The once-temporary measure to help restaurants and bars during the pandemic became law on Monday, and now includes beer and wine by the glass as well as cocktails.
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 inDo This, Food
Eat & Run: Bake Maine Pottery Cafe gives meatloaf an upgrade, but mostly stays the same
The Washington Avenue cafe opened under new ownership at the start of the year.
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Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Tamar Adler’s new cookbook on leftovers is encyclopedic, smart and useful
‘The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z’ is filled with clever, unusual – and pretty quick – ideas for meals.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Vietnamese flavors shine in this chicken lemongrass curry
In his cookbook ‘On the Curry Trail,’ author Raghavan Iyer includes this recipe in his chapter on Vietnam.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Top this trout and dill salad with potato chips for extra fun
Doesn’t everyone need an excuse to eat potato chips for dinner?
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
A teenage boy heads toward adulthood while facing some tough circumstances
Travis Dandro’s second graphic memoir, the touching ‘Hummingbird Heart,’ paints the teen’s deeply emotional world.
Posted inFood, Recipes
TikTok’s cottage cheese ice cream is almost no effort, almost worth it
Cottage cheese, once thought of as the sad province of 1960s dieters, is getting a glow-up.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
From beech leaf disease to browntail moths, Maine’s forests face a multitude of threats
Though the state is 90 percent forested, invasive insects, diseases and a warming climate imperil the health of the trees.
Posted inFood, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out: Wander over to Nomad for exceptional pizza, magnificent meatballs and more
Nomad, a former food truck, has parked itself in the former Frontier space in Fort Andross in Brunswick, where it is turning out terrific pizzas.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
A friend’s mysterious death becomes a writer’s inspiration
In “This Isn’t Going to End Well,” Daniel Wallace explores the mysterious life of a man he thought of as a brother.