When you live in New England, every summer day is a precious, fleeting thing. In a part of the country that spends three quarters of its time besieged by snow, ice, cold spring rain, nor’easters, mud and any combination of the above, it’s important to recognize summer and early fall weather for what it is — a brief respite to…
His first big brush with fame was probably when his highly touted sitcom, “The Mike O’Malley Show,” went down in flames in 1999 after only two episodes. Since then he’s become a successful actor, writer and director for film and TV. Mike O’Malley was born in Boston, lives in California, but he considers New Hampshire, where he grew up, to…
Go Undercover Upon reading the editor’s note to the “Disappointed in Sutton” letter , I felt compelled to give your magazine staff some feedback of my own. Many people cannot afford the luxury of dining at the same restaurant a number of times — thereby giving the restaurant a favorable review even though some of the dinners may have missed…
The first time I made and tasted whole-milk ricotta cheese I was a fan for life. With some buttermilk and one gallon of whole milk, I was on my way. Heating the mixture to 175 degrees and watching the separation of the curds and whey, and then the draining process and finally the packaging. So simple, so fascinating, and I…
Memorial Day is a time for picnics, parades and remembering those who have served our country in the military. In this fifth year of war in Iraq, and longer in Afghanistan, our military deserves much more than passing recognition of what they have done — and are still doing. In addition to people in the regular armed forces, more than…
Sibylle Tornow of Merrimack is a ceramic artist with a hand for drawing. As a student she studied fashion design and learned to render fashion sketches with ink. Now, as a “frustrated watercolorist,” Tornow uses a paintbrush dipped in glaze, with white porcelain stoneware as a canvas. Her images are lithe and lean, capturing the essence of each blossom or…
What you liked about Lindbergh’s Crossing remains at 29 Ceres Street. The classic French technique, the subdued light and charming ambiance of exposed bricks and rafters. And, of course, the great salads and snails. But for chef and new owner Evan Mallet, the world is now his oyster. Mallet’s culinary journey in Portsmouth started in 1998 when he and his…
First you see the old barn that’s painted pink. Then you see acres of daylilies in orange, red, purple, peach, cream, yellow, gold, apricot, white, lavender and tangerine. You’ve arrived at the Bethlehem Flower Farm, grower of some of the prettiest and hardiest daylilies in the Northeast. If Michelle Schafer had to pick her favorite daylily out of the 350…
I wonder what Abigail Adams would think. Where would our long-ago neighbor to the south stand in the current debate about whether to amend the Constitution to guarantee equality for women? My guess is she would be astonished that — in the past 231 years — it hasn’t happened. (The Equal Rights Amendment is still three states away from ratification;…
One morning in May, 2003, the people of New Hampshire awoke to the news that an ancient natural rock formation high on a mountain in Franconia Notch, which when viewed at a certain angle bore a craggy, amazingly stark outline of a man’s profile, had slid off into oblivion sometime during the night after enduring centuries of fierce weather. The…
