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, Books, Review

A suicide in a fictional small Maine town is more than it seems

by Nell Beram February 2, 2020February 4, 2020

In ‘The Last House Guest,’ protagonist Avery Greer struggles to understand the death of her best friend, but the many turns in this thriller keep her and the reader guessing.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Charles Yu’s ‘Interior Chinatown’ brilliantly skewers Hollywood typecasting

by Carolyn Kellogg Special to The Washington Post February 2, 2020February 1, 2020

Written in the form of a screenplay, the novel stars Generic Asian Man, who is stuck playing Background Oriental Male.

Food, Restaurant reviews

Dine Out Maine: Is it a restaurant? A classroom? A vintage store?

by Andrew Ross January 26, 2020January 25, 2020

However you define it, Vessel & Vine is terrific.

Food, Maine Gardener

Maine Gardener: The king of the elms is dead. Long live the heirs to the throne

by Tom Atwell January 26, 2020January 25, 2020

Yarmouth’s beloved Herbie succumbed to Dutch elm disease 10 years ago, but thanks to amateur arborist John Hansel, you can buy a clone of the grand old tree and plant it in your yard.