And if there were ever a time for an adaptable recipe, it’s now.
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 centuries-old fermented Asian flavoring is finding fans in Maine
Made from mixing mold with grains or beans, “Koji is an enzymatic action hero” that will kick your cooking up several notches.
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An aspiring writer navigates writing and romance in Lily King’s latest
Though in crisis, ‘Writers & Lovers’ protagonist Casey Peabody refuses to give up on her creative dreams.
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Alvarez returns with a stunning reflection on loss
Writer Julia Alvarez is back with her first novel in almost 15 years.
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Can’t find flour at the store? We’ve got you covered
These recipes for muffins, cookies and cake don’t require it.
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Green Plate Special: With egg purchases limited, make your eggs count
Count cartons of eggs among the grocery items we are anxiety-hoarding during the coronavirus.
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Homefront: Never a better time for tomato sauce
How are you passing the time in the kitchen as we wait out the pandemic?
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Dine In Maine: Restaurants are forced to reinvent themselves
Said one restaurateur: “When they said you couldn’t have anybody in the store, it was basically like coming up with a whole new restaurant in a matter of hours.”
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Vegan Kitchen: Coronavirus Diary
Vegan Kitchen columnist Avery Yale Kamila cooks, grocery shops, records — and takes the pandemic day by day.
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When Thoreau went to walk in the Maine Woods
Scholars, conservationists and Penobscot Nation members retrace the famous transcendentalist’s route in this book of essays about his sojourns in the state.