This cookbook boasts a clean design and rewards patience in the kitchen, but it takes a puzzling approach to listing ingredients.
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).
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.
Looking for a gift for the serious-minded cook?
‘The Art of Flavor’ offers rigorous lessons, with intriguing recipes to back them up.
‘Beirut to Boston’ holds promise but doesn’t build trust with readers
Shortcomings such as inconsistent measurements for recipes are enough to give cooks pause.
Two new Maine cookbooks champion similar seasonal, farm-to-table ethos
Erin French’s ‘The Lost Kitchen’ and Annemarie Ahearn’s ‘Full Moon Suppers,’ out at the same time, are cut from the same cloth.
For this week’s Moxie Festival, cook with Maine’s most celebrated soda
A Winslow resident entered this recipe in the 2013 festival recipe contest.
Burger at Portland’s Liquid Riot could have a winning blend
Its Spore Uproar burger competes for honors in a national contest for more sustainable mushroom-beef patties.