2023 – Page 3151 – The Portland Press Herald

Deep Water: ‘Winter Kale,’ by Jodi Paloni

January 8, 2023January 3, 2023

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

The spirit of E.M. Forster hangs over Tom Crewe’s ‘The New Life’

by Hamilton Cain Special to The Washington Post January 8, 2023January 3, 2023

Crewe’s lyrical, piercing debut lends a contemporary urgency to an exploration of same-sex intimacy and social opprobrium.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

‘The Pale Blue Eye’ a 19th-century whodunit – with Edgar Allan Poe

by Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post January 8, 2023January 5, 2023

Writer-director Scott Cooper may be as perfect an interpreter as can be imagined for Netflix’s pulpy yet high-minded adaptation of “The Pale Blue Eye,” a well-received 2003 whodunit by novelist Louis Bayard about a series of grisly 1830 murders investigated by a retired police detective and his young assistant, Edgar Allan Poe. Coming off 2021’s […]

Food

4 strategies for eating more vegetables: Start by not overthinking it

by Ellie Krieger Special to The Washington Post January 8, 2023December 31, 2022

There’s no need to overhaul your life to incorporate more vegetables into your diet; simply toss them into what you are already making.

Letters

Letter to the editor: Gripes about relief checks become pretext for jabs at Maine governor

January 8, 2023January 7, 2023

Re: A letter published Jan. 1, headlined “Mills’ checks bungled for thousands” (Page D3): It’s not surprising for someone to be upset at not having received their $850 inflation relief check. However, the author of that letter made a number of assertions that call for clarification. Referring to these checks as a “handout” is disingenuous […]

Op-eds, Opinion

Jim Fossel: Augusta Republicans need to stand up and oppose bad ideas

by Jim Fossel January 8, 2023January 10, 2023

While it’s easy to say that the take-no-prisoners approach I’m recommending would be foolish, something has to change.

Food, Recipes

Naomi Duguid explores the ‘The Miracle of Salt’ in her new cookbook

by Ivy Lerner-Frank Special to The Washington Post January 8, 2023December 31, 2022

Duguid digs deep into cooking and preserving with salt in her new, resource-rich 400-page book.

Letters

Letter to the editor: Seat belts should be part of the solution to rising Maine road fatalities

January 8, 2023January 7, 2023

The device has been around for generations, and it’s surprising that last Sunday’s editorial didn’t mention lack of compliance as a factor in traffic deaths.