Plus, the health benefits of not eating meat will save you more money – and buy you more time.
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.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
If you’ve soured on B&M beans, get sweet on baking your own
It’s a simple process, but choices along the way can help you find a signature recipe.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
A little leftover mashed potatoes can go a long way in Nonna’s gnocchi
Flour and egg can stretch a cup of Thanksgiving spuds into enough pasta for a full meal.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Book review: The search for meaning in a deconstructed library
The prose poems in ‘Antique Densities’ are fantastical yet reassuringly matter-of-fact.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
A hand pie is just one way to thank the farmers who lend you their hands
Buying local products is another way to show your appreciation for all the work they do.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Turkey portraits and plant-based feasts help make for a gentler Thanksgiving
Plus, a cornucopia of resources for having a vegan version of the holiday.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Seeing double? Repeat blooms a sign of the changing climate
You don’t have to look beyond your own garden for evidence of rising temperatures and the longer growing season.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: And you thought you were done with weeding …
Weeding in November saves you trouble come spring.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: OK, it’s just past Halloween, but we’ve got candy on our mind
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
Tale of a real-life gardener – who made nearby islands bloom – will grow on you
‘Celia Planted a Garden’ introduces children to Celia Thaxter, a well-known poet and gardener in her time, who all her life cherished flowers, birds and the Isles of Shoals.