Peggy is the editor of the Food & Dining section and the books page at the Portland Press Herald. Previously, she was executive editor of Cook’s Country, a Boston-based national magazine published by America’s Test Kitchen. She spent several years in Texas as food editor at the Houston Chronicle. Peggy has taught food writing to graduate students at New York University and Harvard Extension School. She worked for seven years at the James Beard Foundation in New York and spent a year as a journalism fellow at the University of Hawaii. Her work has appeared in “Best of Food Writing” in 2017 and in “Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing” in 2008.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2019
Hunting: There’s more than one way to hunt for waterfowl
From Arkansas to Utah to Quebec, different regions have different methods.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2019
Maine Gardener: Over the years, fall cleanup in the garden has evolved
When you think of your garden as a colorful extension of nature, there’s less deadheading and less order, but more food and habitat for creatures who need it.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2019
Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates imagines a magical means to freedom
In relating the story of slave Hiram Walker, ‘The Water Dancer’ ‘offers much more than a relatively easy indictment of history.’
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PublishedOctober 6, 2019
A young man’s soul-search finds him in a boxing ring
In ‘Roughhouse Friday,’ writer Jaed Coffin explores themes of family and masculinity.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2019
Theater review: A young couple gets their dream home – for free
But as it turns out, they find there is no such thing as a truly free house.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Author Ann Hood to speak in Kennebunkport
She will read from her latest book, ‘Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love and Food.’
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Art review: Mark Baum’s bifurcated career on view at Maine Jewish Museum
He painted landscapes and cityscapes in a primitive style until 1958, then changed to an abstract mode.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Green Plate Special: Food for Thought tour in Portland delivers on its promise
Eat well and learn Maine’s food systems, bite by delicious bite.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Review: ‘Where’s My Roy Cohn?’ is a blunt, absorbing account of a master manipulator’s life and crimes
The documentary takes its title from words President Trump uttered after what he perceived as a betrayal by his then-attorney general, Jeff Sessions.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Deep Water: ‘History Lesson’ by Christopher Locke
Maine poems edited and introduced by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc.
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