The festival was cancelled for two years because of the pandemic but has returned to Portland with several speakers and vegan food.
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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Book review: ‘Mother Brain’ delves into the science of how our brains are rewired by parenthood
The book interweaves research and data with personal stories from new parents.
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Sandwiches must be cut diagonally, and I’m not taking questions
After Smitten Kitchen’s Deb Perelman cut a grilled cheese horizontally, people correctly freaked out about it.
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Dine Out Maine: North Carolina barbecue? If it’s Wilson County Barbecue, bring it on!
I’ve long believed that some foods rewire your brain when you taste them. Through some combination of surprise and intensity, they forever alter your perception. Nordic salty licorice, with its breathy ammoniac undertones, is one example. Lacrima di Morro d’Alba, an Italian red wine that tastes like a glassful of liquid violets, is another. Or […]
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Book review: ‘Lucky Turtle’ tells a sweeping coming-of-age tale of romance – and heartbreak
A teenage girl, and her older self, narrate Bill Roorbach’s latest novel, which tackles big themes of abuse, racism and love.
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Maine Gardener: All about foxgloves
Which, by the way, are not poisonous in ordinary garden circumstances. (Maybe that Smartphone isn’t so smart after all.)
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Bedside table: A multi-tasking reader makes her way through a tall stack
Book recommendations from readers.
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In ‘Dinosaurs,’ Lydia Millet mourns the burdens a rich man bears
In Millet’s first novel since the scathing ‘A Children’s Bible,’ a wealthy man walks from New York to Phoenix to find purpose in his sad life of ease.
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Let the whole animal butchers who are flourishing in Maine introduce you to something new
Chat with your local butcher and head home with a ‘poodle cut,’ an ‘oyster,’ a ‘spider steak’ or one of several other unconventional cuts newly available here.
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Grocery bill going up? Here’s how to eat cheaper
With inflation affecting the price of supermarket staples, we talked to Maine food experts about shopping smart and stretching meals.