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Contents 36 First Things 4 Editor’s Note 6 Contributors Page 8 Feedback

November 2018

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603 Informer

603 Living

10 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE

24 NH THEATRE PROJECT

78 How To

VETERANS CEMETERY

by Rick Broussard

by Blake Wasson

MANAGING HOLIDAY TRAVEL

by Emily Heidt

26 Blips

NH IN THE NEWS

Features

12 Our Town

34 Transcript

by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers

Meet Barry Steelman of Concord’s Red River Theatres. by Dave Mendelsohn

16 Top Events by Emily Heidt

by Karen A. Jamrog

36 Where to Eat Now

18 Food & Drink

88 Local Dish

RICHMOND

82 Home

by Rick Broussard

HOLIDAY HOUSE TOUR

photos by Susan Laughlin

28 Artisan

86 Health

FOOD AND STRESS

VETERANS DAY

THE PERFECT TURKEY

Over the last year, Food Editor Susan Laughlin traveled the state, searching for notable new restaurants. Find out which ones made her list. by Susan Laughlin

recipe by Keith Sarasin

94 Calendar of Events

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49 Best Lawyers Each fall, professional polling firm Woodward/White produces “The Best Lawyers in America.” We’ve published the New Hampshire portion of the list, which includes more than 600 of the top legal minds. photos by Kendal J. Bush

68 Immortal Dan The great orator, statesman and diplomat Daniel Webster was “God-like” in his day, and, indeed, his presence lives on in New Hampshire. by Barbara Coles

JOYCE LEBLANC

by Susan Laughlin

30 First Person

THAT’S CORNMAZING

by Jimmy Dunn

WHAT TO DO THIS MONTH

31 Politics CONTOOCOOK CIDER COMPANY

by Susan Laughlin

22 Small Bites

FOOD & DRINK NEWS

by Susan Laughlin

THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RACE BEGINS

by James Pindell

32 What Do You Know? THE BUCK HORN BOUND

by Marshall Hudson

ON THE COVER A dish from one of this year’s best new restaurants, Table + Tonic in North Conway. See who else made the list starting on page 36. Photo by Bruce Luetters

edited by Emily Heidt

98 Dine Out GOOD EATS

edited by Susan Laughlin

104 Ayuh

THE PIE AND I

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y first child was born in 1986 and named for my maternal grandfather, a Louisianian and a veteran of the two World Wars, Daniel Webster Spurlock. We lived in Atlanta then, and I didn’t really know much about the historical Daniel Webster, just that he was not the guy who wrote the dictionary (that was Noah Webster), so when we decided what to christen our son, we looked him up in the Encyclopedia Britannica set that we had purchased from a door-to-door salesman. We were just starting our family and it seemed, at the time, that having the world’s knowledge compressed onto a couple of bookshelves would be a lifelong asset (and we still possess the whole set, plus annual updates through 1989). We learned that Webster was an agrarian during the onset of the Industrial Revolution and was “pro-choice” for states on the issue of slavery, back when the tide was turning on that formative issue for our country. Not exactly the heroic figure we’d imagined, but my grandfather bore his name and gave it to his first son (my uncle) who gave it to his eldest son as well. It felt a bit like stealing a tradition to offer it to my son, but I admired my grandfather a great deal so we did anyway. When we moved to New Hampshire, I was genuinely surprised to see the name Daniel Webster on so many things and places. We took family photos in front of the Daniel Webster Motor Lodge in Boscawen (now closed) holding our smiling toddler high to emphasize the point. And, of course, we took plenty of shots of the little guy in front of the Statehouse, where the statue of his namesake stands guard. My youngest daughter is visiting us now from her home in Jackson, Mississippi, to be on hand when her big sister gives birth to

our second grandchild any day now. Such life events create a desire for some family context, and she just asked me about my mom who died while she was too young to remember much. Fortunately, I had asked my mom to write down some family memories and I had saved them, so we were able to read her reminiscences of childhood and of her beloved father, known to associates as D.W. Spurlock. That my daughter is in her late 20s and only now seeking out facts about her family history seemed fairly typical of youth, but then I realized something. It was just a few weeks ago, while editing this month’s feature story on Daniel Webster, that I finally investigated something that had puzzled me for years: Why was my grandfather, a Southerner from Texas and Louisiana, named after a New England lawyer and senator? I’d contacted my cousin, Daniel Webster Spurlock the third, to inquire. Surely he would know as the official torchbearer for the family moniker. Fortunately, as it turns out, he had asked his dad that question. Here’s what he learned: “When our grandfather Daniel Spurlock enlisted in the army for WWI, they asked for his first, middle and last names. He said, ‘I don’t have a middle name.’ They responded, ‘Give us one!’ so he said ‘Uh, Webster.’ I guess it just sounded good.” So, back in 1914, Daniel Webster was still enough of a household name to pop into the mind of a young Southerner, signing up for the Great War, as one he would like to take with him into battle. It was not the answer I’d have guessed, but, like so much of history, you never really know until you inquire.

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Contributors Susan Laughlin, who wrote the cover story “Where to Eat Now,” has been New Hampshire Magazine’s food editor for more than 16 years. She has traveled the state with fork and camera in hand, looking for the best breakfasts, burgers, poutine and overall dining excellence. Over the years, she’s written about the state’s top restaurants and chefs, young farmers, where to find the best brunch, and profiles of entrepreneurial brewers and distillers. She’s also been tapped by other publishers, including Food Network Magazine, Phaidon and Yankee Magazine, for her local dining expertise.

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Photographer Bruce Luetters took this month’s cover photo as well as the opening photo for “Where to Eat Now.” See more of his work at 3sixty.com.

New Hampshire Magazine contributing editor Barbara Coles wrote the feature story “Immortal Dan.”

Photographer Kendal J. Bush took the portraits for this year’s “Best Lawyers.” See more of her work at kendaljbush.com.

Humorist Rebecca Rule wrote this month’s “Ayuh.” She’s the author of many books; the latest is “N is for New Hampshire.” rebeccarulenh.

Our regular “What Do You Know?” contributor Marshall Hudson is a land surveyor, farmer and NH history buff.

Jimmy Dunn, named Best Funny Guy at this year’s Best of NH Party, is a rising comic star on the national stage and wrote this month’s “First Person.”

About | Behind the Scenes at New Hampshire Magazine Far-flung Foodies

Susan Laughlin, our illustrious food editor, has dined her way around the state, but her love of cuisine has taken her far beyond our borders. She was in Arizona in September for the annual conference of the Association of Food Journalists (AFJ), attending seminars on native culture and food ways, studying up on dining trends, “and, of course, eating way too much food,” she says. She confesses an ulterior motive for her trip to the Southwest was “finding out what ‘real’ Tex-Mex is.” While there, she ran into another notable Granite State foodie, J.M. Hirsch (seen here with Laughlin in Arizona), who has been a national food editor for AP and is currently the editorial director at Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, a Boston-based food-media company. Hirsch, who still calls New Hampshire home, was there to present a session on ethics in food journalism. He will be traveling to Barcelona, Mumbai and Australia this month to report on how home cooks in those countries make their family meals. The story of his adventures and recipes adapted for Americans will appear in the pages of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street magazine. Laughlin, who has been on AFJ trips to Tampa, Seattle and Philadelphia, wrote our “Where to Eat Now” cover story this month, and Hirsch is also an occasional contributor to the pages of New Hampshire Magazine.

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See Tracks? Think Train! We’ve been fans of Barbara Radcliffe Rogers for years and enjoyed her article, “True Small Town,” on page 14 of your October issue [“Our Town”]. We appreciate her mention of the history of Crawford Notch and the role of the railroad in the development of tourism in the White Mountains Region. We were pleased to see Conway Scenic Railroad’s Notch Train cited in the article. However, the accompanying photo was disturbing on several levels. First of all, the picture in the article is of Wiley Brook Bridge, not the Frankenstein Trestle, and it’s very old. Secondly, and most importantly, the photo shows people on the bridge, with one woman actually in the middle of it, walking its span. The line on which our Notch Train operates is owned by the State of New Hampshire, which spends countless resources every year on educating the public re: railroad safety. “Any time is train time,” and “See tracks? Think train,” etc. From June through October the tracks through Crawford Notch are “live,” meaning that a train or maintenance of way equipment can be coming through at any time. To publish a picture that in effect encourages trespassing on State property, and doing so in an unsafe manner, was extremely irresponsible of whoever on your staff chose this particular image to illustrate Crawford Notch. Susan Logan Marketing Manager, Conway Scenic Railroad

times I’ve told someone I live in Amherst, New Hampshire, and received a response like “Oh, I love college towns.” Most of the time they are thinking of Amherst, Massachusetts, home of several colleges and universities including UMass, Amherst College and Hampshire College, plus numerous colleges in nearby towns. It turns out that, in addition to New Hampshire, there are Amhersts in Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and even Australia, Canada and Burma. I don’t know how many of them are college towns, but ours here in New Hampshire most definitely isn’t (it has plenty of other things going for it, though). Bruce Kinney Amherst

Big Birthday, Tiny Boo-boo You have a boo-boo on page 100 of the current issue, under restaurants [“Dining Guide”]. The very fine restaurant at 41 South Broadway in Salem, New Hampshire, is the Copper Door not the Cooper Door. We just celebrated our 90th birthdays at the Copper Door Restaurant and had a very fine meal. Deb and Pete Meigs Danville

Senior Feels Slighted

What’s in a Name?

The “Going it Alone” article in October 2018 issue of New Hampshire Magazine [“Seniority”] says: “Although it is unpleasant and unwelcome, it is a fact of life that you can’t be as sharp or as able at 75 as you are at 55.” Really!? Unless I hear your good reason not to, I plan to publish that sentence on FB, etc., for other seniors’ reaction and cancel my subscription. The average age of the Supreme Court is 67 years and four months. Don’t you read articles before they are published? Hank Beek Bedford

I enjoyed Jack Kenney’s article in the October issue [“Ayuh”] about town names in New Hampshire that are confused with similarly named towns elsewhere, but was disappointed that Amherst was not mentioned. I can’t even count the number of

Editor’s note: The word “probably” could have been added to that sentence since there are some people who hold up much better than others, but we think most seniors (even Supreme Court justices) will agree that getting older is a challenge.

Editor’s note: We appreciate the correction. The writer and the photographer who took that shot were on a White Mountains press tour some years ago, and the tracks were not in use when they took that photo. They apologize for the oversight.

