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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.

Food & Dining, Recipes

Homefront: Use garden veggies if you’ve got ’em in these easy, meat-free dishes

September 6, 2020September 8, 2020

But the grocery store variety will do just fine.

Food & Dining, Things to Do

Bar Guide: How to make a well-crafted mocktail

by Angie Bryan August 31, 2020August 31, 2020

Tips and recipes for nonalcoholic beverages that are far from boring.

Food & Dining, Things to Do

Bar Guide: Rock these cocktails with your lobster roll

by Angie Bryan August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Seafood restaurants recommend what to drink with the sandwich of summer in Maine.

Food & Dining, Things to Do

Bar Guide: Pair each of these summer activities with the perfect cocktail

by Angie Bryan August 17, 2020August 17, 2020

Have a S’moretini ’round the campfire, or a Sea Breeze while you sail.

Food & Dining, Things to Do

Bar Guide: Meet Arvid Brown, the best bartender in town

by Angie Bryan August 10, 2020August 10, 2020

The Baharat bar manager was the first winner of a new Portland bartending competition.

Arts & Entertainment

What to know about Beyoncé’s ‘Lion King’-inspired visual album ‘Black Is King’

by Sonia Rao August 9, 2020August 5, 2020

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter released “Black Is King” in the wee hours of the morning of July 31, roughly one month after publicly announcing that she had shot a companion piece to her original music released alongside the live-action “Lion King” film last year. The new visual album, streaming on Disney Plus, is “meant to celebrate the […]