A 19th-century implement gets a fresh look.
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.
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Collector’s addiction: Maine food editor owns nearly 500 cookbooks
Why? The easy answer is because she writes about food for a living. But there’s more to it than that.
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Bite: A very special PB&J
Among all the temptations at Ten Ten Pié, a kids’ sandwich bewitched.
Posted inChop-Chop, Food, Recipes
Recipe exhibit at Maine Historical Society shows state’s changing tastes
Peanut butter soup, a World War I recipe to encourage rationing, tastes like ‘a warm milkshake.’
Posted inFood, Recipes
Shannon Bard of Portland’s Zapoteca writes her first cookbook
‘The Gourmet Mexican Kitchen’ offers recipes for everything from guacamole and drinks to moles and desserts.
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Standard Baking Company’s Coconut Macaroons for Passover
An unusual technique yields crisp yet moist texture.
Posted inChop-Chop, Food
Andrew Taylor, Mike Wiley took sharp turns on way to chef-hood
Law and academia lost out to oysters and fine dining for the two chefs and part-owners of Hugo’s, Eventide and soon, Honey Paw.
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Maine chef Brian Hill is living the dream
The owner of Francine Bistro and Shepherd’s Pie, a six-time nominee for Best Chef: Northeast, talks rock ‘n’ roll and the magic of a really good restaurant.