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Helllooo, Maryland! Imagine my surprise when I noticed a copy of New Hampshire Magazine on the newsstand at my local Giant grocery store here in Fort Washington, Maryland. I’m delighted to read about the hip changes, the food, the traditions and all things New Hampshire. I am a North Country native who was born and raised in Berlin. At 26, I was a state representative when I connected with a peanut farmer running for president. He won the New Hampshire primary, and I took off with his campaign, and it landed me in Washington, DC. I am currently the author of “The Student Millionaire” with a mission to teach young adults worldwide how to have a proper success and wealth mindset going forward into the 21st century. In the not-too-distant future, I plan to relocate somewhere within the triangle delineated by Concord, Manchester and Allenstown. Rich Patenaude Fort Washington, Maryland

The Ted Herbert Tradition Just a short note to thank you for the mention of Ted Herbert’s and The Majestic in your recent “Next Cool City” article [“On the Cusp of Cool,” August 2018]. We are really excited to continue the Ted Herbert tradition and bring our live community theatre productions for all ages back to the community. Robert Dionne Artistic Director and CEO, Majestic Theatre Manchester Correction: In our October story “Welcome to Keene,” Executive Chef Scott Jordan was incorrectly identified as the owner of Odealy — the owner is Ash Shaheen. Jordan is also a partner and the culinary director of Machina Arts, an event management organization. Additionally, Machina Arts is not located at 40 Roxbury St., but in the Hannah Grimes Center at 25 Roxbury St. MoCo Arts, Keene’s new arts center, opened at 40 Roxbury St. in mid-September. We regret the errors. Visit nhmagazine.com/food for the corrected version of the story.

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Field of Honor The perfect place for your Veterans Day remembrance BY RICK BROUSSARD Since the first interment there on November 18, 1997, the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen has become a living memorial for military members, family, friends and school groups seeking to learn about and show their respect for those who have dedicated their lives to the service of the country. Each year, the cemetery hosts 100 Nights of Remembrance from Memorial Day until September 11, during which “Taps” is sounded every evening, rain or shine, at 7 p.m. “Taps” continues to be sounded there every Sunday at 1 p.m., making it an excellent time to honor those who have served in the US armed forces and all fallen heroes. On November 11, a new feature will open on the grounds — the Veterans Heritage Learning Center (VHLC) — offering “a robust, creative and interactive educational environment” where people can learn about the service and sacrifice of our New Hampshire military veterans and other aspects of our nation’s distinguished military history. Funds are still being sought for staffing and programs of the VHLC. Visit nhsvc.com to find a link for donations. Thanks to Jim Cloutier of Red Dog Aerial for the accompanying photo. Cloutier, a Part 107 certified pilot, has been building and flying UAVs (drones) for more than 10 years. (reddogaerial.com) nhmagazine.com | November 2018

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The Richmond Boulder is a huge glacial erratic.

Home Sweet Home A local’s tour of Richmond BY BARBARA RADCLIFFE ROGERS

fter writing about towns all over the state, I am at last really writing about our town. We’ve lived in Richmond long enough so that half the town thinks we’re natives. Our Herbitage Farm Herbs sign was for years a landmark observed by UPS and FedEx drivers — seriously, a neighbor showed us a notation on a UPS label that said “three houses south of the herb farm.” The farm is still here, but we no longer have a table of herb plants beside the road. The town has changed in other ways too. It’s grown, of course, but it’s also become more aware of its own rich history. This is largely due to the advocacy of Bob Weeks, who spearheaded the community effort to restore a rare bit of New England history that had lain forgotten and deteriorating in a swamp beside Route 119. The Richmond Tramp House, now a mini museum, sits in a pocket park near the Four

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Corners — the junction of Routes 119 and 32. Tramp houses were a common sight in small New Hampshire towns between the Civil War and the 1930s. Industrialization and economic depression created a growing migration of unemployed men who left the cities where they couldn’t find jobs and roamed the rural areas hoping for work on farms. Partly to keep an eye on these transients and partly from a sense of responsibility to those without homes or means, towns built simple one-room shelters where they could spend the night and find a simple meal. At one time, there were about 40 of these in New Hampshire, of which only four still exist. Richmond’s is one of only two that have been restored. Until 2015, few people in Richmond even knew the crumbling building existed; even fewer knew what it was until Weeks began his campaign to drum up support for the project. The Richmond Heritage Commis-

sion, chaired by Selectman Carol Jameson, took on the project and raised $8,500 for the materials; the town kicked in $500 and the rest of the materials and all the labor were donated. The little red building is now easily spotted by the roadside, and although it’s only open on town occasions, you can look in the window anytime to see the simple interior with its narrow bed and period woodstove. Across from the Tramp House is the Richmond Public Library, a small wooden building that was once Richmond School House No. 6 — one of 14 that once served various neighborhoods. The Heritage Commission took on the task of building a replacement for the cupola shown in old photographs, and restoring the school bell, which had been in the library basement, to its original perch. The bell rang for the first time at the annual Firemen’s Barbecue in 2016. The Heritage Commission is not the only group actively engaged in preserving the town’s history: It is working with the Richmond Historical Society to build a memorial honoring the

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76 town residents who served in the Civil War. Interestingly, more than half those men were grandsons of Richmond men who had served in Revolution. It may seem as though 14 schoolhouses was an awful lot for a small town, but Richmond spreads over 37.76 square miles, and was once made up of a number of clusters of settlement that are gone today. We find remnants of these while following old roads, some of which are only wide trails now. Stone walls, cellar holes and tumbled foundations attest to these long-gone farms and neighborhoods. These are not the only interesting stones we find hidden in Richmond’s woods. Within a few yards of Route 32 in North Richmond is the Richmond Boulder, a huge glacial erratic dropped by a retreating glacier. It was once quite a local attraction; an old photograph shows a large group of men in suits and women in voluminous skirts, sitting atop it enjoying a picnic. It’s that big. To find it, look for a small pull-out on the east side of Route 32 just north of the intersection with Fish Hatchery Road, and follow the trail to the right. Hidden more deeply in the woods about

The historic Old Brick Church in Richmond

a mile from the Massachusetts border, and not so easy to find, is the long-abandoned and overgrown Harris Soapstone Quarry. Once an active industry, today it’s mostly known for the museum-quality cordierite crystals still occasionally found there. Alongside Route 32 you’ll see the town’s lone state historic marker, commemorating Hosea Ballou, known as the Father of

603 NAVIGATOR Universalism. Ballou was born in 1771 on a farm in Ballou Hollow, on nearby Fish Hatchery Road. He followed his father’s footsteps into the ministry but preached a far more liberal creed than his Baptist father. Liberal even for a Universalist, Rev. Ballou rejected the remnants of Calvinism along with the notion of a vengeful god. From 1817 until his death, he was pastor of the Second Universalist Church of Boston and wrote more than 10,000 sermons. The Ballou name weaves through Richmond’s history — Eliza Ballou, mother of President James Garfield, was born here in a house that’s still standing. There is a monument to her on, appropriately, Monument Road. At the Four Corners stands the historic Old Brick Church, and next to it, the 18th-century barn at Pickering Farm Quilt Shop displays an eye-boggling collection of quilting and rug-making fabrics. It’s not the only shop in town; around the holidays there’s a charming gift shop at Windswept Mountains View Christmas Tree Farm, where we choose our tree each year overlooking a view that stretches to Vermont. Between the two on Route 119 is Olde and Early Antiques, specializing in

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The place the New York Times calls “hip”. One of the top ten neighborhood restaurants in the Northeast - Bon Appetit Magazine. One of New England’s Not-To-Be Missed Restaurants and Best Martinis in New England - Yankee Magazine’s Travel Guide To New England. Best Chef, Best Restaurant Overall and Best Date Place in Manchester - Hippo Press Newspaper. Diner’s Choice Best of New Hampshire - Open Table. Best Martinis in New Hampshire year after year - New Hampshire Magazine. Best Restaurant, Southern New Hampshire Taste of the Seacoast Magazine. The best retro meatloaf around - Phantom Gourmet’s Great Ate for Comfort Food. Named a TV Diner Hot Spot - NECN’s TV Diner.

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country primitives, and on Route 32 J.D. Wahl Antiques sells furniture, folk art and antique stoneware. We have a brewmaster at Ashuelot Brewing, a baker at Dan’s Brick Oven Bread, and we can buy non-GMO meats and poultry at The Farm at Crooked Creek Hollow. I stop for eggs when there’s a sign out in front of the house up the road. But we no longer have our 4-Corner Store, for generations the town’s center of communications. We bought our milk and eggs there, filled our tanks at its pumps, and were greeted warmly by Gerry Brewer, who lived across the street. We met our neighbors there and kept up with what was happening in town. With the closing of the store a few years back, we lost all that. Everyone misses it and most want to build a new store. All we need is someone to run it. NH Follow Barbara’s travels at worldbite.wordpress.com.

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Get patriotic this Veterans Day

The Wright Museum’s exhibit Manufacturing Victory, The Arsenal of Democracy (pictured here and on the bottom of the second page) honors the civilians who joined the war effort by taking on manufacturing jobs.

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A certain holiday at the end of the month may get all the attention, but November isn’t only Thanksgiving season. Mark the month’s other holiday with this patriotic set of events, ranging from a science showcase to film, plays and art shows. Making the World Safe for Democracy: Posters of the Great War in New Hampshire November 10, Concord

Featuring 15 posters from the New Hampshire Historical Society’s collection, including “The Ships Are Coming” by James Daugherty, this exhibition examines the use of this pop-

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ular art form to shape public opinion and mobilize American citizens to fight a distant war. This collection highlights the way in which art encouraged the public to support the war effort, from signing up to fight to buying war bonds. In addition to the poster exhibition, the museum also has a lecture scheduled on Private George Dilboy and the Decisive Battle of World War I. nhhistory.org

World War I Movie Series: “Paths of Glory” November 10, Manchester

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, the Manchester Historic Association, in conjunction with the Millyard Museum exhibit “Manchester and the Great War,” will show this 1957 film directed by Stanley Kubrick on Veterans Day weekend. Admission will get you into the film and the exhibit. manchesterhistoric.org

A Few Seconds With Our Fathers and Mothers: Songs & Stories of WWII November 11, Portsmouth

Husband-and-wife team Curt Bessette and Jenn Kurtz honor World War II veterans

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and their generation through personal and historical stories, Bessette’s original songs and popular tunes from the war years. Kurtz and Bessette have presented this program anywhere from museums to theaters to churches to libraries, and you won’t want to miss its powerful message. nhtheatreproject.org

Veterans Day Science Showcase November 12, Rye

With school out of session for Veterans Day, bring your little ones to this free event to keep them entertained and educated. The center’s current scientific exhibits will be on display with fun and games all day, but the main event nods to the site’s military history. At noon, visitors can tour the Odiorne Point area to see artifacts of the days when Fort Dearborn stood on the spot to protect Portsmouth Harbor. seacoastsciencecenter.org

Manufacturing Victory, The Arsenal of Democracy

Through October 31, Wolfeboro

If you haven’t been able to pay a visit to this extraordinary exhibit yet, now is the perfect time. Catch the show in its final days to see the stories of Civilians on the Home Front during World War II. They were essential to securing an Allied victory, and their stories serve as a reminder of what patriotism is and means. wrightmuseum.org

