Fresco Del Forno has an all-you-can-eat buffet and huge subs to eat there or take to go.
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
Indie Film: Wrestling through pain: WWE star from Portland joins others in frank documentary about recovery
Curt Hussey, aka Fandango or Dirty Dango, is among the ring’s superstars who talk about their struggles with addiction in ‘A Night of Recovery,’ available on Amazon Prime Video.
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Posted inFood, Recipes
Five crowd-pleasing sour cream dips for easy entertaining
Want to be popular this holiday season? Show up for a party with a creamy dip and something crisp for scooping it up. What’s not to love? Around the holidays, it’s almost essential to have quick and easy appetizers for drop-ins, potlucks or your own celebrations. When I started talking with my colleagues about creating […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: Ski-lodge soiree gives WinterKids a lift
The License to Chill event at Après in Portland raised $40,000 for programming to keep kids active in winter.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Historic photos from Caribbean paired with contemporary art of the diaspora
‘Fragments of Epic Memory’ at the Portland Museum of Art feels more like two distinct shows.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Lack of snow makes our yards less attractive and more vulnerable
A blanket of snow not only makes winter berries pop, but it protects plants underneath from the cold.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘After the Solstice,’ by W. Kent Olson
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inRecipes
A roasted garlic dressing makes this fennel salad celebration-worthy
This salad is an escape from the ordinary, an extra-special dish that is sure to shine on a holiday table. The elements that make it so exceptional – an ambrosial dressing and crisp pistachio-breadcrumb topping – take a bit more effort than you might put into an everyday salad, but that’s the point and what […]
Posted inFood, Vegan Kitchen
Plant-based food gets seat at U.N. climate summit’s table
Food finally made it onto the agenda of a United Nations’ climate change summit. The recent COP28 summit in Dubai was noted for a thick sheen of oil lobbyists, its controversial president (who heads a fossil fuel corporation), restrictions on protesters and the successful petrochemical industry push to reduce rather than phase out fossil fuels. […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘North Woods,’ ‘Maine: A Love Story’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.