Dean Merrill wanted to create a baseline for best practices once filmmaking starts up again.
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.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special
Green Plate Special: Bookend tomato season with confit now, consomme later
When you’ve had your fill of them fresh off the vine, these recipes will be waiting.
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Posted inFood, Recipes
Homefront: Get creative between the layers of scalloped potatoes
Spruce up the classic comfort food with chives, anchovies or spinach.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Mozzarella and marinara turn grilled chicken and vegetables into a summertime hit
Tossing some chicken and vegetables on the grill and calling it dinner is a perfectly fine summer meal strategy, but it doesn’t exactly elicit ooohs and ahhhs. This recipe pulls those familiar elements together but in a way that surely will, from its gorgeous presentation on the plate to its multiple layers of savory flavor. […]
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In ‘Expecting Amy,’ Amy Schumer shares the intimate details of what’s about to pop
Amy Schumer rose to fame telling jokes that made hilarious, self-deprecating light of lackluster sex, bad boyfriends and other foibles of young adulthood that she ingeniously flipped into more serious observations on sexism, modern feminism and a culture obsessed with body image. She’s one of those comedians for whom a stretch of personal satisfaction, including […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Call Me,’ by Nicole Chvatal
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: The time might be ripe to pick, even if the tomato isn’t
Protecting your fruit from critters is the last critical step to growing tomatoes.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Save that pasta water. It’s the key to this creamy goat cheese sauce.
A big bowl of warm pasta often was my go-to on weeknights when I didn’t feel like cooking. I’d boil it, toss it with olive oil, assorted dried herbs and grated Parmesan, and dig in. Then, I discovered how with just the tiniest bit more effort, I could go from a satisfying bowl of pasta […]
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Theater review: ‘Cupid’s Arrow’ tackles online dating during a pandemic
Footlights Theatre in Falmouth reopens with a comedy that both addresses our current health crisis, and provides relief from it.
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Rufus Wainwright is sober, battle-hardened and wrestling with the demons of middle age
The singer-songwriter, who is just about to turn 47, is using his creeping middle age to reckon with his past and future on a new album, “Unfollow the Rules.”