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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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
What I learned about life from cleaning out my freezer
A Rosh Hashanah resolution yields many universal truths – and a honey cake.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Hiking: Tackling the High Sierra on the Pacific Crest Trail
Monochromatic and seriously challenging, this section of the trail rewards the hiker with million-dollar views.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Hunting: Opening day of duck season holds charm and mystery
You never know how things might turn out, but the day is always special.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Vegan Kitchen: First we had gourmet doughnuts. Now vegan doughnuts get the star treatment
Holy Donuts introduced Mainers to vegan doughnuts in 2013. Today, lots of places carry them in lots of flavors.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
What’s Up in October?
In sum: six planets you can see (four of them with the naked eye), the return of Venus and Mars, several conjunctions (and we don’t mean “and” or “but”), and meteor showers.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Stanford assault victim Chanel Miller’s new book indicts her attacker – and the system
Known as ‘Emily Doe’ during the high-profile trial where her attacker received just a six-month prison sentence, Chanel Miller speaks out and her account haunts and horrifies.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Birding: For over 100 years, ordinary people have contributed to the field of ornithology
The web-based iNaturalist, with its social networking component, continues that tradition, in a 21st-century way.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2019
Theater review: Young friends in 1969 wrestle with Vietnam, chase sex and celebrate music
‘Rock & Roll,’ a new show by Maine playwright Kevin O’Leary, reflects on a brief era, and its lasting aftermath.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2019
Concert review: A new music director’s first concert is always a test
The PSO’s Eckart Preu passed with flying colors Sunday with two familiar works and another by a relatively unknown female composer.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2019
Maine Gardener: Climate change comes to your own backyard
What should you do to keep your plants healthy and thriving despite the heat and extremes?
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