1. Making the World Safe for Democracy: Posters of the Great War in New Hampshire Concord 2. World War I Movie Series: “Paths of Glory,” Manchester 3. A Few Seconds with Our Fathers & Mothers: Songs and Stories of WWII Portsmouth

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4. Veterans Day Science Showcase, Rye 5. Manufacturing Victory The Arsenal of Democracy Wolfeboro

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This Isn’t Apple Juice Cider can be just as varied as wine BY SUSAN LAUGHLIN

t’s not easy running a farm these days — even a fruit farm. Eight years ago, when Tim Bassett, now 48, decided to change careers from marketing to working farmer, he knew right off he didn’t want to deal with livestock, vets, feed and manure. How difficult could it be to grow apples? Tim and his wife Amy purchased Gould Hill Farm in 2011 after leasing it for a year. The property lies on a hillside in a gorgeous, Currier-and-Ives area of the state with rolling hills and expansive views, including Mt. Kearsarge and Mt. Chocorua. With the acreage came a large storage barn and a

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rambling 1900s house with a post-and-beam barn. It’s a pretty enough area to live and raise kids in, but can one make a living? New Hampshire has a long history of apple orchards and Gould Hill was one of the first, established in mid-1700s. Bassett explains that, early on, the hills were co-opted for orchards, as cool air runs down, leaving it a bit warmer on top — those few degrees can make a big difference for budding blooms in May. Amazingly, this property has been active all along and has only changed caretakers twice, once in 1938 and most recently to the Bassetts. Apples remain the state’s largest fruit

Contoocook Cider Company is based out of the historic Gould Hill Farm.

crop, but active acreage keeps dropping — most likely sold for developments with street names like McIntosh Lane. For example, here, the Bassetts were only able to purchase a slice of the original property. In the past few years, tracts of Gould Hill were sold off for homes, including a former governor’s hilltop retreat, and acres of prime land were held back and allowed to go fallow. Numbers from the USDA show that, even though apple farms have steadily lost 500 acres since 2013, bushels per acre went up. Well, in some years. Unfortunately, weather and market conditions make the value of a bushel of apples vary wildly, from $18 in 2013 to $47 in 2016 and $14 in 2017. Bassett knew these numbers and understood early in the game that wholesaling apples would not pay the bills.

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Many orchard owners market directly to the consumer with pick-your-own options. It’s a brilliant scheme to get young families to do the labor, in the guise of an adventure, while still paying retail. Then there are the stacks of apple pies, apple butter and, of course, the main incentive to go to an apple orchard, the ubiquitous cider donut. But maybe, just maybe, the juice is in the juice. Cider is the most lucrative way to sell an apple, as the fruit doesn’t have to be pretty or fresh. And, in some cases, the bottle is the last profitable option for the dropped apples that often surround each tree at harvest time. “Apples often taste best a few days after they are picked anyway,” says Bassett. “Their flavor is more developed.” At harvest time all around the state, apples are turned into fresh, sweet cider by the crateful. The methods are age-old. The apples are washed, crushed and then squeezed. At Gould Hill, the squeezing is done in a long apparatus that looks like an accordion. The apple pulp is filtered through mesh bags in the folds while pressure is applied. From there, the juice is bottled for fresh cider or diverted to tanks to ferment for 10 days to three weeks, yielding hard cider. For Bassett, the hope is that the current rage for craft brews — and the adjacent hard cider — will help pay the mortgage. Bassett and his cider maker Dale Jancic have been making and marketing hard

cider for about two years under the brand of Contoocook Cider Company from Gould Hill Farm. It’s been a smash hit with tasters, but getting it distributed remains a problem. “When I call on stores they say ‘Go away,’” says Bassett. Apparently, there is no room in the inn with more than 90 local

Above: Amy and Tim Bassett in the Contoocook Cider company tasting room Below: The Gould Hill Farm orchards are planted with 80 varieties of apples, meaning cider maker Dale Jancic has plenty of material for creating unique styles of cider.

breweries, meaderies and cideries vying for shelf space. A few restaurants, including The Everyday Café in Contoocook, the Lakehouse Tavern in Hopkinton and, most recently, The Foundry in Manchester have Contoocook Cider on tap.

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For Bassett, the hope is that the current rage for craft brews — and the adjacent hard cider — will help pay the mortgage. Another hurdle is the concept of hard cider. Many people aren’t familiar with what it can be. With 80 varieties of apples grown in the orchard, Jancic can mix and match to develop a variety of flavor profiles. Bassett says that, even while the juice is being made, Jancic will say add more Russet or Baldwin or Winesap apples to the mix and let’s retest. Recipes as a guide can only go so far. The same variety of apples can offer a different brix (sweetness indicator) level on any given day. That can be good news. Cider can be as varied as wine varietals. Plus, it’s not that cloying, sickly, apple-y juice anymore. Good cider makers — such as North

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Wash a cider donut down with one of the six to 10 (depending on the day) ciders available in the tasting room.

Country Hard Cider in Rollinsford and now Contoocook Cider — play with sugar levels, yeast strains and apple varieties to develop a full spectrum of flavor and sweetness ranging from dry to semi-sweet to sweet. There is often a light effervescence, adding a few bubbles on the tongue. Some varieties are bottle-conditioned for a true sparkling cider, plus it’s always gluten-free. With no

official rules to cider-making, flavor can be added with cranberries or blueberries or a bit of heat from peppers. Also, sugars can be added to fit a profile. Bassett has used his own maple syrup in a recent, probably not to be duplicated, version. Small producers have a limited volume on hand and each cider-making session delves into uncharted territory, never to be tread again. The lesson

Contoocook Cider Company Ciders Dry Ciders

Russet Gem, heirloom blend, 9 ABV Contoocook Sparkling bottle-conditioned, 6.9 ABV Late Harvest Honey, naturally carbonated for a dry finish, 6.9 ABV

Semi-sweet Ciders Blueberry, wild blueberries and McIntosh apples, 6.9 ABV

Jonny Be Good, single varietal made with Jonathan apples, 10.5 ABV Cranberry, late season harvest and New England cranberries, 6.9 ABV

Sweet Ciders

Contoocook Blend, late harvest Golden Russets and Newtown Pippins, 6.9 ABV

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is, if you like it, buy it. Or next time you see one on tap, ask for a taste. You’ll be pleasantly surprised. Bassett has about 20 to 30 acres of apples under cultivation with Golden Russet apples being the “Triple Threat.” He says they make a great base for hard cider, sweet cider and are good to eat. To make the best use of the acreage, a compact variety is often grafted onto a trusted root stock and trained to a wire trellis system for high-density output. Winesaps, Hudson Golden Gems and Yellow Newtown Pippins are a few of the heirloom varieties that are pressed into service for hard cider. At Gould Hill’s tasting room in the lower level of the 1810 post-and-beam barn, find about six to 10 varieties on tap. Bottles are available in 750 ml size or they can fill a growler. At the moment, only one variety, Contoocook Blend, is available in fourpack cans. Bassett had already invested in fermentation tanks, conditioning tanks and a new style of keg. A mobile canning service came out to can what was available. Like any new business, the farm and its relentless needs can be a money pit. Fortunately, it was a good year for apples. I say just can it. Can it all and drink it cold. NH

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First Press, early season apples offering a fresh apple nose and a sweet taste, 6.9 ABV

656 Gould Hill Rd., Contoocook (603) 746-3811 gouldhillfarm.com Facebook

Wicked Winesap, fruity and spicy single varietal of American Winesap apples, 9 ABV

Open for tastings 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends through December and Wednesday and Friday of Thanksgiving week

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More New Hampshire Cider North Country Hard Cider

Farnum Hill Ciders at Poverty Lane Orchards

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3 Front St., Rollinsford (603) 834-9915 northcountrycider.com Open 12-7 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday Visit the tasting room to try a flight of the nine ciders they have on tap. Small snacks are available, but you are welcome to bring along your own food. North Country ciders can also be found on tap and in stores at a number of locations in New Hampshire and neighboring states. See the website for a map of locations.

98 Poverty Ln., Lebanon (603) 448-1511 povertylaneorchards.com

Most of the apples grown at Poverty Lane are destined to be made into their signature dry ciders. The bottles are available in New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets and other stores, but you can also visit on growler days for Ancient Fire Mead & Cider samples and growler fills. During the 8030 South Willow St., Manchester fall months, when the orchard is open (603) 203-4223 most days, growler days occur every ancientfirewines.com day but Thursday. For all other months, Open Thursday-Friday 4-8 p.m. and they happen every other Thursday Saturday 11 a.m.-7 p.m. from 12-6 p.m. in the cider room. Visit A limited menu is offered along with their website or on Facebook for exact cider or mead. They offer an educational dates and hours. tour on Saturdays that describes both the cider- and mead-making processes. See nhmagazine.com/beer for more local cider (plus other locally made beverages). Order a pint or try several with a flight.

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Small Bites Food news from around the state by Susan Laughlin

Dina Wilford and David Vargas

For a few years now, David Vargas of Vida Cantina in Portsmouth has been encouraging Tuckaway Farm in Lee to expand their planting of colorful flint corn (Zea mays indurata), which is named after its hard-as-flint texture. Now, Vargas and Joel Harris, owner of Dos Amigos Burritos restaurants, have opened Vida Tortilla company in Dover to create fresh tortillas, like the Mayans did, using a process called nixtamalization. Dina Wilford had been making them by hand, but with the recent purchase of a machine that mixes, rolls and cooks the tortilla, Dos Amigos and Vida Cantina will be able to offer plenty of tacos made with soft corn tortillas that are packed with natural corn flavor. The pre-cooked tortillas will also be available to the public at Seacoast farmers markets.

Scarecrow Fall in a Bottle Lull Farm’s sweet apple cider is combined with cinnamon, clove, brown sugar, allspice, vanilla bean and Djinn Spirits’ neutral spirit for fireside sipping or a moderately potent ingredient in a cocktail (25 percent alcohol). It’s phase two of Djinn Spirits’ experimental line of products that may or may not be produced again. This limited edition of Scarecrow ($20) is available only at Djinn Spirits Distillery, 2 Townsend West, Suite 9, Nashua. Tasting room is open Saturday and Sunday, 12-5 p.m. 22

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Event of the Month Distiller’s Week

October 27 to November 2

The star of Distiller’s Week is the Distiller’s Showcase of Premium Spirits on Nov. 1 at the DoubleTree Hilton in Manchester, 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Distiller’s Week includes spirits-related dinners, seminars, bottle signings and exclusive tastings. Visit distillersshowcase.com for the latest details.

