From Hollywood to British royalty, from fast food to Michelin-starred restaurants, the popularity of vegan eating surged this past year.
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.
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Book review: Kat Rosenfield’s thriller is blistering, its takedown of snobbery bravura
In “No One Will Miss Her,” a Maine lake house murder exposes the value placed on some lives over others.
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Maine Gardener: Sure, it’s pleasant to have warm days into December … if it weren’t for climate change
Flowers are blooming at weird times, but should we – can we – enjoy that?
Posted inFood, Recipes
Tetrazzini is a creamy one-pan pasta hit, with or without chicken
A can of beans, pureed in a blender, makes a creamy sauce without any cream for this take on the Italian-American classic.
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I tried hot Dr Pepper, and it’s better than you might think
Dr Pepper promoted the steamy concoction for decades, and now the vintage ads are cropping up on social media. But it’s more than just a laugh.
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Green Plate Special: Winter salads deserve a spot in your kitchen
No juicy, peak season tomatoes or tender kernels of just picked corn, but winter salads in Maine can offer heft, crunch, tang and charm all their own.
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Bedside table: A book that ponders, what if?
“I am head of the new Read Between the Spines Book Club hosted at the Bibliophile Bookshop & Coffeehouse in Raymond. We currently have 45 ladies and one man in our book club. Bibliophile is also a new locally owned bookshop that our entire area has fallen in love with. “Anyway, Read Between the Spines […]
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The danger of American nostalgia for World War II
Romanticizing that war has led us to seek another just as “good,” Elizabeth Samet writes.
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Green Plate Special: Making pasta is a tasty way to spend quality time with kids
Cavatelli doesn’t require any special equipment and, with this recipe, you might get them to eat their broccoli too.
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Bedside table: Hometown on the page
“‘Mill Town,’ by Kerri Arsenault, is about the towns of Rumford and Mexico, Maine, mostly, as well as the writer’s family. I enjoyed and understood this book very well, as I am from the same area. “The book covers a lot of territory, including the Rumford paper mill over many years, and the pollution it […]
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