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).

Food, Recipes

Before all the candy, celebrate Halloween with this festive dish

by Linda Gassenheimer Tribune News Service October 27, 2019October 23, 2019

Let orange and black color the dinner.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Judy Moody turns 20 (but she’s still in third grade)

by Amy MacDonald October 20, 2019October 18, 2019

Megan McDonald, the best-selling writer behind the Judy Moody and Stink books, comes to Maine.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

‘Wild Game’ is an eloquent – and lurid – tale of a mother-daughter bond gone awry

by Marion Winik Special to the Washington Post October 20, 2019October 18, 2019

Adrienne Brodeur’s miserable role in her mother’s adulterous affair, the subject of her new memoir, reverberates down the years.

Outdoors, Sports

It’s Worth the Trip: Make West Quoddy your Down East destination

by Jake Christie October 20, 2019October 17, 2019

West Quoddy State Park offers an iconic lighthouse and many classic Maine coastal views.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Life in Colonial-era Maine seen through the lens of one Thomas Doughty

by Thomas Urquhart October 20, 2019October 18, 2019

Carol Gardner’s ‘The Involuntary American’ focuses on one of history’s invisible people, who began life in Scotland, was sold into servitude and made (reasonably) good in Maine.