Rebecca Tuttle has loved rhubarb since she was a kid but was first introduced to it in cake form as a young adult.
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
At Bowdoin, drawings entrance and Asian American art is reframed
Two shows, on display through June 2 at the Brunswick college’s art museum, are worth a look.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Cumberland singer Julia Gagnon makes her way into ‘American Idol’ top 20
Votes from the public and the judges will determine whether Gagnon makes the top 14 on Monday’s episode.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Art review: Immerse yourself in Emilie Stark-Menneg’s fantastical world
Her show at the Farnsworth is the first in series featuring the next generation of Maine artists.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Grammys 2024 predictions: Who will win, who should win and the Taylor Swift of it all
The awards air Sunday night on CBS.
Posted inLocal & State
How Maine changed in a turbulent 2023
The year saw record-breaking weather, housing prices, homelessness and violence, with the Lewiston shootings leaving the biggest impact on our state.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’ is stuck in second gear
Ferrari starts with some ancient history: archival footage of Enzo Ferrari racing cars as a young man in the 1920s, just a few decades into the automobile age, long before he founded his eponymous automobile company. Watching him zoom around the track in grainy black and white is thrilling. But, wait a minute – how […]
Posted inFood & Dining, 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 inFood & Dining, 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
A history of books in wartime – and of unexpected book-burners
Accounts from Andrew Pettegree’s ‘The Book at War’ will make you wonder what role books are playing in current conflicts.