Peggy Grodinsky – Page 41 – Centralmaine.com

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.

Food & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes

Can you eat Maine bluefin tuna with a clear conscience?

by Christine Burns Rudalevige July 4, 2021July 6, 2021

It’s complicated, but here’s a hint to tuna lovers: the news is good.

Food & Dining, Maine Gardener

Do the patriotic thing: Grow a garden

by Tom Atwell July 4, 2021July 6, 2021

For a whole host of reasons, gardening is good citizenship.

Food & Dining, Maine Gardener

Grow: Perennial seeds

by Tom Atwell July 4, 2021July 6, 2021

Except for succession planting – where you plant fast-developing vegetables such as lettuce and beets throughout the season so you can harvest throughout the season – there is now little to be started in the vegetable garden. But that doesn’t mean you have to stop planting. It is a good time to plant pollinator-friendly perennials […]