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).

Food, Maine Gardener

Grow: Bulbs

by Tom Atwell September 26, 2021September 20, 2021

Plant them in the fall for cheer and joy come spring.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

‘From the Mountains to the Sea’ offers a meticulous account of the restoration of the Penobscot River

by Tobias Carroll September 19, 2021September 18, 2021

A broad spectrum of people and groups came together with a common goal – and they actually got something done.

Food, Recipes

Leftover bacon grease is liquid gold

by Aaron Hutcherson The Washington Post September 19, 2021September 12, 2021

Here’s how to put it to good use.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Jane Austen makes a cameo in a charmer about friendship and the literary life

by Carole Burns Special to The Washington Post September 19, 2021September 13, 2021

‘Jane Austen and Shelley in the Garden’ whisks readers to Cambridge, Wales and Venice, in the company of a delightful gang of scholars

Food, Vegan Kitchen

Dairy farmers have an opportunity, if only the state would help

by Avery Yale Kamila September 19, 2021September 19, 2021

Don’t milk cows. Grow plant-based proteins instead. The switch would benefit farmers, farm towns and the Maine economy, but government assistance is needed.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Bedside table: These campers, perforce, are rolling stones

September 19, 2021September 13, 2021

“Anyone who has ever vacationed in a camper or motor home will enjoy reading ‘Nomadland.’ The author, journalist Jessica Bruder, followed campers who lived in their vehicles full time. There are two kinds of people who travel in campers, she writes, the middle class and the Nomads. Full-timers are the new Nomads. They travel from […]