“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 […]
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, Maine Gardener
How to water the garden
I know this sounds unbelievable, but there have been years in my lifetime when the only plants we watered were newly transplanted seeds and seedlings in the vegetable garden, newly planted shrubs, perennials and annuals in the flower beds, and potted plants and window boxes. But we’ve not been that carefree about watering for a […]
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Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Let the harvest begin
For many gardeners, the harvest season starts now, with a bounty of peas, strawberries, radishes, lettuce and more.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Bugs: The good, the bad and the ugly
No matter what you do, insects and diseases will attack your plants. Some, like Japanese beetles, Colorado potato beetles, aphids and tomato hornworm, are annual visitors. Others can show up by surprise. I handpick the Japanese beetles – which, thankfully, have been less prevalent in the past five years or so – then drown them […]
Posted inFood, Recipes
Grow it, eat it: June recipes for the vegetable gardener
Simple ways to soften the bite of radishes.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Pork chops and peaches meld savory with sweet in this speedy skillet dinner
This sweet-sour combo is your next weeknight dinner solution.
Posted inFood, Vegan Kitchen
Nearly 200 years ago, the lectures of a celebrity vegetarian visiting Portland caused a riot
But eschewing meat, alcohol and spices and endorsing whole wheat bread and “pure” water were only part of his message.
Posted inMaine, News
As the pandemic recedes, signs say interest in gardening continues to grow
New gardeners in Maine still have lots of enthusiasm for – and questions about – the hobby they discovered last year.
Posted inFood
South Portland knishery owner won’t want for staff, as long as he’s got his dad
Retired doctor Richard Miller finds a new career helping his son, Graeme, get his business off the ground.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: A born storyteller asks, when is the past truly the past?
“I’m reading Menachem Kaiser’s ‘Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure,’ about a young man’s effort to reclaim a building in a small Polish town that was owned by his family members before they were deported to Nazi death camps. His grandfather – who survived the Holocaust – died before the author was […]
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