In a common American story, ketchup immigrated from abroad and adapted once it reached these shores.
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).
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Dive into a gyro, with lamb and yogurt sauce in a pita
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‘Happiness Is Baking’ assembles ’70s icon Maida Heatter’s best recipes
The recipes are extremely reliable, and the sweets they produce consistently good, though not pioneering.
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Bean salad with fresh corn and avocado is just right for summer
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Ham salad, a retro throwback, keeps its cool by losing the mayo
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Phone apps help find unsold food and reduce waste
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Read the youth winners of the 2019 Maine Literary Awards
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Dartmouth class researches college’s relationship to farming
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