On a high stress day, what food makes you feel better? We asked a handful of Mainers who’ve faced added challenges this year.
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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Yom Kippur fasting feels different for some Jewish Mainers advocating for Gaza aid
Some of the core principles of the most solemn day on the Jewish calendar resonate with them.
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A lesson from this 91-year-old Mainer could be the key to perfecting stuffed grape leaves
Rhoda Conley has made more than 150,000 of the savory Greek dish over nearly a century.
Posted inBooks, Food, Life & Culture
In a new book, a UNE professor examines the meaning of restaurant meals
In ‘Restaurant,’ Brian Duff argues that eateries are uniquely positioned to foster conversation and connections.
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Two Maine restaurants named to New York Times annual 50 Best List
One is in Deer Isle, the other in Rockland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Review
Babs Dionne is both vicious crime boss and worried mother
Set in Waterville’s Franco-American community, ‘The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne’ is a tense, sweeping story that encompasses drug wars, a dying mill town and a mother’s love.
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Dan Brown clearly had fun writing his new book. It’s contagious
Robert Langdon is back in ‘The Secret of Secrets.’ Prepare for 600 hilariously hectic pages of murder, mayhem and New Age murmuring.
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Bestsellers: ‘Katabasis’ and ‘The Serviceberry’ top local lists
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Making spring rolls isn’t as complicated as you’d think
Granted, Oun Lido’s chef Bounahcree Kim actually did the lion’s share of the work, when I tackled item no. 6 on my 2025 culinary bucket list.
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Bestsellers: ‘Katabasis’ and ‘Coming up Short’ top local lists
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.