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, Recipes

Dine In Maine: Beyond bagels at The Purple House

by Andrew Ross November 22, 2020November 21, 2020

The final in a series in which we share a recipe, here for Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad, from a 2020 Beard Award finalist.

Recipes

This sheet-pan cornbread dressing has even more of the crispy, crunchy bits we love

by Ann Maloney The Washington Post November 22, 2020November 18, 2020

Thanksgiving bonus: The flat profile of the sheet pan means you can fit multiple dishes in your oven at once.

Food, Recipes

Mix and match for the pie of your dreams

by Erin Jeanne McDowell Special To The Washington Post November 22, 2020November 18, 2020

‘Thanksgiving is to pie what cake is to birthdays.’

Food, Maine Gardener

Maine Gardener: When it comes to Christmas trees, balsam or Fraser?

by Tom Atwell November 22, 2020November 21, 2020

Each of the firs has its advantages: The balsam smells wonderful. The Fraser doesn’t lose its needles as fast.

Food, Recipes

Homefront: The casserole of her heart is a simplified eggplant parm

November 22, 2020November 20, 2020

Thank you, Sam Sifton.

Food, Vegan Kitchen

Vegan Kitchen: Why can’t we all just get along?

by Avery Yale Kamila November 22, 2020November 18, 2020

Tension around the turkey? Some Thanksgiving tips for a meeting of the minds, if not the palates, of vegans, vegetarians and carnivores.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

‘Moonflower Murders’ offers 2 mysteries for the price of 1

by Michael Dirda Special To The Washington Post November 22, 2020November 16, 2020

In ‘Moonflower Murders,’ clues to solving the brutal murder of a wedding guest may lie within the murder mystery novel within the murder mystery novel.