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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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In ‘Monkey,’ writer Agnes Bushell meditates on the Russian novel
The novel tracks the search for a lost book within the book, also called ‘Monkey,’ as well as the writer of that unusual book.
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Book review: A boy goes on a quest through mysterious realms to atone for his mother’s fatal mistake
In ‘Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods,’ writer Catherynne M. Valente’s sense of place is imaginative and gripping.
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Recycled bourbon barrels are adding value, and savor, to the maple syrup industry
The barrels get re-used. The maple syrup gets gorgeously flavored. Win-win.
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What impact will this winter’s waffling weather have on your garden this summer?
The answer has to do in part with how well you readied the garden last fall.