February Shop Talk
A guide to retail therapy from Main Street storefronts to backroad boutiques.So What's NewMake a Date AblazeWhy not go on a date and undress together? Ablaze, apparel for men and women, 115 Water St., is the hot new place for…
Author: New Hampshire Magazine Staff
Leaving a Legacy
Advice for making sure your assets are handled the way you want
The Outsider February: Snowshoeing
If winter has you climbing the walls, try this ...It really is true. "If you can walk, you can snowshoe," says Jackson's Lorraine Tilney, a volunteer snowshoe tour leader at the pristine Jackson Ski Touring Foundation.First-timers might find snowshoes a…
Country Inns to Dine for
Enjoy a relaxed meal where the past lives on at classic New Hampshire inns
February Bookshelf: Something Sinister
Pure evil — that’s what they call the acts of Sheila LaBarre. And, indeed, what went on at LaBarre’s farm in Epping a few years back — a brutal murder of two men and possibly more — can surely be…
Interview with actor Nick Purcell
Most aspiring actors based in the boondocks of New Hampshire know they've got a snowball's chance in heck of making it to the big time in TV or movies. Still, Nicholas Purcell has seen his own career, starting with a…
Chocolate Challenge 2009
We asked two bakery cafés to present us with a chocolate dessert that was beautiful, wonderfully chocolate and incorporated a “secret” ingredient of ginger. We impaneled four judges with serious food backgrounds to taste, comment and proclaim a winner. Jennifer…
Warm Chocolate Truffle Cake
Sometimes called soufflé cakes, often referred to as lava cakes or even decadence cakes, they all resemble a warm chocolate cake with a soft gooey rich chocolate center. During the late 80s, this cake was on every dessert menu in…
(Not So) Sweet Success
When a book has 66 pages of footnotes to document the research contained therein, you know you can look forward (or not) to a wide-ranging examination of a topic. Indeed, that’s what you get with Jim Rubens’ new book, “OverSuccess:…
