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

These recipes are winners

October 25, 2020October 15, 2020

Not that we ever tire of maple syrup-doused pancakes, but here are three other delicious ways to use the syrup: in a drink, with a fish and as the base for an unusual candy.

Food, Recipes

Dine In Maine: No visa, no passport, no problem

by Andrew Ross October 18, 2020October 17, 2020

If you can’t get away because of COVID-19, your mouth, nose, eyes and even ears can transport you through food.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Twenty years after it was first published, ‘Ernie’s Ark’ feels as fresh as ever

by Joan Silverman October 18, 2020October 17, 2020

Monica Wood’s collection of linked stories is set in a Maine paper mill town and anchored by a sense of decency.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Eight decades of observing ants and their amazing adventures

by Barbara J. King Special to The Washington Post October 18, 2020October 13, 2020

Biologist Edward O. Wilson’s latest, ‘Tales from the Ant World,’ just could change how you look at ants, alternately ferocious, amazing and beautiful.