The Press Herald’s former features editor comes clean about her origin story as she takes on a new role.
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, Maine
Society Notebook: A colorful affair to celebrate Equality Community Center
The collaborative space in Portland held its first holiday party at Maine Studio Works.
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Posted inDo This, Food
Pick up Chicken Provençal from Sissle & Daughters for a restaurant meal at home
The Forest Avenue wine bar and grocer has grab-and-go meals that you can heat up in the oven and pair with its prepared sides.
Posted inRecipes
Thai panang curry paste punches up this pumpkin noodle soup
In the summer of 2020, well before Americans had access to coronavirus vaccines, and while many businesses remained closed to the public, Wedchayan “Deau” Arpapornnopparat and his wife, Tongkamal “Joy” Yuon, opened a pop-up restaurant in Los Angeles. They named it Holy Basil, after the perennial shrub whose purple-tinged green leaves flavor many Thai stir-fries. […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Keep art galleries in mind when you’re making your holiday gift list
Galleries offer actual art, books and other merchandise for art appreciators, artists and collectors.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘In December We Talk,’ by Mike Bove
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘James,’ ‘Serviceberry’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Here’s what’s new in Maine gardening catalogs so you can place your orders now
A lime-green snack cucumber, disease-resistant corn and a Hungarian potato are among the new offerings.
Posted inFood
12 stylish holiday food gifts for stylish food people
Remember when holiday shopping was fun? Now November and December bring an onslaught of dupes and deals, filling your inbox and Instagram feed, telling you to buy buy buy this this this. And all those Black Friday specials, which might or might not actually be special and may or may not end up in a […]
Posted inFood
Lift your spirits with a figgy fortified wine punch for the holidays
There’s a trope that happens again and again in action movie fight sequences: Our hero, having bested a series of Lesser Henchpersons, enters the ring to face the next-to-last challenger. This is not the Final Boss – who as the mastermind of fiendish plots is usually both an intellectual and physical threat – but the […]