Its ripple effects are still being felt, such as considerable changes in the American diet.
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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A Vietnamese boy grows up in a small Pennsylvania town and searches for his place in the world
In Phuc Tran’s memoir “Sigh, Gone,” books, punk rock and encouraging teachers all help him to eventually flourish.
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Green Plate Special: Spice is nice, especially when it’s local
A farm in Scarborough has just begun to sell ground sumac from local trees, a spice much used in cookery of the Levant.
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Maine Gardener: How to grow hydrangeas
These shrubs are showy, but also can be finicky. Choose wisely.
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The Best 15 places for takeout in Greater Portland
Instead of a ‘Best of’ list, we’re doing something different. Blame the pandemic.
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Green Plate Special: Advice we can follow: Stay cool, and eat more pie
Banana Cream Pie keeps your kitchen, and you, cool.
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Maine Gardener: Prep now for a better garden next year
It might be boring, but so will next spring if you’re housebound with nothing to do.
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Bedside Table: A Maine Spiritualist camp drew thousands in its early 20th-century heyday
“The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna” by Mira Ptacin. 218 pages. Liveright/Norton. $26.95
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In this moving debut novel, Maine writer Betty Culley tells a tangled tale in free verse
Set in the aftermath of a terrible gun accident, ‘Three Things I Know are True” revolves around 15-year-old Liv, her immobile brother, his best friend and an upcoming trial about who is at fault for the tragedy.