Author Susie Middleton delivers on her promise of recipes for satisfying dinners.
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).
How-to: Recycle correctly
We can’t be the only one who has ever stood in our kitchen, gripping a random item in midair as we wondered, can this be recycled? This very morning, we opened a large tub of yogurt, peeled off its round of interior protective foil and hesitated – trash? Recyclable? We want to do the right […]
Chef/author Barton Seaver takes deep dive into seafood, from A to almost Z
His seventh book, “American Seafood,” offers facts about myriad fish, recipes and his opinion about the finest kind of lobster.
Green Plate Special: A little schmaltz wouldn’t kill you
A tradition of Jewish grandmothers is revived in time for Hanukkah.
Stubbornly cold oven threatens to derail Thanksgiving meal
For Food editor Peggy Grodinsky, the hours leading up to the holiday feast were calm. Too calm.
‘Grains, Seeds and Legumes’ offers recipes for the way we eat today
This cookbook boasts a clean design and rewards patience in the kitchen, but it takes a puzzling approach to listing ingredients.
New book encourages you to record your own observations of nature
‘The Naturalist’s Notebook’ by two Maine scientist/naturalists is filled with practical guidance for systematic study.
Maine lobster chefs of the year named at annual Harvest on the Harbor
Stephen Richards of the Fisherman’s Wharf Inn and Nathaniel Adam of the Boothbay Harbor Country Club take this year’s honors.
The nonprofit Wolfe’s Neck Farm refines its mission for a new generation
The newly christened Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment hopes to lead the way in the field of regenerative agriculture.