Ethnobotanist Judith Sumner has written a surprising, plants’-eye view of World War II, chock full of fascinating facts.
Peggy Grodinsky
Staff Writer
Peggy Grodinsky has been the food editor at the Portland Press Herald since 2014. Previously, she was executive editor of Cook’s Country, a now-defunct national magazine that was published by America’s Test Kitchen. She spent several years in Texas as food editor at the Houston Chronicle, seven years at the James Beard Foundation in New York, and a (magical) year as a journalism fellow at the University of Hawaii. Her work has appeared in “Best of Food Writing” (2017) and “Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing” (2008).
Green Plate Special: Laid low? Feeling sneezy, sniffly and scratchy? Sip this
A ‘killer’ broth to cure (okay assuage) the common cold.
Dine In Maine: Tonight’s dinner comes to you, courtesy of TikTok
Hashtag Dinner
Maine Gardener: Tackle invasive plants now, as they are easy to spot
The never-ending job: Tips on removing honeysuckle, multiflora (and sadly many more) from your garden.
Can you skip the raking this year? Should you?
Whatever you do, please skip that noisy, noxious, polluting leaf blower.
Upcycle Halloween candy into truffles, pudding and cake
Employ these baking tricks to turn unpopular Halloween leavings into real treats: Butterfinger Truffles, Whopper Bread Pudding and Almond Joy Bundt Cake.
An annual Halloween transformation, and no we don’t mean small children turning into ghosts
This mom makes her child’s candy disappear and magically replaces it with vegan versions of the sweet treats.
Maine Gardener: Another gardening season draws to a close
The weather was weird, very dry, then very wet, and often unusually warm. But by and large, the plants didn’t complain.
Betwixt and between: When summer produce lingers, but the calendar says it’s fall
What to do? Apply cold weather cooking methods, such as roasting and braising, to summery produce.
Maine-made sausages are getting ever more creative – and ever more popular
Forget the old adage. You may well want to see these sausages being made.