Archives: October 2009
Cider-Braised Red Onions and Carrots
Recipe courtesy of Farnum Hill Ciders
Hard cider can be substituted for beer and wine in many recipes. You can find Farnum Hill Ciders – made here in New Hampshire – in most liquor stores. Serves 8 INGREDIENTS 1/3 pound pancetta or bacon, sliced very thin Olive oil 6-8 red onions, peeled and quartered (leave a little of the root end to hold the layers together)…
Chicken Roasted in Hard Cider
Not just for drinking, cider makes a wonderful sauce for meat and poultry. From Helen Brody’s “New Hampshire: From Farm to Kitchen.” Serves 4 3 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon oil 3-4 pound chicken, quartered 2 large shallots, chopped 1/2 pound shiitake mushrooms, ends removed and thinly sliced 3 cups hard cider 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4…
A Political Big Top
Grab a front-row seat and enjoy the show. New Hampshire politics generally is known for its charm and earnestness. Think of town hall meetings, engaged voters challenging presidential candidates about issues at the town dump and frugal budget writers at the Statehouse. But Manchester’s political world is in almost a different universe altogether with its wacky, parochial, eye-rolling politics. This…
March Field Notes: Courser Farm Sap House
An authentic sugar shack on the Courser Farm in Warner offers visitors an up-close view of the boiling down of sap as it has been done by one family for generations. Freshly made syrup is all that is sold from this wooden sap house, built in 1957 to replace a lean-to constructed to provide syrup as a replacement for sugar…
The Portsmouth Halloween Parade
October 31, Portsmouth It’s finally the week of Halloween, and that means it’s time to put on your costume and head to Portsmouth for a unique parade experience. The Portsmouth Halloween Parade is a grassroots, all-inclusive community celebration of creativity, resourcefulness, collaboration and free expression on the Seacoast of New Hampshire. Always held on October 31st, the PHP invites everyone…
Five artists
JAFFREY – Five different artists will share the three big rooms at the Jaffrey Civic Center in October. Though diverse, the five artists share one major attribute, their need to see their world in a personal way. The participants include two painters, Judith Prager and John O’Brien. There are two photographers, Ira Gavrin and Al Karevy, and one sculptor, Jane…
‘Into the Light’
MANCHESTER – Brett Weston (1911-93) was considered by many to be brilliant, visionary, prodigious, and among the most important photographers of the twentieth century. Yet, his achievements have often been overshadowed by those of his renowned father, Edward. In the first major exhibition in 30 years to be dedicated to Brett’s prolific body of work, “Brett Weston: Out of the…
Relishing Newfound Lake
You can find a bit of everything in the Newfound Lake Region. Take Exit 23 from I-93 and discover an Irish pub, Japanese teppanyaki tables, German cuisine and world-class homemade ice cream. And at the center is one of the purest lakes in the world — 185 feet deep in parts and spring-fed. Newfound Lake and the rivers that twist…
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