And remember to harvest them before they grow GIGANTIC.
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 inFood, Recipes
A salad with chicken, berries and poppy seed dressing is a bright, light summer meal
This main course salad with beautiful seasonal produce is exactly the light yet filling meal you need right now.
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Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Can you eat Maine bluefin tuna with a clear conscience?
It’s complicated, but here’s a hint to tuna lovers: the news is good.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Want a surefire grilled fish recipe? Sure you do
This smoky sea bass with a 4-ingredient sauce is it.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Baking with oil rather than butter is easier, faster and just as delicious
Oil means less work, fewer dirty dishes and tender, moist baked goods with an impressively long shelf-life.
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How to choose the rolling pin that’s right for you
With a number of styles and materials to choose from, it helps to evaluate the choices, and then know how to best use them. ‘After you find one you like, practice, practice, practice.’
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Do the patriotic thing: Grow a garden
For a whole host of reasons, gardening is good citizenship.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Grow: Perennial seeds
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 […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: Reader, go West
Editor’s Note: Joyce Berk sent us her book selection in April, when most of us still weren’t getting out much. That’s changed, as the pandemic in Maine has waned, but a good book is a good book whenever you read it. “The book I’m reading is ‘Riders of the Purple Sage,’ by Zane Grey. It’s […]
Posted inFood, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: Eat the Weekend
Whether you’re a visitor or a local, this food-filled fantasy weekend in Greater Portland has plenty for you.
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