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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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
The Maine Gardener’s Hawaiian adventure
The trees in Hawaii grow tall, but not strong, pineapples are less important than you thought, and more fun facts about Hawaiian flora.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
How do I love thee, brown butter? Let us count the ways
Used in baking, with seafood or drizzled on vegetables, brown butter offers nutty, complex depth that improves everything it touches.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
In his latest novel, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Paul Harding fictionalizes Maine’s Malaga Island
In luminous prose, ‘This Other Eden’ tells a wrenching tale of mixed race islanders forcibly removed by the state.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2023
Year-round iced coffee drinkers have their reasons, even in Maine
No matter the temperature, some always like it cold.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2023
Try a vegan charcuterie board for your Super Bowl party (and invite Tom Brady)
Follow our suggestions to get it just right.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2023
In the depths of winter, a gardener looks for something, anything, to do
It’s too early to plant, but not too early to plan.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2023
Lemons aren’t (remotely) local. Can you substitute something else?
It’s situational, depending on the dish and technique, but sumac, for one, may work.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
Too much of a good thing? How to preserve leftover cream
Freeze it. Some tips on how best to do so.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
With these desserts, you’ll have them begging for rutabagas
And don’t forget the parsnip and the beet. These cold-weather root veggies, longtime New England staples, can make excellent sweets.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
‘This Might Hurt’ furnishes estranged sisters, an evil dad, a cult-like leader, secrets and a remote Maine island
Stephanie Wrobel’s new thriller seems to have it all, but the book suffers from its constantly shifting, confusing timeline.
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