Peggy Grodinsky edits and assigns stories about food and sustainability, and when she has time she writes stories, too. Her first memory of cooking dates back to about age 7, making thumbprint cookies with her mom. Since then, she has written about a hiking trip to Norway, the relationship of a dishwasher and a chef, how obituaries reveal people’s lives as cooks and much more. She has also cooked many a meal, baked many a cake and eaten at many a delightful restaurant -- for which she is grateful. Her interest in the environment, conservation and the natural world is also abiding and deep. Before coming to the Portland Press Herald, she was executive editor of Cook’s Country magazine at America’s Test Kitchen in Boston, food editor at the Houston Chronicle in Texas and editor at the James Beard Foundation in New York. She has also taught food writing at New York University and Harvard Extension. Grodinsky graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in English, and reading is still one of her favorite things.
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PublishedApril 9, 2023
This goose egg is definitely not a zero
Spring is the height of egg-laying season. If you’re lucky enough to score a local goose egg, make this beautiful, buttery pasta, which sings of the season.
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PublishedApril 9, 2023
When the blossoms have gone by, plant your Easter lily outside
If you’re lucky, you’ll get blooms in the garden the following year, apt for a flower that symbolizes rebirth.
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PublishedApril 9, 2023
The rise and fall of Monson, Maine
‘Here & Everywhere Else’ tells the story of the remote town over several hundred years. But be forewarned: it’s dense reading.
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PublishedApril 2, 2023
Green Plate Special: A fool for fools? Who can blame you?
This centuries-old English dessert is not only simple and delicious, but it’s also an excellent vehicle for using up leftover fruits, jams, syrups and other bits and bobs from your refrigerator and pantry.
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PublishedApril 2, 2023
Of all the cakes she’s baked, there’s just one this cookbook writer makes for Passover
Elinor Klivans wrote 14 baking books from her home in Camden. But for Passover there is just a single dessert: Mom’s Walnut and Wine Passover Cake.
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PublishedApril 2, 2023
A resilient Greek nanny changes the course of her young charge’s life
In ‘My Xanthi,’ a now-adult Nick reads his nanny’s old letters and comes face to face with the brutality of her life in wartime Greece.
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PublishedApril 2, 2023
Maine Gardener: Try live staking to prevent runoff from harming lakes, ponds and streams
If you own waterfront property, consider creating a buffer zone. It’ll help curb pollution.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2023
The Quarry in Monson named a finalist for a James Beard award
But 10 other semi-finalists from Maine did not move on. Winners of the prestigious culinary awards will be announced in June.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2023
Avoid wasting bread by making the freezer your friend
Sliced bread freezes beautifully, and is always at hand when you need it.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2023
Build your own mini indoor garden at Portland plant shop Terrarium
Horticulturalist and business owner Rob Sinnott will show you how.
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