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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PublishedApril 21, 2024
Add this sweet tahini matzo to your Seder table – and swoon
Much like matzo crunch, this Passover treat is hard to put down.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2024
Have a crush on your Le Creuset? Here are the kitchen items these Mainers love most
For Valentine’s Day, we asked a handful of Mainers what culinary objects make their hearts full.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2024
Want an inside look at the Oscars of the food world?
Here’s the scoop on the James Beard Awards.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2024
James Beard Foundation names 10 semifinalists from Maine
The state’s restaurants and food professionals were nominated in numerous categories, including Outstanding Restaurateur, Best New Restaurant and Best Chef: Northeast.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2023
Do you schmear what I schmear? Bagels are the new Christmastime tradition
Local bakeries say demand for the once quintessential Jewish bread spikes during holidays, including Christian ones.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2023
The Quarry seemed like an improbable Beard Award winner, unless you’ve met Marilou Ranta
Since winning the prestigious award for Outstanding Hospitality in May, the tireless chef/owner of the Monson restaurant continues to prove why she’s deserving of an onslaught of new customers.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2023
For Maine food businesses, helping each other out is part of the job
In a tough, fast-paced business where something often goes wrong, Maine restaurateurs, bakers and brewers have countless tales of coming to one another’s aid – or being the recipient of help.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2023
The Wrap: Crooked Face Creamery in Skowhegan wins award, Portsmouth Restaurant Week is on
Judy Gibson in Knightville to shut its doors, Baba’s Cafe on Peaks Island to temporarily transform itself, and more.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2023
Before hitting the 100-Mile Wilderness, Appalachian Trail hikers tell tales of hunger
Shaw’s Hiker Hostel in Monson serves a bountiful breakfast that’s legendary among hikers.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2023
For 100 years, a family has gathered in Penobscot County to reconnect and eat beans
Two marriages first conjoined the Smith and Smart families, and an anniversary party in 1923 turned into an annual reunion that marked a major anniversary of its own this summer.
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