If you’ve followed along on my ongoing efforts to create the crunchiest, most flavor-packed tofu possible, you know that I’m a fan of using cornstarch to get that crust. Last year ago, I found what I thought was the uber-recipe, one that calls for you to press moisture out of the tofu before marinating it […]
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘More,’ by Deborah Cummins
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Posted inReview
Art review: Cove Street ‘Retrospective’ covers Jon Imber’s range
The Portland gallery is also showing the photography of John and Cynthia Orcutt.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
This is not a ‘Tenet’ review – here’s why
In the world as we once knew it, you would be reading my review of “Tenet” right about now. Christopher Nolan’s time-twisty sci-fi thriller starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson has always been highly anticipated. Now it’s become a COVID-19-era battle flag. Back in March, as theaters around the country began to shutter due […]
Posted inFood, Recipes
Homefront: Use garden veggies if you’ve got ’em in these easy, meat-free dishes
But the grocery store variety will do just fine.
Posted inRecipes
This giant, puffy Dutch baby, topped with fresh fruit, is a great way to start – or end – your day
One of the saving graces of this pandemic for my son has been his magnetic tiles. He puts them together and takes them apart, as often and in as many ways as he wants. I feel the same way about milk, flour, eggs and butter: Four basic ingredients that can be mixed and matched and […]
Posted inFood, Recipes
The best summer tomato salads use just a few ingredients to generate big flavors
Keeping it simple doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice flavor.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
This is pioneering rocker Cidny Bullens’s ninth album – but his first since identifying as a man
The part-time Mainer released ‘Walkin’ Through the World’ last month.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Is TV getting us emotionally prepared to leave the planet? ‘Away’ and ‘Raised by Wolves’ sure make it seem so
Raise your hand if you used to be one of those people who were not at all interested in going to Mars. (Boring, costly and creepy – right? To say nothing of viable.) But lately? After those endless refrains of “Tomorrow Belongs to Me” during the Republican National Convention? And now armed teenagers going militia […]
Posted inDo This, Food
Bar Guide: How to make a well-crafted mocktail
Tips and recipes for nonalcoholic beverages that are far from boring.