When Klancy Miller launched her fundraising campaign for For the Culture in December 2019, the food media world took notice. With the mission of “A magazine celebrating Black women and femmes in food and wine,” it is believed to be the first of its kind dedicated to the task. Now, more than a year later, […]
Leslie Bridgers
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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.
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Start your whiskey collection with these 10 bottles
A proper sherried malt is a beautiful thing to behold. Burgundy liquid brimming with the richness of over-ripened stone fruit, it balances aromatic intensity against structural nuance. While a seasoned whisky enthusiast might count one as the ultimate dram, savvy investors see it as an ideal asset. The Macallan 25 – a bottle exhibiting all […]
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Dine In Maine: A drier January, restaurant video games and servers on social media
Try these stand-ins for alcoholic beverages and the restaurant experience.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Miss visiting museums? Engaging with art on a tiny phone screen can actually be rewarding
Last week, you might say I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Generous terms, of course, for what was actually just me waving my phone around in my apartment. With “The Met Unframed,” online through Feb. 15, you can “visit” four exhibitions and the Great Hall, and interact with 46 works from the New York […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
The movie ‘Bliss’ is like rip-off of ‘The Matrix,’ only smarter (and a little less awesome)
There’s powerful “The Matrix” energy (minus the Bullet Time) surrounding “Bliss,” a sci-fi flick in which a sad-sack divorced dad named Greg (Owen Wilson) suddenly learns that everything and almost everyone around him – his dead-end job in a dumpy town, his angry boss (Steve Zissis), his estranged teenage son (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.), the daughter […]
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A closer look at Robert Duncanson, the Black landscape artist behind the inaugural painting presented to the Bidens
Moments after laying out his vision for the country with his own broad, bold brushstrokes, newly inaugurated President Joe Biden set his sights on another hopeful vision of America. At the inaugural gift-giving ceremony in the Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., presented Biden and first lady Jill Biden with “Landscape with […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Movie about film fan who spends isolation glued to the screen feels all too familiar
‘Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream’ isn’t set during the pandemic but reflects what some people are experiencing.
Posted inDo This, Food
Tap Lines: Maine breweries aim to reduce their impact on the environment
Their efforts include recycling programs, solar installations and capturing carbon dioxide.
Posted inRecipes
Find out why Anthony Bourdain’s boeuf bourguignon is one of The Washington Post’s most popular recipes ever
There are more than 9,200 recipes in The Washington Post archives, and we’re adding more every day. The new dishes are what tend to capture the most attention, but there are certain entries that keep trucking along, gathering a reliable stream of readers years after they were first published. We don’t always know exactly why. […]
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A beautiful couple argues in the angsty, self-consciously arty ‘Malcolm Marie’
The title characters of “Malcolm & Marie,” an up-and-coming film director and his gorgeous, whippet-thin girlfriend, are just getting home from his latest premiere as the movie opens. It’s around 1 a.m. in Malibu, California, and as they enter the chic, low-slung house where they’re staying, they don’t say a word. Hiking up her spangly […]