Two books, ‘Forgotten Ways for Modern Days’ and ‘Plants from Pits,’ propose eco-friendly activities for house and garden.
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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‘The New Sugar & Spice: A Recipe for Bolder Baking’
Not all the recipes, which infuse exotic spices into American-style baked goods, are precise enough, but when they’re good, they’re very good.
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Barton Seaver dives deeper into sustainable seafood
With the publication of his sixth book in as many years, we ask the sustainable seafood expert and Maine resident what fuels his productivity.
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PR specialists help busy chefs in good times and bad
Their passion for food draws Gillian and Jim Britt to food-related clients who need marketing (and occasional reality checks).
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Editor’s letter: Maine’s many parks truly a gift
Even in this comparatively unpopulated place, the busy world can overwhelm. But the antidote is as close as the nearest park.
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Cookbook review: ‘Vegetarian India,’ by Madhur Jaffrey
The author’s latest cookbook lets you taste Indian food like few Americans ever do.
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For Mother’s Day, a chat with mother-daughter Mediterranean cooking experts
Writer Nancy Harmon Jenkins and chef Sara Jenkins co-authored a new cookbook on pasta.
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With the help of Portland’s Resilience Hub, a new gardener anxiously makes a plan
And the first question is … has she already killed off her strawberries?
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‘Fire + Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking’ by Darra Goldstein
Scholarship and delicious recipes come wrapped in a gorgeous package.
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No stranger to restrictions, Vinland’s famously local chef David Levi hosts Passover Seder
On the Passover holiday, and every day at Vinland, limits spur creativity, Levi says.