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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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
After you’ve eaten the corn, deploy this genius idea to wring all the good from the corncobs
Make Corncob Jelly. Then, for a special treat, spoon it on Double Corn Muffins.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
Book review: A pandemic is ravaging the world. Then, a plague is loosed on New York City
Chris Holm’s bio-thriller ‘Child Zero’ is a timely page-turner.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
Maine Gardener: What will Maine’s forests look like in 100 years?
Biologist Amanda Devine says we’ve already lost the battle to many aggressive invasives, which she described as the second-largest threat to global biodiversity. (The largest threat? Human disruptions.)
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
Maine Gardener: Maxims for creating your green space
Make it durable, doable – and have fun.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
Green Plate Special: Never apologize, and other strategies for using up all that zucchini
It’s zucchini season. Don’t fight it. Make the vegetable your friend with these excellent cooking ideas.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
A ‘lavish melting pot’ of essays from Maine writers on food – and the lack of it
The book encompasses tomato sandwiches, school lunch, illness, immigration and so much more.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
Soft serve that can serve everyone in Maine
Several new spots across the state now offer vegan soft-serve ice cream, making the treat available to vegans, the lactose-intolerant and everybody else, too.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
Bedside table: Father and son share stories of survival
Book recommendations from readers.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
Book review: In his latest novel, Jeffrey Lewis tackles some very big questions
‘Land of Cockaigne’ examines the impact the wealthy have on their communities, the ugliness of reactionary politics, and the sometimes insular nature of small towns.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
Green Plate Special: Eat your water
Parched? Eating foods with a high water content is a smart way to stay hydrated in the August heat.
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