio fosters deeper connection

by Ilana Masad January 30, 2022January 30, 2022

Radio host Vivien Kindler believes the best of people in Ham Martin’s gentle ‘Talk Radio.’

Food, Sports

Former NFL lineman now cooks at his kids’ school cafeteria: ‘Kindergartners are my toughest critics’

by Cathy Free Special to The Washington Post January 30, 2022January 20, 2022

“It took a while to capture some trust from the kids,” said Jared Veldheer.

Food, Maine Gardener

Southern pine beetles are not an immediate threat, the experts say, but they are a cause for concern

by Tom Atwell January 30, 2022January 29, 2022

The invasive beetles have been spotted in Maine and could be a harbinger of other damaging bugs to come.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

How to make it rich as a bad art friend

by Ron Charles The Washington Post January 30, 2022January 24, 2022

Andrew Lipstein’s “Last Resort” captures our tenuous ownership of life experiences and the vampiric practice of fiction writing.

Business, Food, Local & State

Korean restaurant Yobo in Portland has closed

by Peggy Grodinsky January 28, 2022January 28, 2022

The Forest Avenue restaurant, which sold homey Korean food, was bought by two partners who intend to open a breakfast/brunch cafe.

Food, Recipes

A sheet-pan supper of roasted cod and broccolini makes for a fast, easy weeknight meal

by Ellie Krieger Special to The Washington Post January 23, 2022January 14, 2022

While the cod and broccolini roast, whir together a sumptuous sauce from shallots, garlic, Dijon mustard and lemon juice for attainable weeknight luxury.