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Cooking with Emshika! Bangkok native and restaurateur Emshika Alberini is bringing New Hampshire a taste of her home country with both her Littleton restaurant Chang Thai Café and her soon-to-launch brand of food and beverages. Since the restaurant’s opening in 2008, it has garnered awards and praise for its upscale, yet comfortable dining and excellent, authentic dishes. Here she shares a Thai cuisine mainstay that you can try at home.

Thai Red Curry With Pumpkin and Turkey INGREDIENTS 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 1/2 tablespoons Maesri Thai Red Curry Paste 16 oz. sliced turkey breast 1 can coconut milk 1/2 cup water

1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 cup sliced Chinese eggplant 1/2 cup seasonal vegetables 1 cup diced pumpkin 4 leaves of Thai basil

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4 pieces of slice red pepper

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Heat vegetable oil in a large sauce pan, then add the red curry paste. Cook for 1 minute and set aside. 2. Pour the coconut milk and 1/2 cup of water into a pot and bring to a boil. Add the red curry in oil into the pot along with sliced turkey breast and diced pumpkin. 3. Add fish sauce and brown sugar, then taste it. If you prefer it to be saltier, add more fish sauce. 4. Bring to a boil and add vegetables, Chinese eggplant, red pepper and basil. 5. Turn off the heat, spoon the curry into a bowl, and top with basil and red chili. 6. Serve with Jasmine rice.

“Thai red curry is perfect for fall and makes a nice Thanksgiving dish. It’s a fantastic meal for date night or a family gathering, and it is very easy to make.” promotion

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“Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.” - Willem Dafoe

Scenes from performances of “Time Machine” and “Constellations”

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The Big 3-0

A season of celebration For 30 years, the New Hampshire Theatre Project has created its own definition of community theatre. On its stage you’ll find everything from serious, provocative plays that tackle the big issues of the day to youth productions and a program that helps professionals hone public speaking skills. It all serves the mission of community-building, education and, of course, entertainment through the art of theatre. “[NHTP] is an established organization in the field of participatory arts. It could arguably be one of the oldest in the country doing this kind of work,” says Genevieve Aichele, founding artistic director of NHTP. “We know this work is critical, and that being ‘entertaining’ is not in opposition to ‘deep’ work. We can be both. We are both.” During its special extended 30th anniversary season, they’ll host guest artists, the 3rd Annual Storytelling Festival, a brand new Seacoast Sessions series featuring concerts and interviews with area musicians, and a second year of the Elephant-in-the-Room plays, a series that explores difficult topics, from the opioid crisis to human trafficking. You’ll almost feel like a part of the play when you visit NHTP’s permanent home, the intimate 50-seat black box West End Studio Theatre in Portsmouth. November’s performances include “Men on Boats,” a gender-bending adventure based on the 1869 expedition down the Colorado River, and guest artists Curt Bessette and Jenn Kurtz, who honor World War II veterans and their generation through stories and songs. Visit nhtheatreproject.org for more information. nhmagazine.com | November 2018

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Our Christa Gets Star Treatment

After 32 years and a variety of low-budget or sensational films about the Challenger disaster, our own famous and beloved Christa McAuliffe will be portrayed in the movie “Challenger” (production to begin next spring) by the famous and beloved actress Michelle Williams. It will be interesting to see how the petite blond with the pixie haircut plays the warm-hearted and gregarious McAuliffe.

“The Heroin Effect” Goes PBS-wide

The original science fiction magazine is reborn in New Hampshire BY RICK BROUSSARD

ome trace the birth of science fiction back to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” or to works of the popular Edwardian fabulist H.G. Wells, but it was the 1926 publication of a magazine titled Amazing Stories and its legendary editor Hugo Gernsback that popularized the form and nurtured many of the writers, unknown at the time, who have become icons of the genre. The magazine has had several lives since then, so perhaps it was not that surprising when a New Hampshire couple learned that the famous title of the magazine, which had been owned by toymaker Hasbro, was available to purchase as a trademark. They saw the potential and invested their savings to snap it up in 2008, rescuing it from becoming the title of a series of travel books. The couple, Steve and Karen Davidson, set out on a decade-long quest to revive Amazing Stories, but soon faced challenges from both

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NBC and director Steven Spielberg, who had developed a TV series from that magazine title. They weathered the worst of it until the most dramatic setback occurred with Karen’s untimely death in 2017. Steve persevered, and now the magazine is back in print, packed with exciting short stories and opening with an essay by science fiction master Robert Silverberg, who recalls getting paid $40 for one of his early tales that appeared in the pages of Amazing Stories back in January 1956. Steve says it’s the fulfillment of his wife’s dream and is just the beginning of the new chapter for the magazine and for his life. Visit amazingstories.com to follow him and Amazing Stories on their path to an uncharted, star-filled future, to subscribe, purchase posters of some incredible old Amazing Stories covers, or just to get updates. NH

Jack Reacher Finally Reaches NH

The Granite State has served as a backlot for many writers’ imaginations, and in Lee Child’s latest thriller, “Past Tense,” his roving former military police officer has plenty of mysteries to untangle. The author will visit The Music Hall in Portsmouth on Nov. 6 to talk about his main character and what might have led him to set this deeply personal chapter of Reacher’s adventures here in the dark forests and bucolic villages of New Hampshire.

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Amazing Comeback

Portsmouth filmmaker Michael Venn crafted this soulful and haunting portrait of the ravages of the opioid crisis back before NH was declared its epicenter. Now “The Heroin Effect” has a much wider audience, thanks to the PBS decision to air the documentary on all its northern New England affiliate stations. Next stop, the nation?

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A Cut Above

Clothes might make the man, but they can also help mold a more confident kid BY SUSAN LAUGHLIN

ngland’s little Princess Charlotte and Prince George would look great in the wool coats designed and sewn by Rindge resident Joyce LeBlanc. Frankly, any child would feel like royalty sporting the fine lines and exceptional materials of these carefully constructed garments. With a lifelong passion for sewing, LeBlanc has sewn women’s wear, wedding gowns and three-piece suits, but she came back to children’s couture, her first job out of school, when it was suggested she apply to the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen. As a child, she read and studied patterns like a book, constructing garments in her head. At her mother’s machine, she was soon demonstrating seamstress’ tips and tricks. Further inspiration for perfection came from a home economics teacher who espoused “You should be able to

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wear your garment inside out!” She attended the School of Fashion Design on Newbury Street in Boston, where pattern-making and couture details became her focus. “My Dad was an engineer, and the engineer in me was intrigued by the concept of a flat pattern becoming a garment,” says LeBlanc. Reconnecting with her children’s patterns and using her finely honed techniques, she was quickly accepted into the League. Success at the recent Sunapee Fair was an affirmation she had gone in the right direction — seeing a small boy’s eyes light up, and parents and grandparents fall in love with her classic and timeless coats was a joyful experience. LeBlanc accepts custom work within her line of boys’ and girls’ coats and girls’ dresses. (She just completed a navy blue and a red

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Coats are available in sizes 2 to 10, and in solid colors or herringbone tweeds. Prices range from $170 for boys’ and girls’ pea coats to $185 for the girls’ “Charley” coat with a bit more length and flair. Detailing includes double rows of top stitching, leather buttons and welted pockets.

coat for Patriots’ player Chris Hogan’s twins.) Details can be changed and the fun linings are part of the appeal. Materials include fine wools from Dorr Mill in Newport for coats and luscious Liberty of London cotton fabric for her little girls’ dresses, and when requested, for coat linings. She often “fussy-cuts” linings and patterned material to ensure the printed images are placed nicely in linings or dresses. Even Dick and Jane would feel special in a pea coat drawn from the timeless and classic lines depicted in their 1950s era children’s books. It’s all part of LeBlanc’s inspiration and goal — to make kids feel worthy and in the end, maybe become better adults. NH

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around inside a corn Adam Sandler? Or spend a good evening in the Al Kaprielian corn puzzle? We could corncreate The Old Man of the Mountain. Or other crumbled New Hampshire landmarks, like the Seabrook nuclear power plant or the DMV in Epping. Or a corn Route 101. With little flattened-out corn squirrels. How about adding a corn maze to some of our already-popular New Hampshire attractions? A corn maze with the Clark’s Trading Post bears roaming around? That would up the difficulty level. Or a corn maze/NASCAR race at Loudon. Those cars don’t have wipers. Yes, I realize that I’m being a bit absurd.

Harvest season is over but, for comic Jimmy Dunn, some corny memories remain BY JIMMY DUNN

love corn. Native New Hampshire homegrown corn. On the cob, grilled or boiled. In chowder. Creamed. Baked into corn bread or corn fritters. Doesn’t matter how it’s prepared, I love corn. In fact, I’m eating popcorn as I type this. And there is no substitute for that local corn from a backwoods roadside stand: “Four for a buck. Three if you shuck.” Recently, though, it seems more and more of my precious New Hampshire native corn is being used for entertainment, or agritainment, (I’m told that’s a real word), in the form of corn mazes. If you haven’t visited one of the state’s many corn mazes, allow me to describe the experience. It’s an intricate labyrinth laid out over acres of farmland, designed to challenge your sense of direction as you navigate through a life-size puzzle made of corn stalks. We must really be doing well, corn-wise, when we have enough left over to play games. How’s the crop this year? Excellent. We have enough corn for food?

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Yup. Corn for biofuel? Yup. Corn for the cattle to eat? Yup. Corn for holiday decorations? Yup. OK, then. Fire up the John Deere. Let’s make a maze! I’m not sure the origin of the first corn maze, but my guess is it was designed by a drunken farmer, somewhere in Ohio, after another Cleveland Browns loss. And the first person to solve a corn maze was his wife in the morning, when she found him and the tractor. The mazes in New Hampshire take all different shapes and forms. This year in the state, you can walk around corn mazes shaped like turkeys, moose and beehives. To our south, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the hottest corn maze of the season is shaped in the image of our lord and savior, Tom Brady. We should do that in New Hampshire. We should honor our natives with mazes in their image. Who wouldn’t want to walk

How dare I ridicule the simple, traditional, family fun of the corn maze? Well, I’m a corn purist. I like it on the cob, slathered in butter and lightly over-salted. But if you want to waste our state’s precious crop playing games, that’s your business. It’s not the first plant to be widely used for recreational entertainment in our state, and I’m sure it won’t be the last. And when they legalize the use of that other plant, these corn mazes will get a lot more interesting — and difficult. NH Jimmy Dunn want you to know he is a standup comedian who lives in NH and would love to perform at your holiday party. He does them all the time! (jimmydunn.com)

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How about adding a corn maze to some already-popular attractions? One with the Clark’s Trading Post bears roaming around would up the difficulty level.

