Peggy Grodinsky – Page 42 – Centralmaine.com

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).

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Children’s book celebrates the color brown in all its glory

by Amy MacDonald July 11, 2021July 12, 2021

‘Magnificent Homespun Brown’ is as joyful as the confident little girls it depicts.

The list of invasive plants banned for import and sale in Maine soon to grow

by Tom Atwell July 11, 2021July 14, 2021

A committee has been meeting to decide which plants should be on the list, the state’s second.

Food & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes

What’s for dinner? Toast. Think it sounds unsophisticated? Then call it tartine

by Christine Burns Rudalevige July 11, 2021July 12, 2021

It’s fast, it’s creative, and you can use up all your leftovers.

Food & Dining, Vegan Kitchen

Vegan ice cream is easy to find in Maine

by Avery Yale Kamila July 11, 2021July 12, 2021

And with lots of people paying attention to quality, the ice cream is as good as that made with dairy.

Food & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes

Can you eat Maine bluefin tuna with a clear conscience?

by Christine Burns Rudalevige July 4, 2021July 6, 2021

It’s complicated, but here’s a hint to tuna lovers: the news is good.

Food & Dining, Maine Gardener

Do the patriotic thing: Grow a garden

by Tom Atwell July 4, 2021July 6, 2021

For a whole host of reasons, gardening is good citizenship.

Food & Dining, Maine Gardener

Grow: Perennial seeds

by Tom Atwell July 4, 2021July 6, 2021

Except for succession planting – where you plant fast-developing vegetables such as lettuce and beets throughout the season so you can harvest throughout the season – there is now little to be started in the vegetable garden. But that doesn’t mean you have to stop planting. It is a good time to plant pollinator-friendly perennials […]