Archives: March 2011

Building on Hope

Whether you set out to change the whole world, rebuild a community or just improve one person’s life, the first thing you need is hope.A house is not a home, and in the world of social services, a group home is often just a house with lots of rooms. For a kid, it can seem about as far from “home”…

Mission Swiftly Accomplished

Want to reach a country star? Ask a country DJ.It’s an epic tale, but to make it short, when Taylor Swift was still a lanky pre-teen, she just happened to appear on stage at the 2004 New Hampshire Magazine’s Best of NH Party and we just happened to take a photo of her. If we’d tried a few years ago,…

Taste of the Nation

Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation is the nation’s premier culinary benefit dedicated to making sure no kid grows up hungry. Each spring and summer, the nation’s hottest chefs and mixologists donate their time, talent and passion at nearly 40 events across the United States and Canada, with one goal in mind: to raise the critical funds needed to…

Taste of the Nation

Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation is the nation’s premier culinary benefit dedicated to making sure no kid grows up hungry. Each spring and summer, the nation’s hottest chefs and mixologists donate their time, talent and passion at nearly 40 events across the United States and Canada, with one goal in mind: to raise the critical funds needed to…

Fit for a Queen

A rare bill of sale dates the parlor set to the Civil War.Thank you for sending me an image of your Victorian parlor set. It is a great example of its type and is unusual in that it is a full set. Typically I only see a chair, settee or table individually.The Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria’s…

Mac & Cheese To Go, Please!

Macaroni and cheese is the quintessential winter comfort food. Here are four great places you can get it quickly and on the go. And the winner is…Mr. Mac’s Macaroni and CheeseWe tried the Classic All American with cheddar cheese that tastes just like Mom used to make, only better (sorry, Mom). Creamy, cheesy, very buttery with that home-baked feel ready…

Take it from P.J.

In time for the mid-term elections, O’Rourke ruminates anew on exactly why and just how badly politics stink.Politics is a familiar beat for Peterborough’s P.J. O’Rourke, whose book titles alone (“Parliament of Whores,” “Give War a Chance,” “Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut”) serve as some of the more potent conservative polemics of our age. His…