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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, Recipes
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.
Posted inChop-Chop, Food
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.
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Runner, writer and Yarmouth resident Jen Van Allen talks about her new book, “Run to Lose: A Complete Guide to Weight Loss for Runners.”
Cookie cutter diet strategies won’t work, she says.
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Cookbook review: ‘The Seasonal Jewish Kitchen’ offers beautiful and intriguing recipes
Amelia Saltsman captures the way Jews worldwide have adapted local ingredients to fit their tradition.
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For some people, lack of love at first bite is real
We asked Portlanders what food, drink and dining habits would make them say no to a second date.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Falmouth: Students get pragmatic lessons
A Cumberland County class on savory pies has many takeaways for the home kitchen.
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A tiny but delicious crop of Asian pears is growing in Maine
Will the fruit take root here? A few farms are experimenting to see what varieties might thrive.
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Hard-to-find lingonberries find a place on one Down East farm
The berries with Scandinavian roots are making a go of it – accidentally – alongside wild blueberries.