POLITICS

Open the Gates

A flood of presidential candiates is on its way BY JAMES PINDELL

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n November 6, voters all over America will head to the polls, capping off a midterm election that could be historic in many ways, but also capping off two of some of the wildest years in American history. Then, on November 7, the 2020 presidential race begins in New Hampshire. It could be equally historic and wild, but one thing that is almost certain to be true about the next presidential primary season: It will be full. In 2016, the Republican field of credible candidates for president was 17. In the 2020, the field of credible Democratic presidential candidates could be as high as 25. What does this mean for the average Granite Stater? It means that, if you go to a diner in the next two years, there is a decent chance that a presidential candidate will be stopping by your table more than your waiter. This is no joke. Already there have been visits to New Hampshire by 20 potential candidates, and this is with many of the big names — like Massachusetts senator Eliza-

beth Warren — basically staying away. One reason for this is that, after nearly 30 years, the Clintons are out of the game, meaning there is no one powerfully directing from behind the scenes to help one candidate or give the boot to others. What’s left is a free-for-all at a time when the Democrats face major questions about which direction to take. In the 2016 presidential primary, major party fissures revealed themselves. On the Republican side, Donald Trump was able to take advantage of a populist conservative uprising against the Bushes, Scott Walker and senators who all represented the GOP establishment. On the Democratic side, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders wound up running against a Democratic party that he saw as too corporate and rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton. When Trump won, it ended the debate on what a Republican looked like. A Republican was a Trump Republican. The Democrats, meanwhile, never quite worked

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that out. That is what the next presidential primary season might accomplish. This New Hampshire primary campaign promises to be different than any before it. It should be more diverse — with more women, more people of color and more people of different sexual orientations. There might even be more mayors running — and no mayor has been elected to the White House since Grover Cleveland, the former Buffalo mayor, was elected in 1886. With the sheer amount of money in modern politics and the large number of candidates, there could be well over 1,500 campaign operatives running around the state working for either a campaign or a super PAC. If the Democratic presidential primary draws 250,000 voters, these operatives alone could determine the small margins between, say, 5th and 6th place. These young workers will be running phone banks and renting apartments and buying a lot of pizza. And visiting your diner. The next year could be an amazing time to experience politics in the state. It could also be really annoying. But if no one at the diner refills your water fast enough, there might be someone standing by who will be happy to help — if you are willing to listen to their plans for America. NH nhmagazine.com | November 2018

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The Buck Horn Bound

Sometimes, the simple marking of a town line can be a curious affair STORY AND PHOTOS BY MARSHALL HUDSON

n old man came forward at the public hearing and told the legislative committee that he thought he could find the missing boundary marker. He also said that he thought he could prove it to be in the original location as established by the surveyors back in the 1720s. If the old man could actually do it, this would solve the committee’s dilemma, so he immediately had everyone’s attention.

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It was the year 1770, and the proprietors of the towns of Gilmanton, Barnstead, Canterbury and Chichester had petitioned the New Hampshire General Assembly to settle a long-running dispute as to where the town boundaries were located. In particular, where was the point where the four towns all came together? The discrepancies between the individual town charters and the multiple surveys that had been done pointed to four

different locations and created a gore of as much as three-quarters of a square mile. The provincial governor and general assembly had appointed a committee to study the matter. The committee had studied it to death and still had not found a resolution, so they were holding hearings and soliciting input from anyone who might have credible knowledge that could help them establish the lost town boundaries. The old man who came forward told the committee that he had been a young boy on the original survey party that had first blazed the lines and laid out the boundaries for the towns of Canterbury and Gilmanton. The survey party had been led by Ed Gilman of Gilman’s Town (now Gilmanton). In addition to Gilman, the survey party consisted of three surveyors, a scout and three camp assistants. The old man had been one of the camp assistants in his youth. As a camp assistant, his job was to cut firewood, lug water and help the camp cook while the surveyors were out blazing lines. Somehow he had gotten crosswise of the chief of the survey party for some offense, and he had been given a thorough thrashing for his transgressions. Feeling bitter and vengeful and seeking comfort, the boy got into the camp supplies and made off with a jug of rum. He hid the jug beneath a rock beside a tree with a town line blaze that the surveyors had recently placed on it. The rebellious boy returned nightly to his secret stash of pilfered rum to ease his loneliness. When the jug was empty, he left it hidden underneath the rock at the base of the blazed tree. Now, that boy was the old man testifying before the study committee. The old man reckoned that if he could find the rock with the hidden empty rum jug beneath it and beside a blazed tree, it would prove where the original surveyors had marked the line and thus settle the dispute. The legislative study committee concurred and appointed a subcommittee to wander into the wilderness with the old man and recover this empty rum bottle. As they searched for the rock with the hidden rum bottle, one of the searchers discovered a pair of recently shed deer antlers. Impressed with the 10-point rack, he picked up the antlers and carried them along as they continued searching for the rum jug. Eventually,

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Writer Marshall Hudson used a yellow lumber crayon to highlight the words carved into the rock back in 1849. And no, that’s not one of the original “buck horns” but it looks nice there.

they found the rock with the empty rum jug still hidden beneath it as the old man had described. The rum bottle was 100-percent proof that the old man knew what he was testifying to. When the committee saw this evidence, there were no further arguments and they confirmed the town lines to the point where the old man had said they were. The recovered town lines were then re-surveyed and re-blazed, and the point marking the spot where the four towns came together was determined to be a large tree, either a willow or a beech, depending on which old document you choose to believe. The committee marked this tree with the initials of the four towns that cornered at that spot. Then, to further identify and distinguish the tree, and probably on somewhat of a lark, they bored holes into the sides of the tree and jammed the deer antlers that had been found into the holes, marking the tree with

a pair of uniquely identifiable features. Two years later in 1773, the town of Loudon was split off from the town of Canterbury. The inhabitants of the area felt that it was too far to travel to attend meetings and church services in Canterbury center, so they petitioned the government to partition the town into the Parish of Loudon. The petition was granted, and the metes and bounds description of the newly incorporated Loudon was written, forever preserving the Buck Horn tree into a written document thusly: “An Act To Set Off Part of the Town of Canterbury Into a Distinct Parish by the Name of Loudon” (Passed Jan 23 1773) “Whereas a number of the Inhabitants of Canterbury in the County of Rockingham in this Province have Petitioned the General Assembly to be set off and erected into a distinct Parish agreeable to a vote of said Town set forth in said Petition. ...

603 INFORMER Therefore be it enacted by the Governor Council and Assembly that all that part of the Town of Canterbury Beginning at the Northeast Corner thereof at the Buckhorn Beach Tree thence South West on the Head line of Chichester.” Likewise, in 1783, the town of Pittsfield was split off from the town of Chichester. The net result is that the Buck Horn Tree monument today marks the point where the towns of Pittsfield, Barnstead, Loudon and Gilmanton all meet at a shared corner. Through the 1800s, the towns perambulated their town bounds faithfully, and many of the old perambulation records mention the Buck Horn Beech or Buck Horn Willow tree. Dates and initials of these perambulations were chiseled into nearby witness rocks around the tree. One ambitious perambulation team from Loudon and Gilmanton reported carving “November 8, 1849” and the word “BUCK” into a rock three feet behind the Buck Horn Tree. By the turn of the century (1899-1900), the Buck Horn Beech or Buck Horn Willow was getting old and tired. Some reports suggest that it had fallen down due to age and disease. While the tree may be rotted and gone, I reasoned that the nearby chiseled rocks might remain. I set out to find them with the ambitious goal of standing in four towns and two different counties all at the same time on this legendary bound. It took some hunting and effort, but I found rocks with initials and carvings and chiseled dates. Some engravings were covered with dirt and moss and difficult to read. Some weren’t chiseled very deeply and multiple rocks in the area were naturally pockmarked or scarred. I poked around the area and uncovered a rock with some vague letters in it. I forced yellow lumber crayon into the grooves to make out what it read. Slowly, “BUCK, 1849, NOV 8” emerged. I’d found the Buck Horn Bound. And no, there was no jug of rum beneath it. NH

One of the stones from a previous survey reads 1771. nhmagazine.com | November 2018

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Movie Star Photo and transcription by David Mendelsohn

Barry Steelman has the name and dapper appearance of a Hollywood leading man, but his film career has been dedicated to providing places for cinephiles, like himself, to watch and appreciate great movies. Many still remember his fabled Cinema 93, but it’s Concord’s Red River Theatres, an independent, nonprofit, downtown movie theater, that will likely be his legacy. His influence as a purveyor and proponent of film just earned him the “Van McLeod Award” at this year’s NH Film Festival.

At Red River I act as a “programming consultant” with a film booking agent to make the best possible choices from the film selection that is available to us. I have no formal training that qualifies me for this position, just years — actually over five decades — of experience in the entertainment business. Before going much further, let me distinguish what usually separates the terms “movie” and “film.” ... Ah, hell, whatever distinctions I could summon up are probably just high falutin “bird seed,” so let’s simply consider the terms interchangeable. To make a movie that will play successfully at Red River in Concord, here’s the formula: A British drama, set in a historical time period, featuring Maggie Smith or Judi Dench. Voila! A film that holds the record number of times I have watched it? It would probably be Sam Peckinpah’s “The Wild Bunch” (1969). “House of Wax” (1953) would be a close second.

Digital effects in movies are marvelous as long as they don’t supersede the human elements of the story being presented. In consideration of film vs. digital cinema projection: I love film (celluloid), but I have never had to refocus a digital image. References to me as Mr. Movies and Film Guru are cheerfully denied because they are usually followed by a cinematic question I don’t know the answer to. Who should moviegoers be paying attention to currently? Film producers and directors who are not creating remakes, sequels or movies based on TV shows. I keep threatening to purchase new TVs with the latest technological advancements to replace the very antiquated ones I am currently watching.. The ideal length of a film is one that doesn’t make the viewer regret remaining stationary throughout its running time.

The late Van McLeod (seen here on the right of NH Film Bureau chief Matthew Newton) was the NH Commissioner of Cultural Resources for decades and is still a legend to the many artists and filmmakers he encouraged and assisted along the way. His memory is honored each October at the NH Film Festival in Portsmouth with an award named for him. Steelman, who was a longtime friend of McLeod’s, was the 2018 recipient.

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Farm root vegetables with red quinoa and beet hummus at Table + Tonic in North Conway

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By Susan Laughlin Opening photo by Bruce Luetters

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New Hampshire diners have voted with their forks — the white linens are off the tables. Sure, fine dining survives, but mostly at a destination hotel or inn. New restaurants are evoking a casual-yet-hip atmosphere, and are embracing the current trends of small-plate dining, healthy options and ever-popular pizza and BBQ. Chefs at both pubs and cautiously upscale eateries are exuding a passion for local sourcing and honest, fromscratch cooking. Their bars are well stocked with craft beers on draft, while cocktails are elevated to an art form. It’s all good. There is truly something for everyone this year. Live free and dine out — often.

An ecological perspective is seen throughout the menu at Table + Tonic — the seafood is sustainable, beef is pastured and produce is organic.

