{"id":10214,"date":"2014-11-26T10:03:35","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T15:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=10214"},"modified":"2014-11-26T10:03:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T15:03:35","slug":"december-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/december-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dec2014_cvr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10215\" alt=\"dec2014_cvr\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dec2014_cvr.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dec2014_cvr.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dec2014_cvr-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dec2014_cvr-40x52.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dec2014_cvr-200x260.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>PERSPECTIVES<\/h3>\n<p>10<em> <\/em><strong>From the Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>12<em> <\/em><strong>Letters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>33<em> <\/em><strong>The Big Bank Theory: Dollar Fun<br \/>\n<\/strong>It\u2019s amazing what banks &amp;\u00a0credit unions will do to get your attention\u2013and your account.<br \/>\nFrom Staff &amp; Wire Reports<\/p>\n<h3>ART &amp; STYLE<\/h3>\n<p>15<em> <\/em><strong>Maine Classics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>17<em> <\/em><strong>Goings On<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>22<em> <\/em><strong>Chowder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>71<em> <\/em><strong>A Little Retail Therapy<\/strong><br \/>\nPerfect gifts and perfect\u00a0occasions collide in our\u00a0gift guide.<\/p>\n<p>95<em> <\/em><strong>Fiction<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cCaptain\u201d<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>By Lee Roberts<\/p>\n<h3>PERSONALITIES<\/h3>\n<p>40<strong> Lobster Mania<\/strong><br \/>\nMatt Jacobson courts 21st-century statistics to help our most delicious resource claw its way to world fame.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Story &amp; Interview by\u00a0Colin W. Sargent<\/p>\n<p>51<em> <\/em><strong>I\u2019m Not a Mainer,\u00a0But I Play One on TV<\/strong><br \/>\nFrances McDormand brings <em>Olive Kitteridge<\/em> to HBO.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>By Claire Z. Cramer<\/p>\n<p>96<em> <\/em><strong>Flash<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>FOOD &amp; DRINK<\/h3>\n<p>53<em> <\/em><strong>Delicious in Print<\/strong><br \/>\nMaine cookbooks make inspired holiday gifts.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>By Claire Z. Cramer<\/p>\n<p>58<em> <\/em><strong>Dining Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>59<em> <\/em><strong>Restaurant Review<\/strong><br \/>\nScrumptious dumplings add\u00a0wow to Bao Bao.<br \/>\nReview by Diane Hudson<\/p>\n<h3>MAINE LIFE<\/h3>\n<p>25<em> <\/em>Portland After Dark: Exploring the Outliers<br \/>\nOn your mark, get set,\u00a0get out of town.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>By Olivia Gunn<\/p>\n<h3>SHELTER &amp; DESIGN<\/h3>\n<p>87<em> <\/em><strong>House of the Month<\/strong><br \/>\nSweet stone cottage in Saco.<\/p>\n<p>90<em> <\/em><strong>New England Homes\u00a0&amp; Living<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PERSPECTIVES 10 From the Editor 12 Letters 33 The Big Bank Theory: Dollar Fun It\u2019s amazing what banks &amp;\u00a0credit unions will do to get your attention\u2013and your account. 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