Lunch is much better mid-pandemic, offering a sense of community and a real break. Lunch is much worse – what, now we have to cook for ourselves? And everything in between.
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, Vegan Kitchen
Vegan Kitchen: Support Black-owned food businesses
Many in Portland offer a plethora of tasty vegan dishes.
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Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Garden cleanup means chores and decisions
Feed and shelter wild animals? Or clean up the mess in the perennial garden? Each approach has advantages and disadvantages.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Report from a beekeeper’s first summer
Lessons learned: heed bee warnings or get stung, and drought is tough on bees.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: The time to plant bulbs is now
The time to enjoy them is next spring.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Rumaan Alam’s ‘Leave the World Behind’ is a brilliant, suspenseful examination of race and class
The novel’s setup: the Black owners of a luxurious vacation home unexpectedly show up at their home, surprising the white family who is renting it.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: How did we get here?
‘American Nations’ has some answers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
A clandestine road trip powers Jessica Barry’s skillful second thriller
“Don’t Turn Around” hinges on two women making a nighttime drive from Lubbock to Albuquerque for a reason initially unclear.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: From bearberry to vinca, make groundcovers your friend
They have many uses in the garden, among them helping you reduce the size of your environmentally destructive lawn.
Posted inFood, Recipes
This healthful twist on the French dip is also fun finger food
Turn the sandwich into a wrap.