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Table + Tonic 3358 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway

Heather Chase and Russ Van Deursen, owners of The Local Grocer, are featuring their concept of healthy food with an upscale twist in the space next door. Produce is sourced from their own permaculture farm, and breads are made in-house with organic grains and eggs. At the bar, find “Garden-toGlass” cocktails designed with an herbalist’s skill with herbs and fruits from their Mountain Flower Farm in Intervale. And say “yes” to the kombucha cocktails, while the mocktail menu is creative and perfect for those who would enjoy a thirst-quenching tonic without the booze — think dandelion shrub. The menu caters to all kinds of dietary needs and tastes, offering options such as beet ravioli with cashew cheese for vegans, vegetarian dishes that change with the seasons, and dishes for those who follow a paleo or gluten-free diet. Respect is also given to conscientious omnivores, who will find sustainable seafood and local grass-fed beef. The wholesome feel is further enhanced by plating on rustic, hand-thrown stoneware. Relish in the menu, as dining here takes the guilt level down a few notches. Not to miss: dairy- and gluten-free beet ravioli. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday, open at 5 p.m. for dinner. Enjoy their café next door for breakfast and lunch. (603) 356-6068, tableandtonic.com

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At Table + Tonic, the wholesome, locally sourced food is enhanced by plating on rustic, hand-thrown stoneware.

1750 Taphouse

170 Route 101, Bedford

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Here is a prime example of what’s happening in the New Hampshire food scene. The former Tek-Nique, which was known for elegant dining, was cleared out, from the too-tiny bar to the white tablecloths. In its place is a lively, completely reimagined casual restaurant with a much larger bar — in fact, it’s the focal point. Behind the bar is an impressive draft list featuring 40 craft beers, many of them local. The star of the menu is the brickoven pizza, but other dishes, such as burgers and larger entrées, are offered too. Families fill the booths lining the walls and the bar is often hopping. Must be the perfect answer to a night out for a breadth of local citizenry. Not to miss: 1750 pizza with the works. Open for lunch and dinner, daily and Sunday brunch. (603) 488-2573, 1750taphouse.com

The 1750 Taphouse Special Pizza is topped with pepperoni, ham, maple fennel sausage, caramelized onion and mixed mushrooms for a very tasty blend.

Tillie’s

9 Court St., Keene

The owners of Tillie’s lucked out when they found space a stone’s throw from Keene’s Central Square. Tabatha Eisner and Chef Steve Bentley named the place after Bentley’s great aunt, who ran whiskey from Canada to New Hampshire during Prohibition. The former Tony Clamato’s was classed up with black trim, new lighting and a few church pews for bench seating in the dining area. The whiskey list keeps growing at the comfortable bar, and the area also sports a grand piano. The owners found a good chef in John Rossey, who creates over-the-top comfort food with bacon-wrapped chicken wings coated with a bourbon Moxie glaze, deviled eggs with caviar, upscale housemade gnocchi in a brown butter sage sauce and pork tenderloin with mashed celery root. It’s all very good. Not to miss: Chicken Marengo with quail egg, steamed crawfish and a very citrusy cilantro-lime sauce. Closed Monday, lunch Tuesday through Sunday, dinner Tuesday through Saturday, Left: Enjoy craft cocktails in the Sunday Brunch. speakeasy vibe. Above: The dish(603) 354-3214, Facebook not-to-miss, Chicken Marengo nhmagazine.com | November 2018

Raleigh Wine Bar & Eatery

All it took was a wine appreciation course in college for proprietor Nimi Idnani to rethink her career plans. Ever since, the 31-year-old has been traveling and studying wine and hopes to eventually attain Master of Wines level. At Raleigh, a modern, bright white space with large windows offering views of Memorial Bridge, Idnani works with her chef, Jeremy Glover, planning exquisite bites that pair perfectly with her wine collection of about 80 carefully selected bottles — many naturally produced — from Alsace to Germany to the Loire Valley. There is also a nice selection of wines by the glass, focusing on complexity. Find more than cheeses and charcuterie, as the menu changes often, offering a short selection of clever entrées, a foie gras with streaks of cocoa appetizer and a blue fin toro tuna tartare covered with thinly sliced cucumber dusted with baby basil flowers. There is even a goat dish, which surely has a wine to match. Not to miss: soft boiled egg appetizer blended with spices, all carefully returned to the shell and topped with trout roe. Opens at 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, 10:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday with a brunch menu. (603) 427-8459, raleighwinebar.com

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Dish-not-to-miss — Raleigh Wine Bar & Eatery’s soft boiled egg appetizer with trout roe

67 State St., Portsmouth

Nimi Idnani of Portsmouth’s Raleigh Wine Bar & Eatery

Lure Bar and Kitchen 100 Market St., Portsmouth

A new partnership has taken over the former Banana Republic retail space, presenting another dining option in Portsmouth. They plan to focus on seafood, small, shareable plates, and offer a modest raw bar along with tinned seafood — such as squid in ink and smoked sardines from Spain — for a tapas feel. Chef Brendan Levin, formerly the chef at 3S Artspace, encourages folks to sit and nibble, as that’s the way he likes to eat. With a focus on an intriguing dining menu, 40

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also expect to see a nice selection of white and sparkling wines, while a variety of gins and gin cocktails will highlight the spirit offerings. Beverage manager Megan McNeil is crafting many of the ingredients, including bitters and tonic. The space centers on a large, white marble bar and a reclaimed wood accent wall, both fostering a casual beach atmosphere. Flip flops welcome! Not to miss: charcuterie plate with a glass of Cava. As of press time in early October, Lure Bar and Kitchen was scheduled to open later in the month. Opens at 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; bar opens at 4:30 p.m. with light snacks. Facebook

Ore Nell’s Barbecue 2 Badgers Island West, Kittery

Hop just over the border to Badger’s Island to find food from the Lone Star State. It’s all about Texas here as Houston native Chef Will Myska pays tribute to his home state with dry-rub BBQ, a brisket sandwich served with Texas napkins (white bread) and a legendary banana pudding, all offered with local craft brews and Texas’ Shiner beer. The name is also an ode to Myska’s grandmother and cooking inspiration, Ore Nell, now in her early 90s. The former Blind Pig Provisions space was a perfect fit, as it already had the traditional look of a BBQ joint with galvanized steel and pine walls. But Ore Nell’s is more than tradition. Sure, you can order brisket and ribs by the pound with your choice of the usual sides, but specials are Myska’s road to fame with beautifully executed Korean ribs, beef short ribs with tomato jam and his take on Frito pie — hey, Frito-Lay is headquartered in Dallas. The dish was a staple for public schools for years. Not to miss: Myska’s cornbread with jalapeño, cheddar and De Arbol honey and those succulent Korean ribs. Open for lunch and dinner at 11:30 a.m. Thursday though Sunday, dinner only 4 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. (207) 703-2340, orenellsbbq.com

Also New North End Bistro 1361 Elm St., Manchester The former The Way We Cook spot has new ownership, but continues the tradition with Italian-American fare. (603) 232-3527, Facebook Casamigos 246 Main St., Tilton Offering authentic TexMex dishes. (603) 7290062, Facebook Cielito Mexican Restaurant 50 S. Main St., Bristol Tableside guacamole, olé! (603) 744-2044, cielitomexicanrestaurant.com Nomads Kitchen 9 Madbury Rd., Durham Serving bowls of greens and grains with an international “street food” flair in a fast/casual atmosphere near UNH. (603) 397-5539, nomads.kitchen Moko Japanese Steakhouse 2060 Woodbury Ave. Newington Hibachi tables, sushi, etc. (603) 374-7000 mokohibachi.com

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Sakura Asian Bistro 166 Daniel Webster Hwy. Nashua Specializing in Japanese dishes, sushi and sashimi. (603) 589-9815 sakuranashua.com

Burnt ends are the prize at the end of Ore Nell Barbecue’s beef brisket, served here with a deep-fried baked potato.

Smoke and Cream 44 Market St. Somersworth Find small-batch ice cream and a full range of BBQ along with beer, wine and spirits. (603) 841-5901 smokeandcreamnh.com

Table 8 254 Wallace Rd., Bedford Freshly made pastas with choice of sauces and other add-ons in a fast/casual atmosphere (603) 4882463, table8pasta.com Peter Christian’s Tavern 195 Main St., New London New London’s favorite hangout is re-opened in a totally renovated building after a very long time sitting on the sidelines (603) 526-4042, peterchristiansnh.com El Arroyo 292 Route 101, Amherst Featuring an authentic Mexican-style menu in the former BluAqua space in Salzburg Square Little Brother’s Burger Company 420 Main St., New London A gourmet burger restaurant created by the management of Millstone at 74 Main Restaurant. Opening soon in the former Cataleya’s Caribbean Bar & Grill space Antojitos Colombianos 173 Hanover St. Manchester Columbian cuisine (603) 623-3000, Facebook Buba Noodle Bar 36 Lowell St., Manchester Located in the former Gale Motor Co./Noodle Bar space, Trumin Nguyen and his family offer authentic Vietnamese food, Asian fusion dishes and pho. (603) 935-7864, Facebook

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Boards and Brews

The menu here is fairly limited (mostly snacks and sandwiches plus two larger plates, turkey dinner or short rib mac and cheese), but the spot is less about eating and more about gathering in a communal atmosphere while drinking beer and playing board games. Actually, it’s a lot of fun. Groups — from families to teens to millennials — may spend the evening at tables or even in a semi-private room to conquer Chutes and Ladders or Dungeons & Dragons. The only TV in the place is tuned to a YouTube board game channel, limiting distraction from conversation and good laughs. There is a $5 game charge, but game recommendations from their library of more than 1,000 games and a seat at the table for the evening is worth the coin of our realm. Not-to-miss game: Timeline, to play at the bar with a friend, followed by the brownie sundae, which is pretty decadent. Open daily for lunch to 11 p.m. and later on Friday and Saturday. (603) 785-9721, boardsandbrewsnh.com

Left: Part of Boards and Brews’ impressive collection of games Pictured here is co-owner Keating Tufts

Salt & Lime 73 Emerald St., Keene

Good, honest food doesn’t always need expensive trappings. Issac Kaufman, chef and owner at Salt & Lime, sources local hormone-free pork to make his own sausages, the main event, at his mobile food truck parked on Emerald Street. For $10, he offers a choice of several sausages on grilled buns, including the house special with sauerkraut and mustard, and Rick’s Link with smoked paprika bacon crumble, slaw, crushed potato chips and vinegar aioli. 42

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The sausage combinations are a meeting point for fancy and favorite ingredients off the greatest hits list, balanced with, hmm ... salt, fat and acid. He named it Salt & Lime for the two ingredients that enhance just about any dish, and now serve as the backbone of his aioli and mustard sauces that compliment the meats. Not to miss: sausage of your choice and/or street fries featuring farmer’s cheese, crumbled sausage, fresh herbs and a vinegar aioli. Open weekdays for lunch 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (603) 355-7068, saltandlimenh.com

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At Boards and Brews in Manchester, cozy up with some short rib mac and cheese while you take on your friends in games that range from the classics to Settlers of Catan.

