The Nick is hosting a screening of the documentary and a panel discussion next week.
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, Books
Bestsellers: ‘The Women,’ ‘Secrets of the Octopus’
This week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
When posting pictures of your yard, beware of plant shamers
Non-native plants and patches of grass can have a place at your home, no matter what the internet trolls say.
Posted inRestaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: If you missed Paella Seafood in its first run, go now
After a fire, the restaurant relocated into a more spacious home on Forest Avenue, and its eponymous dish is the best version our critic has had in Maine.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Collection spans the life of Maine poet Jeri Theriault
‘Self-Portrait as Homestead’ captures the loss of parents, marriage and more.
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Crispy Buffalo chicken bites add loads of flavor to this crunchy salad
When people who don’t know me find out that I work in food, they sometimes mistake me for some sort of hoity-toity culinary snob. They assume that I’m out dining at the hottest new restaurant whenever I’m not cooking elaborate meals at home. Little do they know, that couldn’t be further from the truth. While […]
Posted inRecipes
Home Plates: For this Shapleigh woman, a farm stand customer’s rhubarb cake recipe became a rite of spring
Rebecca Tuttle has loved rhubarb since she was a kid but was first introduced to it in cake form as a young adult.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Two shows of photography – and a limitless array of techniques
Catch these Portland exhibitions at the University of New England Art Gallery and Maine Museum of Photographic Arts.
Posted inRecipes
This spicy bucatini with crab is a restaurant dish worth making at home
Do you ever wonder what your favorite chefs cook at home, when they’re in their own kitchens, away from the chaos of the restaurant? Do dishes from their menus ever end up on their dining room tables? Well, this recipe is an answer. It comes from Stephanie Dietz, who runs the Pink Dinghy in Virginia […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Storm Surge,’ by Steve Luttrell
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.