Leslie Bridgers

Columnist

Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.

Arts & Entertainment

The real story of ‘Inventing Anna,’ Netflix’s show about the fake heiress who scammed the rich and powerful

by Bethonie Butler The Washington Post February 20, 2022February 16, 2022

Netflix’s limited series mostly stays faithful to the actual details of a scam orchestrated by Anna Sorokin, who pretended to be a wealthy German heiress.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

With ‘Death on the Nile,’ Kenneth Branagh humanizes Hercule Poirot

by Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post February 20, 2022February 16, 2022

The latest Agatha Christie adaptation includes a top-notch cast and an entertaining plot twist.

Recipes

This stunning radicchio and grapefruit salad is pleasingly bitter

by Ellie Krieger Special To The Washington Post February 20, 2022February 15, 2022

Color compelled me to create this salad – I was drawn in by the variety of red winter produce at the market and had the urge to bring it together. But while the resulting dish turned out as beautifully as I had hoped, I was surprised to realize that the element that made it so […]

Recipes

Roast sausages over cabbage and sauerkraut for a hearty, tangy sheet-pan meal

by G. Daniela Galarza The Washington Post February 20, 2022February 15, 2022

It can take a cabbage anywhere from 40 to 150 days to grow to full size. Smaller cabbages, like bok choy, mature rather quickly. But larger ones, such as quintal d’alsace, the massive green and white cabbages that thrive in Alsace in Northeastern France, spend many months in the ground. They grow so large that […]

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State, Review

Concert review: In return to folk roots, Anaïs Mitchell finds friendly crowd at Merrill

by Steve Feeney February 18, 2022February 18, 2022

The singer-songwriter from Vermont, joined Thursday by her backing band and trio Bonny Light Horseman, mostly performed songs from her new self-titled album.