‘The Pleasure Boat” also supported abolition, women’s rights and temperance. Its founder, Jeremiah Hacker, said he lived in a ‘plain simple manner from necessity, choice, and principle.’
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
Landscape with native wild edibles
Humans get something to eat and attractive plants for their yard. Wildlife gets a share of the food, plus comfortable places to live and breed.
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Homefront: The sandwich is from Denmark, the ingredients from Maine
“In the Phelan household, we’re surviving the winter/pandemic by reliving great food we tasted during past family vacations. Last year we went to Copenhagen and fell in love with Smorrebrod. Our recipe is Wheat Boule from Rosemont (market), Scratch’s cream cheese, smoked salmon, dill, capers and our own pickled red onions.” — KEVIN PHELAN, Cape […]
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Rice makes the world go round, but at high environmental cost
Researchers are working on projects all over the globe to figure out how to grow it more sustainably and equitably.
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Boozy hot chocolate recaptures the magic of a childhood snow day with a grown-up twist
It’s perfect for Valentines (among other cold winter days).
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If loving a piping hot chocolate lava cake is wrong, I don’t want to be right
Two versions. We went with the easier one.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
A mother strains to hold her family together in a crisis
In ‘Landslide,’ a father’s fishing accident sets the scene for Susan Conley’s terrific new novel.
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Bedside Table: John Le Carré’s last book
“Right now I’m reading ‘Agent Running in the Field,’ by the recently deceased John LeCarré. It’s his final work, and I bought it last year but hadn’t read it yet, so when I heard of LeCarré’s passing right before Christmas I wanted to read this, his last book. In this era of shifting truths, loss […]
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Run & Eat: Get lunch to go and groceries for later at Terlingua’s market
The barbecue and Tex-Mex restaurant reopened down the street, with a new speciality market, in November.