Over the next decade or so, the city saw five more vegetarian restaurants and shops open.
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 inRecipes
Napa cabbage gives this wedge salad extra crunch
My spouse, Grace, used to drive to Hudson, New York, a full hour from our house, to get their hair cut. To make the trip extra worth it, Grace would time the appointments to bring home a roast chicken from Kitty’s Market, an adorable cafe near the train station there that makes sensational rotisserie chicken. […]
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Posted inRecipes
Lemon poppy seed pancakes are a bright, textured delight
Pancakes are often considered a spurge that veers away from healthy breakfast goals – a reputation that isn’t entirely unwarranted. Since many batters are made primarily with white flour, sugar and butter, they’re literally a type of cake cooked in a pan – fine to eat now and then, but not every day. On the […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Shelter Along the Trail,’ by Sandy Stott
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Move over, roses. Here’s what you should plant for a fragrant garden
Herbs, lilies and lilacs are among the options.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘James,’ ‘There’s Always This Year’
Last week’s top-selling books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Seinfeld and friends remake the Pop-Tarts origin story in ‘Unfrosted’
“Unfrosted” may be the Platonic ideal of the Netflix movie: ephemeral, edible, enjoyable, forgettable. It’s essentially Jerry Seinfeld inviting everyone in his Rolodex to come on over for an extended hang to parody the current craze for trademark biopics – you know, those corporate biographies of beloved/nostalgic brands: “Air,” “BlackBerry,” “Tetris,” “Flamin’ Hot,” et al. […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State, Review
Portland Symphony Orchestra takes audience from Spain to Austria
The performance Tuesday at Merrill Auditorium featured guest soloist Pepe Romero and Gustav Mahler’s ‘Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
From Ken Loach, master of the mundane, a portrait of hope amid despair
The third installment in Ken Loach’s unofficial trilogy of films set in austerity-era northeastern England, “The Old Oak” looks at what happens when immigrant families from Syria arrive in an economically depressed former coal-mining town near Durham. Set in 2016 – the year many Syrian immigrants first came to Britain – and said to be […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Review: ‘Angels in America’ takes intimate look at unraveling relationships
Portland Stage and Dramatic Rep are jointly producing the acclaimed play in two parts. The second will be staged in the fall.