In most recipes a pecan can stand in for a walnut, a cashew for a Brazil nut, yada yada yada, with just a few small considerations.
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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What did Shakespeare really look like? One writer’s quest to find out
In his lively new book ‘Stalking Shakespeare,’ Lee Durkee chronicles his adventure seeking answers about the Bard’s identity.
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This lemony pasta with smoked salmon is a low-lift, 30-minute recipe
A bonus? You can easily adapt it to use up leftover bits of whatever you’ve got.
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This clam toast is a shortcut to the classic New Haven pizza
If you can’t get to Connecticut soon, this 10-minute French bread pizza recipe will give you a taste of a regional favorite.
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‘Hatchet Island’ is multilayered and gripping from the get-go
With missing people, murder victims, endangered puffins, racism and romance, Paul Doiron’s 13th Mike Bowditch mystery is jampacked.
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The spicy margarita is everything we want in a warm-weather drink
Adding spice to a margarita should be an exercise in balance and restraint, not an extreme-sport challenge.
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Bedside table: ‘Spare’ by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Potted plants add lots of interest to your garden
Give some thought to the pots, the soil and the plants themselves.
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A woman struggles to hold her fragile family – and herself – together in ‘Lungfish’
Set on an unnamed island in Maine, Portland writer Meghan Gilliss’ first novel is evocative and haunting.
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Wanted: Home cooks who can write
A new column will feature recipes from Mainers’ kitchens.