While such policies can infuriate customers, local restaurateurs counter that hospitality doesn’t mean taking a reservation – it means treating customers well.
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.
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‘The Harvest Baker’ isn’t groundbreaking, but when the recipes are this good – who cares?
Ken Haedrich’s book should be a mainstay in your kitchen.
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Posted inBooks, Business, Food & Dining
With hard work and a good idea, two cousins launched a fast-growing business
A new book details how Cousins Lobster grew from one food truck in one city to many food trucks, and more, around the country.
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Portland restaurateurs big fans of the Sea Dogs – and the Sea Dog Biscuit
Briana and Andrew Volk, owners of Hunt + Alpine and Little Giant, aren’t above eating cheese fries from a souvenir helmet.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
An unusual meatloaf debuts in Portland
You’ll never guess the secret ingredient.
Posted inFood & Dining, Local & State, News
Former chef of Tempo Dulu in Portland dies unexpectedly
Lawrence Klang was scheduled to start work at the Blair Hill Inn this spring.
Posted inFood & Dining
For Passover, a haroset that’s made in Maine
This recipe adds blueberries to a traditional Passover food.
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‘A Modern Way to Cook’ has great ideas, but falls short of its promised ‘quick’ meals
When all was said and done, our reviewer was left with eight things to wash, not counting the kitchen towel.
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Meet the 2018 Russell Libby Agricultural Scholarship winners
This year’s crop of farming scholarship winners are full of passion, pluck and plans.