This time, the prize for the Portland chef could be $50,000.
Peggy Grodinsky
Staff Writer
Peggy is the editor of the Food & Dining section and the books page at the Portland Press Herald. Previously, she was executive editor of Cook’s Country, a Boston-based national magazine published by America’s Test Kitchen. She spent several years in Texas as food editor at the Houston Chronicle. Peggy has taught food writing to graduate students at New York University and Harvard Extension School. She worked for seven years at the James Beard Foundation in New York and spent a year as a journalism fellow at the University of Hawaii. Her work has appeared in “Best of Food Writing” in 2017 and in “Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing” in 2008.
Posted inCookbook Reviews, Food & Dining, Recipes
In ‘Pure Simple Cooking,’ the ideas are grand and the photos alluring
But for some of the recipes, the devil is in the details.
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Eight Maine lobster chefs claw their way to the top
When the forks are down, Avery Richter of The Black Tie Co., wins the judges’ award in this year’s Harvest on the Harbor.
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The Wrap: The Kerrymen Pub, a Saco institution, closes
‘For 40 years, people brought their joys and they brought their sorrows,’ proprietor John Kerry says.
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The Kerrymen Pub, a longtime family affair in Saco, has closed for good
After four decades, the Kerrys are hanging up their flat cap.
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Freeport photographer creates images of ‘vote’ to rev up Mainers
Kerry Michaels’ naturalistic images urge viewers to vote for the environment.
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Snakes and bats and wasps, oh my!
When you try to rewild your garden, you don’t always get what you expect.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Food & Dining, Life & Culture, Restaurant reviews
Maine Sunday Telegram Dine Out critic Andrew Ross talks shop
Is being a restaurant critic really the best job in the world?
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Food & Dining, Life & Culture, Local & State, Recipes
Recipe recalls the time that Julia Child, Mr. Rogers made spaghetti
Peter and Terry Weyl of Portland still make Marco Polo Spaghetti decades after Child taught Fred Rogers how to cook it on TV.
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‘The Volante Farms Cookbook’ is a farm-to-table tale with a warm spirit
The farm, just outside Boston, celebrates its centennial with a cookbook.