Beluga lentils play well with grape tomatoes, shallots and matchstick cuts of kohlrabi or broccoli stems.
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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Susan Minot’s new story collection demonstrates her range and versatility
Couples in various stages of involvement are at the center of many of the beautifully distilled tales in ‘Why I Don’t Write.
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Bedside table: The interlocking stories in ‘The Overstory’ form a paean to trees
‘The Overstory’ by Richard Powers. W.W. Norton & Company. Paperback, 512 pages, $18.95
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The joy, commitment and hard work behind a friendship ‘too big to fail’
‘Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close’ gives friendship the same respect as society normally reserves for marriage and family.
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Maine Gardener: When you plant a garden, first check the view from your windows
Curb appeal, schmerb appeal. Unless you’re selling your house, the view from inside the house will reward you far more richly.
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Anglo-Thai chef’s simple recipe for spicy fried-egg salad at home
It’s light, fresh and herbal, with the characteristic Thai flavors of sweet, spicy, salty and sour.
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Vinland restaurant closes permanently
The famously all-local restaurant in Portland could not survive the pandemic.
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Bedside Table: A stack of Bruce Robert Coffin mysteries
This reader read the first Detective Byron mystery by the local writer, and couldn’t stop.
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‘Intimations’: Exquisite essays wring truths from the pandemic
Zadie Smith’s slim but amply perceptive volume is a kind of balm in an anxious year.
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Homefront: David Lebovitz to the rescue when peaches reach peak
A French tart – Moelleux aux fruits d’ete – is the landing point for some Maine peaches.