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).

Chop-Chop, Food

Maine chef Brian Hill is living the dream

by Peggy Grodinsky March 4, 2015March 18, 2015

The owner of Francine Bistro and Shepherd’s Pie, a six-time nominee for Best Chef: Northeast, talks rock ‘n’ roll and the magic of a really good restaurant.

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What’s that? Flower frogs

by Peggy Grodinsky March 1, 2015February 26, 2015

In honor of the annual Portland Flower Show, which opens Wednesday with a Gala & Awards Ceremony, we bring you flower frogs. If you know what these are, you may be dating yourself – one local florist I spoke with (who doesn’t use them) called them “vintage” and “old-fashioned.” In our book, though, that’s practically […]

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What’s that? Double-sided paper

by Peggy Grodinsky February 8, 2015February 6, 2015

Remember the paperless office? It was first forecast some 40 years ago, but based on white paper use in my own office (and the last one, and the one before that – all in the field of publishing), we’ve a ways to go. An informal survey of friends in fields from architecture to retail to […]