Where to find the food stops on your weekend getaway to Greater Portland.
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 inBooks, Review
Fifty Shades ends on an unexpected feminist note
With ‘Freed,’ James wraps things up. The writing is tediously mechanical, but the message is a surprise.
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Posted inDo This, Food
Eat & Run: Grilled cheese sandwiches come with a side of good service at Cheese Louise
The business’s new Old Port location offers traditional and grown-up takes on the classic.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Spicy peanut noodles are a quick, pantry-friendly meal that’s ready for riffing
A pantry-friendly peanut sauce featuring chili-garlic sauce is the star of this vegan noodles recipe.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
In which our columnist reveals the real reason she loves no-churn ice cream
Hint: Sustainability doesn’t really enter the picture.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
How to weed the garden
You may be taking a break for the holiday week, but guess what? The weeds aren’t. They will continue to sprout and grow, and when you return home or your guests leave, expect to find unwanted plants to pull out. Weeding can be simple or difficult. I’ll start with simple. The key is how the […]
Posted inFood, Recipes
These sparkling rosé cupcakes are exactly as much fun as you imagine
So you missed National Rosé Day (June 12). These cupcakes are mighty good any day of the year.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
In ‘Morningside Heights,’ a married couple copes with unexpected illness
As with his previous novels, Joshua Henkin pays compassionate attention to modern human predicaments.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
An uneasy century, outlined in poetry
In “The Century,” poet Éireann Lorsung uses unconventional language to try to describe the horrors of history.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: Reading, and re-reading
“Just finished Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Is this Anything?’, a book of his stand-up comedy over the years. Each chapter is a decade. I found the teens, the last decade that went into the COVID issues, the funniest. Also, just started re-reading Jack Kerouac’s ‘On the Road,’ tales of his cross-country treks and the characters he meets […]
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