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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 inArts & Entertainment, Do This
A longer-than-planned stint in Maine led to filmmaker’s ‘Come Stay’
Victoria Haynes’ short film is premiering this week at the Maine International Film Festival.
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Posted inRecipes
Three-bean salad sandwiches have the makings of a new picnic classic
I can no more remember the first time I tasted a three-bean salad than I can remember the first time I breathed. It’s always been there, at every picnic, every cookout of my life, as unchanging as the air. And for the longest time, I loved it. My mother, like so many of her generation, […]
Posted inFood
Cafe Louis’ cebiche tostada cleans up nice
Ilze Balodis of Farmington, one of 10 readers to win a restaurant gift card from the Portland Press Herald, recounts a tasty, if messy, meal at the South Portland restaurant.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: Chamber’s Imagine Portland gala inspires children’s book
The Greater Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce also recognized community leaders at its annual event.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Seasonal,’ by Suzanne Langlois
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inRecipes
Poached salmon with zucchini tzatziki is an easy but impressive dish
Poached salmon will always hold a spark of romance for me because it was the first dinner I ever made for my husband, roughly this time of year 30 years ago. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say we fell in love over that meal of buttery, flaky fish draped in a cool, creamy yogurt […]
Posted inUncategorized
Bestsellers: ‘Pitch Dark,’ ‘The Anxious Generation’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Exhibits at Space, Speedwell harness the power of grids
A nylon sculpture of an iceberg and a map of daily walks around Baltimore are among the pieces on display at two Portland shows.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review, Uncategorized
‘Fly Me to the Moon’ is saved by the stars
What do you get when you cross “Apollo 13” with a Rock Hudson/Doris Day romantic comedy? Wait, why would you even try? “Fly Me to the Moon” is a platypus of a movie, and while it definitely has its charms, bizarro and otherwise, you may be more fascinated by the baling wire holding it together […]