941 Elm St., Manchester

Cornerstone Artisanal Pizza & Craft Beer 110 Brewery Ln., Portsmouth

This is so much more than another pizza joint. The old Frank Jones Brew Yard buildings have been renovated over the past couple of years into a hip center for businesses of all sorts. Cornerstone is located inside a multi-use building, and features the original brick walls and a few mechanical contraptions, now just wall art. Cornerstone was started in Ogunquit, Maine, but this location has ex-

panded the menu beyond their tasty wood-oven pizza to main dishes featuring duck breast or seafood, sticky ribs apps and interesting sandwiches piled with butternut squash. Enjoy it all in this multilevel inviting space. Chef Andrew Morin has been given the reins to up the ante, plus find a nice selection of craft brews on tap. Not to miss: The duck entrée of the day. Open at 11:30 a.m. daily for lunch and dinner. (603) 294-0965, cornerstoneportsmouth.com

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Artisanal pizza is right in the name, but Cornerstone also serves main dishes — like the seasonal duck preparation (bottom right) — and interesting cocktails. The pizza pictured here is the Not So Traditional Margherita featuring herb roasted tomatoes, bufala mozzarella and fresh basil

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Scallop crudo prepared seasonally with peaches and benne seeds from The Carriage House in Rye

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The Carriage House 2263 Ocean Blvd., Rye

Louie’s in Portsmouth was a diner’s dream with great Northern Italian food and perfect service. Smoke damage from a nearby fire forced the restaurant to close, but the team behind Louie’s found a new home. They looked to Rye and The Carriage House, which was nearing the end of a fine run. They made an offer, and now co-owners James Woodhouse and RJ Joyce, along with partner Chef Brett Cavanna, have adapted to this new location. The space was opened and updated with neutral whites and charcoal. The cozy second floor bar offers views to “Ocean TV,” as it were, with beach volleyball, surfers and gulls providing content. The short-but-sweet menu features fresh seafood, from local oysters to flounder tartare to caviar. With a respectful nod, the team offers nightly blue plate specials spun from the old Carriage House menu: liver and onions, prime rib and fried fish. You’ll only find a few Italian dishes, maybe a farfalle Bolognese with roasted tomatoes, to slyly suggest, “We have not forgotten Louie’s; we shall return.” Not to miss: pan-seared scallops and the Parker House rolls with rosemary and sea salt. Open for dinner at 5 p.m., brunch on Sunday at 11 a.m. (603) 964-8251, carriagehouserye.com

Osteria Poggio 18 Main St., Center Harbor

Expansions and Upgrades 110 Grill

875 Elm St., Manchester This beautiful new location, their 16th in four years, features a large bar, plenty of booth seating and a secluded patio out back with a fire pit. (603) 836-1150, 110grill.com Ohana Kitchen 75 Portsmouth Ave., Exeter Fast/casual café featuring healthy Hawaiian poke bowls (603) 319-8234, ohana.kitchen

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Barrio, 3S Artspace 319 Vaughn St., Portsmouth Taco shop serving up tacos, tequila and whiskey (603) 766-3330, 3sarts.org/barrio-restaurant The Barley House Seacoast 43 Lafayette Rd., North Hampton This popular Concord restaurant takes their great burgers and beer to the Seacoast. (603) 379-9161 seacoast.thebarleyhouse.com

Once the sous chef at the Local Eatery in Laconia, Kaylon Sweet now manages his own spot in the former Coe House/Lavinia’s in Center Harbor. The interior was beautifully redone a number of years ago, and little was changed to disturb it. A great feature are the two bars, one upstairs and one down, that offer convivial meeting spots for casual dining, while the sophisticated rooms with French wallpaper suggest a place for a more relaxed meal. Sweet focuses on Italian food, his personal favorite, as he trained, in part, at the Apicius International School of Hospitality in Florence. All pastas are housemade, including a sausage ravioli with meatballs and braised pork with artichoke ravioli. Even the pizza, hot from the wood-fired oven, is given a special touch and served on a wooden board. Pastry Chef Bella Price is a wizard with panna cotta and gelato, packing the flavors of the season into the dessert course, while bar manager Andy McClure creates his own bitters, shrubs and even a Pernod-style liqueur for building inventive cocktails. Not to miss: meatballs and ravioli, a fall-inspired panna cotta and Professor Plum cocktail while dining in the cupola atop the building. Reserve it and tip well, as it’s three flights up. Open for dinner 5 p.m., closed Monday, while brunch on Sunday is a new option. (603) 250-8007, osteriapoggio.com

The Nice 107 State St. (upstairs), Portsmouth The former Red Door is now a new cocktail lounge, throwing it back to the ’50s and ’60s with classic cocktails with nibbles to eat. (603) 294-9941 theniceportsmouth.com Gauchos Churrascaria Brazilian Steak House 6 Elm St., Nashua This Brazilian restaurant in Manchester, featuring meats cut from skewers, has expanded to Nashua with its prix-fixe-only menu and lunch buffet. Crêpes are not available at this location. (603) 881-3663 gauchosbraziliansteakhouse.com Pleasant Street Grille 62 Pleasant St., Concord Small eatery to open for breakfast, lunch and dinner nhmagazine.com | November 2018

Casey and Amy La Rue of the Hancock Inn

The Hancock Inn Dining Room 33 Main St., Hancock

Assiette of Mayfair Farm lamb

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It would be hard to say that dining at The Hancock Inn is new since it’s been serving the public since 1789, but the guardians of such a historic venue change over the years, bringing new influences with them. Jarvis and Marcia Coffin took possession in 2011, and first set about refurbishing the guest rooms and dealing with necessary maintenance. This past spring, they focused on the culinary side of things, overhauling the dining room menu by bringing in husband-and-wife duo Casey and Amy La Rue, now executive chef and pastry chef, respectively, after a nationwide search. Each is highly trained in the culinary arts and also worked with the likes of Ken Oringer, Daniel Boulud and Michelin’s Chef of the Century, the late Joël Robuchon. Now situated in the heart of pastureland and artisan producers, the couple has taken locally sourced directly to the menu. Casey makes cultured butter with Connolly Brothers Farm milk, and lamb is sustainably raised down the road at Mayfair Farm in Harrisville. Amy adds a layer of richness with her exquisitely plated desserts and beautiful breads. The dining room menu is presented as a tasting menu with several choices for each course. Find on-trend, artistic presentation on each plate, but better yet, delightful flavor. The tasting menu is $48, and the grand tasting is $85. Old favorites, including the Yankee pot roast, remain available in the Fox Tavern. Not to miss: the whole roasted Cavendish quail. Dinner at 5:30 Tuesday through Saturday. (603) 525-3318, hancockinn.com

Chuck’s BARbershop 90 Low Ave., Eagle Square, Concord

The third in Prohibition-style bars produced by the clever Liu Vaine is on point with period furnishing and the feel of a secret speakeasy, while the staff is dressed for the part. The room is dark and sounds of the Jazz Age are in the air — maybe even live ragtime piano. There is always a trick to gain entry, so look on Yelp or answer the riddle. Hint — pick up the phone. But don’t worry, they won’t leave you hanging if there is room inside. And coming soon, you can actually have your hair cut in the foyer on occasion. As they say, “Come in for a cut, and leave with a buzz.” Also coming soon is a whiskey bar, which will be located in the renovated downstairs space. No reservations taken, but you can waitlist. Not to miss: French 75, meatloaf burger and an over-the-top brioche donut. (603) 856-7520, Facebook

Whiskey & Wine 148 N. Main St., Concord

Whiskey & Wine’s eclectic menu includes ramen and bao buns.

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Earlier this year, chef David Spagnuolo and restaurateur Stacey Murphy rebranded their Manchester restaurant, Gale Motor Co., as Noodle Bar. Soon after, they sold Noodles to focus on their newest restaurant, Whiskey & Wine in Concord’s revamped Remi’s Block. Not uncoincidentally, the tapas-style offerings include greatest hits from the Gale and Noodle menus and 40 or more brands of whiskies — bourbon, rye and scotch. Look for special wine dinners too, while Murphy continues to blend up nice cocktails with her housemade ingredients. Not to miss: Tonkutsu Ramen. Open at 4 p.m. except on Sunday. (603) 715-8575, Facebook

Former Shorty’s, Bedford Mum is the word on what Great NH Restaurants (T-BONES, Cactus Jack’s, Copper Door, etc.) will do with this space in 2019.

Noodz 968 Elm St., Manchester As of press time in early October, it was expected to open later in the month. From the folks at Birch on Elm comes a ramen eatery in the former Finesse Pastries location.

a patio and additional rooftop deck that will offer views of the Nashua River. The restaurant will offer farm-totable dining sourced from their own farm. A brewery, Talespinner, will be located on the bottom level.

Dixie Blu, Manchester Expected November opening. Featuring the Cajun cuisine of Chef Chris Noble, formerly of bluAqua. Opening in the former Ted Herbert Music store on Elm Street.

Rambling House, Nashua Expected late spring opening The former Timber Grille spot on Water Street is being totally transformed with post-and-beam construction,

Gale Motor Co. in Manchester (now Buba Noodle Bar) The Rosa, Portsmouth (another Italian restaurant expected soon) Nibblesworth, Portsmouth

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Employment Law – Individuals Employment Law - Management Labor Law – Management Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Robert J. Lanney

Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Michael P. Lehman

Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Elizabeth M. Lorsbach Trusts and Estates

Peter A. Meyer

Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Sarah S. Murdough Insurance Law

Margaret H. Nelson Energy Law Insurance Law Tax Law

Christopher J. Pyles

Employment Law – Management Litigation – Labor and Employment

Elise H. Salek

Litigation – Trusts and Estates Tax Law Trusts and Estates

Ronna F. Wise Family Law

The

Best Lawyers in our state

Every year the national polling firm Woodward/White performs its exhaustive search for the country’s top attorneys and publishes the results in one comprehensive volume: “The Best Lawyers in America.” The 25th edition, for 2019, has just been completed. Here is the Granite State contingent, plus we asked six “Lawyers of the Year” to share a favorite quotation and to tell us why they love what they do. PHOTOS BY KENDAL J. BUSH

Christopher J. Sullivan Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell nhmagazine.com | November 2018

Best Lawyers 2019

The List

Andrea Chatfield

Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester Employment Law — Management

LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY specialty and attorney’s name

Names highlighted in orange were selected by Woodward/White as “Lawyers of the Year.”

