Archives: March 2010

Portsmouth Dining: Five Favorites

Lindbergh’s Crossing 29 Ceres Street, (603) 431-0887 The creative force behind the cooking at Lindbergh’s Crossing, Chef Jeffrey Tenner, is a remarkable, classically trained talent whose inspired instinct for taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary immediately engaged my interest. For what was my first meal at the restaurant since leaving the kitchen in which I myself had cooked 15…

The Gourmet Buzz

Chef Ron Boucher of Ron’s Landing in North Hampton has opened a French cooking school in Greenland. Chez Boucher is located within Artichokes, a gourmet kitchen supply store on Breakfast Hill. Classes are offered throughout the week and feature French basics to French pastry and bistro cuisine. Friday evenings are reserved for themed dinner parties that include wine pairing and…

Bright Lights, Winter Nights

Take a holiday at one the state’s many B&Bs, inns or grand hotels. The lights are bright, the décor is rich and the cocoa is piping hot. Many offer holiday packages to prime you for the season with shopping for gifts and trees nearby. For a full no-fuss season, spend your holiday time wrapped in the soft glow of an…

Author Jodi Picoult

March 31, Portsmouth. You know and love all of her bestselling novels – “Change of Heart,” “My Sisters Keeper,” “Nineteen Minutes,” “The Tenth Circle” and “The Pact,” and now you can get to know New Hampshire’s Jodi Picoult as she presents her newest book, “House Rules.” Picoult is the next author to take part in the Music Hall’s intimate “Writers…

Comedian Juston McKinney

Juston McKinney has appeared numerous times on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” and on Comedy Central, including his own half-hour “Presents” special. Coming this year is the premiere of his one-hour Comedy Central special “Middle-Class hole,” which will be released on CD/DVD.McKinney, a New Hampshire Seacoast resident, was one of our 2009 “It Listers.” He’ll be coming home to…