Personalized mustard makes a great gift, and a grainy version goes great in a creamy sauce for chicken thighs.
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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Lynn Steger Strong turns her lens to sibling tensions amid grief in new novel
‘Flight’ is set at a family’s first Christmas gathering since their mother died. Resentment and love are intertwined.
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The Wrap: LB Kitchen’s move nears, Purple House opens for a pop-up
Plus, Izakaya Minato wins plaudits for an oyster dish.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Grow your own mushrooms
Not comfortable with foraging? Bored by shopping? There’s another way.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
A handful of companies make salt from the Gulf of Maine using sustainable methods
No question, when it comes to salt, buy local.
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The secret to a bold weeknight pasta sauce? A little anchovy boost.
A can of crushed tomatoes simmered with the oily canned fish turns into a flavorful sauce in minutes.
Posted inFood, Restaurant reviews
At its sit-down spot in Portland’s Public Market, Mr. Tuna wows
The restaurant, which grew out of several popular food trucks, earns 4 stars for consistent, creative and precise sushi.
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A real-life food critic reviews on-screen food critics
‘The Menu,’ ‘The Bear’ and other movies and TV shows about restaurants inevitably include portrays of food critics. Some hit closer to home than others.
Posted inFood, Recipes
A lentil and pasta soup that serves as a respite in this hectic season
A simple, flavorful combination of lentils, torn pasta, spices and herbs.
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The Ten Best Books of 2022
The best fiction and nonfiction works of the past year, five each, according to The Washington Post.