Here’s what to look for: height, color and pollinator attractions.
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).
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: A daughter tackles her famous father’s complicated story
‘You Can’t Catch Death: A Daughter’s Memoir’ by Ianthe Brautigan, St. Martin’s Press, 2000
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Bedside Table: Readers’ book picks
A French memoirist inspires a Maine writer.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Memoir offers intimate portrayal of one woman’s journey through skin cancer
In ‘Skin,’ Maine writer Kate Kennedy tackles her diagnosis and treatment with a purposeful – and defiant – precision.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
This 1800s doctor’s orders were deadly
‘The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream’ re-creates the homicidal doctor’s heartless life in short, highly dramatic chapters.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Invasion of the jumping worms
It sounds like the title of a horror film, but these invasive Asian worms are very real, and they are very bad for your garden.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Eat locally, seasonally – and take a page from Persian kitchens
Cookbook writer and eco-conscious chef Louisa Shafia is visiting Rockport this week to cook and teach.
Posted inFood, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: Summer sparklers to last all year
Stored memories of foods that capture sunshine on a plate will help tide our critic over through the long winter to come.
Posted inFood
What you should know about indoor dining amid the delta variant
How to manage risk when dining indoors, with tips from scientists and restaurant industry experts.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Grow: Onions
Onions are helpful. They tell you when they want to be harvested, and that is right about now. When onions bulbs are done growing, the green tops slump to the ground and they just lie there. The bulbs have done all the growing they are going to do. When most of the tops have fallen on […]