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, Local & State, Recipes

A culinary quest for the best mushrooms led this Maine professor back into the woods

by Peggy Grodinsky October 17, 2021October 16, 2021

When she isn’t teaching political philosophy at Bowdoin, Jean Yarbrough can be found scouring the woods looking for edible mushrooms or in her kitchen cooking with her stash.

Arts & Entertainment, Food, Recipes

Here’s how Milk Bar makes those addictive Ted Lasso biscuits

by Kate Krader Bloomberg October 17, 2021October 12, 2021

Christina Tosi serves up an inspired recipe for the most popular food in the streaming world.

Books, Food, Maine Gardener

Maine Gardener: New book suggests you design your garden for the unlikeliest of seasons – winter

by Tom Atwell October 17, 2021October 16, 2021

In ‘Winterland,’ Maine gardener Cathy Rees argues that if your garden shines in the snowy season, imagine how great it will look in spring, summer and fall.

Food, Recipes, Vegan Kitchen

Vegan Kitchen: Sure you could buy them, but have you made veggie burgers yourself?

by Avery Yale Kamila October 17, 2021October 16, 2021

This good, old-fashioned homemade version relies on chickpeas and rice for its base.

Food, Recipes

Sheet-pan chicken – or cauliflower – with lemony potatoes makes a Greek-inspired meal

by G. Daniela Galarza The Washington Post October 17, 2021October 11, 2021

Missing an ingredient? Don’t like cilantro? On a vegan diet? The best recipes, this one included, adapt to you.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

A long and winding road through the hopes and failures of mid-century America

by Hamilton Cain Special to The Washington Post October 17, 2021October 11, 2021

In ‘The Lincoln Highway,’ Amor Towles tells the story of a motley crew on a cross-country journey, reveling in the junkyards of broken dreams and the optimism of the postwar era.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Bedside table: Inspirational reading from a fellow dad and athlete

October 17, 2021October 12, 2021

“The book on my bedside table right now is ‘Still Sideways’ by Devon Raney, a gifted father and athlete and who surfs and snowboards despite being blind. His memoir tells of his transition from normal vision to blindness after taking a serious fall while surfing. He talks about the challenges and triumphs he has experienced […]