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).

Food, Green Plate Special, Recipes

An Italian Easter bread from an unforgettable lady

by Christine Burns Rudalevige March 28, 2021May 15, 2026

Grandma Nan was as colorful as the Easter eggs that she used to stud the braided loaf she baked annually for the holiday.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Two hundred years on, a medical book finally sees the light of day

by William Barry March 28, 2021March 27, 2021

Rockport resident Richard Kahn beautifully illuminates ‘Diseases in the District of Maine, 1772 to 1820,’ an unpublished manuscript by the remarkable Jeremiah Barker.

Food, Recipes

Homefront: A treasured, and comforting, family recipe from Croatia

March 28, 2021March 25, 2021

“This savory, one-pot Croatian recipe has been in my family for generations. My Grandma O., born Agnes Bukovic, must have had it as a young girl in what was then Yugoslavia. She arrived in the United States when she was 16 and eventually raised a family of six kids, including my father, in her Pennsylvania […]

Food, Maine Gardener

Double duty is best – find plants that work for both wildlife and you

by Tom Atwell March 28, 2021March 27, 2021

Kindergarten lessons, like learning to share, also apply to the garden.

Food, Vegan Kitchen

Wait, what? Maple syrup isn’t naturally vegan?

by Avery Yale Kamila March 21, 2021March 20, 2021

The defoamers added to maple syrup during processing may include ingredients that vegans want to avoid.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

A sumptuous guide to the studios of 26 Maine artists, living and dead

by Thomas Urquhart March 21, 2021March 20, 2021

‘At First Light,’ a collaboration of heavy hitters in Maine’s arts community, offers glimpses of these ‘sanctuaries of the everyday.’

Food, Recipes

Creamed spinach gets promoted from side to star in this one-pan chicken skillet

by Ellie Krieger Special to The Washington Post March 21, 2021March 18, 2021

No cream required.

Food, Recipes

Homefront: Pancakes for dinner

by Peggy Grodinsky March 21, 2021March 18, 2021

I love, LOVE, to cook, but as the pandemic has gone on and on, this three-meal-a-day-seven-days-a-week cooking routine has gotten old. Food writer Jessica Battilana (who moved from San Francisco to Falmouth last summer) gets it. She has been cooking three meals a day for her family of four since the pandemic began. “I’m good […]