Shonna Milliken Humphrey has written a memoir, a novel and now an ode to gin.
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).
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Green Plate Special: If 2 people and a ham spells eternity …
… then 4 people and a porterhouse is just right. It’s holiday time, so don’t stint on the porcini butter.
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Maine Gardener: Gifts for the gardener in your life
They’ll thank you later for seeds, tools or a gift certificate to a local nursery.
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After a letter goes missing, an ifferent story plays out
When the Ds begin to disappear from an English town, a ‘sensible and resourceful’ girl sets out on a thoroughly modern quest for the truth.
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Bedside Table: Three Things: a fast read, beautiful writing, and an indelible heroine
Bonus: “Three Things I Know are True” is set in Maine.
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Author Debra Spark on writing
Spark, who teaches writing at Colby, has released a new book of essays on fiction. Just don’t ask her to reread her own early works.
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Bedside Table: Camus’ ‘The Plague” is definitely not escapist reading
Nonetheless, it offers hope.
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‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ was a classic. Does Betty Smith’s follow-up warrant reconsideration?
An editor rediscovers ‘Tomorrow Will Be Better,’ and the book turns out to be surprisingly modern.
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Water, flour and salt add up to Christmas ornaments that spell love
Or maybe crazy? Here’s how to make your own salt-dough decorations.
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In the winter a gardener’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of houseplants
And some of them are really weird.