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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
Maine Gardener: Shop around: No time like fall to buy and plant
For reasons of science and thrift, adding new shrubs and plants to your garden now is a smart move.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
10 things to eat and drink before summer ends
Summer isn’t officially over yet, but it’s the perfect time to take yourself out for one more food fling before it ends. We asked our team of food writers to tell us about 10 items to eat or drink that say ‘summer’ to them.
Posted inFood & Dining
Meltdown: The day the refrigerator stopped working
When this summer’s heat wave hit, even the refrigerator couldn’t hack it. But the chore of replacing it proved daunting.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
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.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
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.)
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Maxims for creating your green space
Make it durable, doable – and have fun.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
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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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.