New Hampshire Magazine - March 2010

David Mendelsohn - Camera Man

Above: Photo by PT Sullivan David Mendelsohn came to UNH to study forestry, but soon gravitated to the photo labs. It was a good move. His photos began appearing in significant journals of photography and he received a grant from…

Dan Brown - Suspense Builder

Above: Photo courtesy of Dan Brown The man who wrote what Time magazine called “The Novel That Ate the World” is at work (though there are rumors of writer’s block) on another book at his Rye home. Can publishing phenom…

Frying Pans and Lesson Plans

From professional-level classes to a single-menu demonstration by a master chef, the mystery of food preparation for the home cook is being unraveled by the experts. The glut of celebrity television cooking shows and enticing food magazines are just the…

Beneath the Surface

Potter has an enduring story to tell Gaze at Tim Christensen’s black and white pottery and you first think of Escher. But Christensen’s work is more than a striking pattern, he is telling a story about the relationship of man…

Swampland Adventures

To my knowledge, no black bear tour exists in New Hampshire. Dear New Hampshire Office of Travel and Tourism, get on that. Really. Grab a bunch of tourists, put them in a vehicle — preferably open on all sides —…

Happy Haunting

There are lots of reasons to hate Halloween, I mean other than the Wal-Mart shelves filled with cheesy costumes and the bags of leftover candy that get deposited in the office break room. The main one for me is the…

Who Rules?

Steve Doocy reporting the weather on Fox and Friends: “... and in Boston, the capital of New England ...” What? Boston, the capital of New England? Sez who? How could Boston, sinkhole for federal highway funds, whose mayor speaks some…

Insiders Guide to Littleton

Nineteenth-century inns are flourishing on Main Street. Upscale restaurants and galleries are sprouting in once-abandoned storefronts like the Queen Anne’s lace and other wildflowers that bloom alongside the main street. Even the 210-year-old grist mill has been refurbished and is…

Double Visions

Double the visual kick of fall foliage by viewing it twice, first right-side-up and again as it reflects in the waters of New Hampshire’s lakes, ponds, rivers and bays. Of course, you can do this by standing on the shore,…