If you have good soil, garden in the ground. It’s easier because you don’t have to build beds and add soil to them. But if you have ledge, rocky soil, lead in your soil or perhaps you have trouble bending down to reach the garden, use a raised bed. In sum, in the soil is […]
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, Review
Through time and geography, 11 great Maine writers illuminate the state
In ‘Hidden Places, ” Joseph Conforti makes a strong case for the state’s place in the larger literary world.
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Vegan Kitchen: Have you heard about the Vice President’s lunch?
Kamala Harris stopped for vegan tacos in Las Vegas recently. Would she like a side of policy with that?
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Vegetable gardening season is here: Ready, set, go
Are you a new gardener? Follow this timeline and our tips to get started this season.
Posted inSource
Read about the three 2021 recipients of MOFGA’s Russell Libby Scholarships
The face of farming in Maine: Three young women cherish the soil, their state and the planet.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Two Minutes in Quarantine
Collaborate with mystery writer James W. Ziskin in the Maine Writer & Publishers annual Crime Wave Flash fiction contest
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In a new memoir, Maine’s rock star chef Erin French hits bottom and gets a second chance
‘Finding Freedom: A Cook’s Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch’
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A moving tale of a World War II ship that saw plenty of action
In ‘Unsinkable,’ James Sullivan traces the the ‘indomitable’ USS Plunkett and the men who sailed it.
Posted inFood, Recipes
A one-pan salmon dinner with minty peas, orange and fennel
The sweetness of oranges, crunch of fennel and spring peas dressed with mint lend lots of flavor to roasted salmon.
Posted inCookbook Reviews, Food, Recipes
Keep your oven off and appetite going with Portland resident’s new cookbook
Even Mainers can make use of Vanessa Seder’s ‘Eat Cool: Good Food for Hot Days.’