Set during the turbulent 1960s and early ’70s, ‘Down to the River’ beautifully depicts the dwindling of a family fortune, brothers drinking to excess, and inseparable cousins leaving childhood behind.
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 inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Protecting soil, in Maine’s forests and backyards, is a key to carbon neutrality
With its abundance of forested land, the state is well positioned to meet its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Then and now: Reflecting on nearly 50 years on one patch of earth
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.
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 inFood & Dining, 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 & Dining, 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 & Dining, 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 inFood & Dining, Recipes
Decorate cookies for a sweet, festive Hanukkah
Camden resident and expert baker Elinor Klivens offers a recipe.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Efforts to restore American chestnut tree raise burning question for food lovers
When do we get to eat the chestnuts? Experts say they are tastier than the Asian and European nuts we import.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
New biography of Jefferson makes this case: To know the man, read his writing
‘His Masterly Pen’ tackles head-on one of the former president’s central contradictions: How could he declare that all men are created equal and that slavery is immoral and still be a slaveholder?