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).

Arts & Entertainment, Food, Maine Gardener

Maine Gardener: These Maine-designed dresses give a whole new meaning to floral pattern

by Tom Atwell June 28, 2020June 29, 2020

Just don’t put these outfits in the laundry.

Food, Recipes, Restaurant reviews

Dine In Maine: Shop once and eat twice at Lake & Co.

by Andrew Ross June 28, 2020June 29, 2020

Because of the pandemic, the catering company has temporarily become a market and a restaurant of sorts.

Do This, Food

Run & Eat: Minato Express offers Japanese in a jiff

by Peggy Grodinsky June 22, 2020June 18, 2020

Popular Portland restaurant Izakaya Minato is making inexpensive bento boxes and more for pickup.

Food, Recipes, Restaurant reviews

Dine In Maine: Dinner Plus One explores restaurant-grocer hybrids, beginning at Local 188

by Andrew Ross June 21, 2020June 20, 2020

Order a prepared meal for one night and pick up the ingredients for a second for the next.

Food, Green Plate Special, Recipes

Green Plate Special: Eat more lobster — this is the kind of ask we really like

by Christine Burns Rudalevige June 21, 2020May 15, 2026

The lobster industry has been hit hard this year. Here’s a recipe to help you do your bit to help them.

Maine

Record dry weather in Portland region further complicates farming

by Peggy Grodinsky June 21, 2020June 21, 2020

The past month has seen less than a half-inch of rainfall, unprecedented for this time of year.

Arts & Entertainment, Food

With a new series of her own, Padma Lakshmi is at the top of her game

by Tim Carman The Washington Post June 21, 2020June 18, 2020

The host of “Top Chef” and former model grew up in two cultures. In Taste of the Nation, she interviews immigrants, and others, about their own foodways.