The growing options for meal planning, grocery shopping and cooking can be called time-saving blessings or culture-destroying curses.
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).
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
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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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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
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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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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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.
Posted inBooks, Food
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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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.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
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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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.