{"id":4977,"date":"2011-11-25T10:14:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T17:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=4977"},"modified":"2011-11-25T10:14:04","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T17:14:04","slug":"december-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/december-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DEC11cov_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4978\" style=\"margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;\" title=\"DEC11cov_sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DEC11cov_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><strong>Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>25\u00a0\u00a0 The Big Bank Theory<br \/>\nBanks and credit unions across Maine offer wildly different rates. Compare with us.<br \/>\nFrom Staff &amp; Wire Reports<\/p>\n<p>32\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Creature Comforts<br \/>\nHolidays are for animals, too!<br \/>\nBy Ariel L. Martin<\/p>\n<p>37\u00a0\u00a0 Booking the Cooks<br \/>\nWhen chefs are in the weeds, they turn to recipes they believe in. But which ones?<br \/>\nBy Diane Hudson<\/p>\n<p>40\u00a0 Enchanted Forest<br \/>\nWhat makes Storybrooke, Maine, the\u00a0perfect place to exile fairy tale characters\u00a0in ABC\u2019s <em>Once Upon a Time<\/em>?<br \/>\nInterview by Colin W. Sargent<\/p>\n<p>45 Love that Dirty Waters<br \/>\n<em>Hairspray<\/em> director John Waters is here\u00a0to jingle your bells at State Theatre.<br \/>\nInterview by Colin W. Sargent<\/p>\n<p>47 Seasons\u2019 Delights<br \/>\nThis gourmet 2012 food calendar of seasonal yummies will turn up your burners all year long.<br \/>\nBy Judith Gaines<\/p>\n<p>53\u00a0 Ring in the New<br \/>\nWith so many romantic getaways, where will you pop the champagne in 2012?<br \/>\nBy Lindsey B. Anderson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Departments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>12 \u00a0From the Editor<\/p>\n<p>14 \u00a0Letters<\/p>\n<p>16 \u00a0Imperat\u00edfs<\/p>\n<p>18 \u00a0Goings On<\/p>\n<p>23 \u00a0Chowder<\/p>\n<p>56 \u00a0Dining Guide<\/p>\n<p>57 \u00a0Restaurant Review<br \/>\nAcademe Brasserie and Tavern<\/p>\n<p>60 \u00a02011 Gift Guide<\/p>\n<p>81 \u00a0House of the Month<br \/>\n\u201cBishop Sacrifice\u201d<\/p>\n<p>88 \u00a0New England<br \/>\nHomes &amp; Living<\/p>\n<p>93 \u00a0Fiction<br \/>\n\u201cSeasonus Exodus\u201d<br \/>\nBy Robert Busby<\/p>\n<p>95 \u00a0Flash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Features 25\u00a0\u00a0 The Big Bank Theory Banks and credit unions across Maine offer wildly different rates. Compare with us. From Staff &amp; Wire Reports 32\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Creature Comforts Holidays are for animals, too! By Ariel L. Martin 37\u00a0\u00a0 Booking the Cooks When chefs are in the weeds, they turn to recipes they believe in. But which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-toc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4977"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5057,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977\/revisions\/5057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}