Meg Wolitzer talks to her mom, Hilma, about motherhood, writing and Hilma’s new collection, ‘Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket.’
Peggy Grodinsky
Staff Writer
Peggy Grodinsky has been the food editor at the Portland Press Herald since 2014. Previously, she was executive editor of Cook’s Country, a now-defunct national magazine that was published by America’s Test Kitchen. She spent several years in Texas as food editor at the Houston Chronicle, seven years at the James Beard Foundation in New York, and a (magical) year as a journalism fellow at the University of Hawaii. Her work has appeared in “Best of Food Writing” (2017) and “Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing” (2008).
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Like a certain honey flavor? You have bees to thank
The nectar chosen by the insects, which varies by season and region, determines how different honeys taste.
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Green Plate Special: Foolproof Hollandaise keeps you from wasting precious local eggs
Goodbye anxiety in the kitchen, hello luscious Hollandaise on the plate.
Posted inBusiness, Food
Truffles, gold leaf and triple-digit prices: Status dishes are back
French fries for $200? Diners are looking for a new kind of comfort food these days.
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Dine Out Maine: Standout side dishes for Labor Day – let others do the cooking for you
And they’ll work for Thanksgiving, too.
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Smoked trout and canned lentils make this no-cook salad fast, filling and flavorful
Too hot and sticky to cook? This salad is your secret weapon.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Cookbook Reviews
Four Maine books coming out this fall you shouldn’t miss
Portland bookseller Josh Christie’s recommendations range from food to philosophy to fiction.
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Beat the heat with this eggplant bruschetta
The oven time is mercifully short. The broiler quickly cooks eggplant and toasts bread, which you then smear with garlicky Greek skordalia.
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An idyllic California town and the wildfire everyone should have expected
Lizzie Johnson chronicles what was lost, and why, when Paradise, Calif., burned in 2018.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Grow: Radishes
Radishes are generally considered a spring vegetable. They can be planted as soon as the soil is dry enough to work, and three to five weeks later, you get a sharp-tasting, pretty vegetable to add to your salads or otherwise eat. But radishes also can be grown in the fall. Plant them now and you’ll […]