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, Maine Gardener

Stop and smell the roses – and the jasmine and the hyacinth and the bee balm …

by Tom Atwell July 21, 2019July 12, 2019

Gardeners often plant chiefly with their eyes, but incorporating their noses can make gardens even nicer.

Food, Recipes, Vegan Kitchen

Maine vegans talk shop: How to buy and cook vegan ‘meats’

by Avery Yale Kamila July 21, 2019July 18, 2019

Two brands command the greatest popularity here.

Food, Recipes

Hot summer months practically scream for a cold pasta salad with light, bright pesto

by AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN For the Associated Press July 21, 2019July 12, 2019

But using pesto with cold pasta presents a few challenges.

Outdoors, Sports

Birding: What’s in a name? A lot, it turns out

by Herb Wilson July 21, 2019July 20, 2019

Some thought-provoking ideas emerge when birders put together the annual supplement to the American Ornithologists Society’s Check-list of North American Birds.