Archives: June 2004
’tis a gift to be simple
Most people think “Shaker cooking” means simplicity, and though they are able to appreciate the aesthetic in architecture and furniture, when applied to cooking the ideal of simplicity suggests boring restrictions, as though a meager bowl of gruel would be the daily fare. Such assumptions could not be further from the truth. For the Shakers, “simplicity” in cooking came in…
Ethnic Choices
French-Canadian food has been hard to find except at Memère’s house and in the diner ambiance of Chez Vachon (625-9660) on Manchester’s West Side, where Chef/owner Paul Normand serves poutine with the proper tangy cheese curds, hearty tourtiere (pork pie) and savory paté called cretons. But a new addition is Frenchy Family Restaurant (524-5299), hidden inside Belknap Mall in Belmont….
South of the Border Without a Plane
OK, you want to create the perfect Mexican meal. First, you buy a plane ticket to Oaxaca, Michoacan, Mexico City and the Guadalajara region. In those places, you gather all the ingredients — agave for the tequila, chipotle and tomatillos for the sauces, chorizo for the fajitas and so on. Then, to create an authentic environment, you buy the wares…
The Gourmet Buzz
The Modern gets modern. Word has it that a new upscale Japanese restaurant will be opening soon in the location of the former Modern Restaurant in Nashua. Initial plans are underway also for an Irish pub, with entertainment, in the former bike shop on Main Street, bordering the Nashua River. At Factory 57, the three-level eatery on Factory Street, cabaret-style…
Battle of the Briquettes
The minute the temperature climbs above 60 degrees, the smell of charcoal-broiled food wafts through my neighborhood. I’m pretty sure that my husband and I are the only two people on our street who don’t own a grill, or even a hibachi. I have to admit that it’s all my fault, mainly because I don’t trust myself around anything that…
Celebrating Independence Day
Sure, every American has a right to feel all red, white and blue on the 4th of July, but it seems New Hampshire’s Seacoast should have special flag-waving privileges on that day. After all, the American Revolution really started there. On Dec. 14, 1774, four months before “the shot heard ’round the world” in Concord, Mass., Seacoast patriots captured a…
Exercising in the Heat – Safely
Ah, summer! Long sunny days, warm evenings, more time in the great outdoors. After a long, cold winter, we just can’t wait to get out and enjoy the road, the water, the trails. Out comes the bike or the kayak — or both. The garden calls, and why not enlarge it this year? And let’s build that deck we’ve been…
July Letters
Praise from the Past Thank you for writing such a wonderful feature . It is so well written, I can’t say enough about the structure, the facts, the flavor. It’s simply wonderful. I never told my son that I had sent that photo, what a treat for him to see his face in your magazine! It’s such a great piece!…
Unflagging Dedication
It’s a famous image of a simpler time: the 1914 display of the “Great Flag” created by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. And it’s a good image to gaze at from time to time, especially in times like these. “The largest American flag ever made” hangs proudly, surrounded by the mill workers who wove the cloth and stitched it all together….
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