ADMINISTRATIVE / REGULATORY LAW Donald J. Pfundstein Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord George W. Roussos Orr & Reno Concord Gregory H. Smith McLane Middleton Concord

APPELLATE PRACTICE William L. Chapman Orr & Reno Concord Doreen F. Connor Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer Manchester Bruce W. Felmly McLane Middleton Manchester Wilbur A. Glahn McLane Middleton Manchester Jon Meyer Backus, Meyer & Branch Manchester W. Scott O’Connell Nixon Peabody Manchester

ARBITRATION Charles P. Bauer Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord John Burwell Garvey University of New Hampshire School of Law Concord

Employment law has never been more relevant and dynamic than it is today. Whether it is addressing employment discrimination and harassment in light of the #MeToo movement, managing diversity and inclusion issues, reexamining drug/alcohol policies with the legalization of medical marijuana, or adapting to ever-changing technology that has forever altered how we communicate, the law of the workplace is always at the forefront of current societal trends. It evolves as society evolves and therefore is always fascinating. I especially enjoy leveraging my experience to help employers through difficult issues, knowing that with the right guidance and a willingness to learn, they can achieve their business goals and foster a well-functioning, productive work environment.

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“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill

Curtis Little Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester Donald J. Pfundstein Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord Peter B. Rotch McLane Middleton Manchester Henry B. Stebbins Stebbins, Lazos & Van Der Beken Manchester David P. Van Der Beken Stebbins, Lazos & Van Der Beken Manchester

BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS/INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW Joseph A. Foster McLane Middleton Manchester William S. Gannon William S. Gannon Manchester Steven M. Notinger Notinger Law Nashua Daniel W. Sklar Nixon Peabody Manchester John M. Sullivan Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Concord

BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION

Margaret R. Kerouac Orr & Reno Concord

Doreen F. Connor Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer Manchester

William A. Mulvey Mulvey, Cornell & Mulvey Portsmouth

Bruce W. Felmly McLane Middleton Manchester

BANKING AND FINANCE LAW Denise J. Deschenes Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer Littleton Camille Holton DiCroce Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester W. John Funk Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord

Wilbur A. Glahn McLane Middleton Manchester Steven M. Gordon Shaheen & Gordon Concord Jack B. Middleton McLane Middleton Manchester W. Scott O’Connell Nixon Peabody Manchester Arnold Rosenblatt Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester

Best Lawyers 2019 James Q. Shirley Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester

Angela B. Martin Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

James C. Wheat Wadleigh, Starr and Peters Manchester

Jon B. Sparkman Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS (INCLUDING LLCS AND PARTNERSHIPS)

COLLABORATIVE LAW: FAMILY LAW

Peter Cline Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord Scott W. Ellison Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester David K. Fries Cleveland, Waters and Bass Concord Dodd S. Griffith Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord James F. Raymond Upton & Hatfield Concord Jeffrey J. Zellers Annis & Zellers Concord

CIVIL RIGHTS LAW Thomas M. Closson Jackson Lewis Portsmouth Jon Meyer Backus, Meyer & Branch Manchester Martha Van Oot Jackson Lewis Portsmouth Lawrence A. Vogelman Nixon, Vogelman, Slawsky, & Simoneau Manchester

CLOSELY HELD COMPANIES AND FAMILY BUSINESSES LAW Matthew H. Benson Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester Steve Cohen Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester James G. Cook Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester Scott W. Ellison Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester David K. Fries Cleveland, Waters and Bass Concord

Margaret R. Kerouac Orr & Reno Concord

COMMERCIAL FINANCE LAW Martin J. Baroff Baroff & Craven Manchester Timothy E. Britain Cleveland, Waters and Bass Concord Peter F. Burger Orr & Reno Concord Camille Holton DiCroce Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester Dodd S. Griffith Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord Curtis Little Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION Gary M. Burt Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer Manchester

Holly B. Haines

Abramson, Brown & Dugan, Manchester Medical Malpractice Law — Plaintiffs

Peter G. Callaghan Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Concord Gregory S. Clayton Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer Littleton Christopher Cole Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Peter S. Cowan Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Daniel Deane Nixon Peabody Manchester Michael A. Delaney McLane Middleton Manchester Andrew D. Dunn Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester Samantha Elliott Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord

I get to help people harmed by other people’s negligence and hold the people or organizations causing that harm accountable for doing so. Sometimes I make systemic change while helping my clients, which is even more rewarding. I brought suit against a New Hampshire methadone clinic several times. That clinic was nationally operated and corporately owned. After my cases concluded, the new operations manager for the parent clinic contacted me, and informed me that they did a “cleaning house” of their clinics nationwide. They even limited the scope of operations of their clinics in two states and shut down the operation of their clinics in another. They did this because of the evidence we discovered in our clients’ cases, showing how these clinics were egregiously mismanaged, blatantly disregarding state and federal regulations, completely lacking in oversight, and failing to appropriately treat their patients. We can effectuate change in New Hampshire and nationwide.

“In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.” — Albert Einstein

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Best Lawyers 2019 Bruce W. Felmly McLane Middleton Manchester Kevin M. Fitzgerald Nixon Peabody Manchester Wilbur A. Glahn McLane Middleton Manchester Jamie N. Hage Hage Hodes Manchester Scott H. Harris McLane Middleton Manchester James P. Harris Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Ralph F. Holmes McLane Middleton Manchester Robert R. Lucic Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Daniel P. Luker Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Concord David W. McGrath Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Jack B. Middleton McLane Middleton Manchester Robert H. Miller Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester W. Scott O’Connell Nixon Peabody Manchester James F. Ogorchock Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester

Dean B. Eggert

Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, Manchester Education Law I have always loved the practice of law, but over the years my reasons for loving the profession have changed. As a young lawyer, it was all about competing, honing my skills and becoming an effective advocate. Fortunately, Wadleigh, Starr & Peters offered me much more than those opportunities. The firm taught me to honor the law, to respect the opinions of others and to preserve the truth. Today, I strive to measure my success by the success of others. I try to ask questions like, how are my clients doing? How are my colleagues doing? How are the young lawyers in our firm growing? What will I do to help our firm last another 100 years? One astute writer called this the transition in life from the search for success to significance. And in my estimation, that’s when practicing law becomes truly fulfilling.

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” — Jim Elliot 52

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Frank P. Spinella Wadleigh, Starr and Peters Manchester Robert A. Stein The Stein Law Firm Concord Andru H. Volinsky Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester Jeremy T. Walker McLane Middleton Manchester James C. Wheat Wadleigh, Starr and Peters Manchester David Wolowitz McLane Middleton Newington

COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS/UCC LAW Timothy E. Britain Cleveland, Waters and Bass Concord Peter Cline Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord David K. Fries Cleveland, Waters and Bass Concord James D. Kerouac Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester

CONSTRUCTION LAW Richard C. Gagliuso Gagliuso & Gagliuso Merrimack Kelly J. Gagliuso Gagliuso & Gagliuso Merrimack

Thomas J. Pappas Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer Manchester

Matthew R. Johnson Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

Michael A. Pignatelli Rath Young Pignatelli Nashua

Bruce J. Marshall D’Amante Couser Pellerin & Associates Concord

David W. Rayment Cleveland, Waters and Bass Concord Arnold Rosenblatt Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester Mark C. Rouvalis McLane Middleton Manchester Daniel P. Schwarz Jackson Lewis Portsmouth James Q. Shirley Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Donald Lee Smith Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

Thomas J. Pappas Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer Manchester Kenneth E. Rubinstein Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Concord Frank P. Spinella Wadleigh, Starr and Peters Manchester

Best Lawyers 2019 James G. Cook Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester

Curtis Little Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester

Mark A. Wright McLane Middleton Manchester

Daniel P. Luker Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Concord

CORPORATE COMPLIANCE LAW Michael A. Delaney McLane Middleton Manchester

CORPORATE LAW Erik T. Barstow Integral Business Counsel Portsmouth Matthew H. Benson Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester Peter F. Burger Orr & Reno Concord Steven M. Burke McLane Middleton Manchester Patrick C. Closson McLane Middleton Newington Steve Cohen Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester James G. Cook Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester Joseph A. DiBrigida Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Michael J. Drooff Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Scott W. Ellison Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester David K. Fries Cleveland, Waters and Bass Concord Benjamin F. Gayman Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester Dodd S. Griffith Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord Jamie N. Hage Hage Hodes Manchester Susan B. Hollinger Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord Mary Susan Leahy McLane Middleton Newington Simon C. Leeming Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Concord

Colleen Lyons Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Mark S. McCue Hinckley Allen Manchester John R. Monson Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer Manchester Daniel J. Norris McLane Middleton Manchester Scott E. Pueschel Pierce Atwood Portsmouth Alan L. Reische Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Michael D. Ruedig Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord Richard A. Samuels McLane Middleton Manchester Daniel W. Sklar Nixon Peabody Manchester Jon B. Sparkman Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester Henry B. Stebbins Stebbins, Lazos & Van Der Beken Manchester John M. Sullivan Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Concord Kara N. Sweeney Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Concord Philip B. Taub Nixon Peabody Manchester Michael B. Tule McLane Middleton Manchester David P. Van Der Beken Stebbins, Lazos & Van Der Beken Manchester Kenneth A. Viscarello Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: GENERAL PRACTICE William E. Brennan Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey Manchester

Christopher J. Sullivan Rath Young Pignatelli, Concord Tax Law

My job is really interesting, state and local tax is one of the most interesting and constantly developing areas of the law. It not only involves the creation and administration of state revenue laws, but also involves important questions regarding both the US and State Constitutions. Due in part to technological advances, companies are able to sell goods and provide services in many more markets and jurisdictions. States and localities are forever grappling with how to restructure their tax systems to account for these changes. My practice is national in scope, with particular focus on New England states. It is a privilege to be able to work with all three branches of government — enactment of tax laws in the legislative branch, administration of tax laws by the executive branch state revenue departments through audits and appeals, and litigation in the judicial branch when necessary on tax cases.

“I am an optimist. It does not seem to be much use being anything else.” — Winston Churchill

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Best Lawyers 2019 Donna J. Brown Wadleigh, Starr and Peters Manchester

George T. Campbell George Campbell, Attorney at Law Manchester

Alan J. Cronheim Sisti Law Offices Portsmouth

James D. Rosenberg Shaheen & Gordon Concord

Cathy J. Green Green & Utter Manchester

Ryan Russman Russman Law Exeter

Timothy M. Harrington Shaheen & Gordon Dover Michael J. Iacopino Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey Manchester Jaye L. Rancourt Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey Manchester James D. Rosenberg Shaheen & Gordon Concord Anthony Sculimbrene Gottesman & Hollis Nashua Mark L. Sisti Sisti Law Offices Chichester Philip H. Utter Green & Utter Manchester

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE—COLLAR Peter D. Anderson McLane Middleton Manchester William E. Brennan Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey Manchester Donna J. Brown Wadleigh, Starr and Peters Manchester

Andrea L. Sennott Robinson, Boesch, Sennott & Masse, Portsmouth Elder Law The best part of my job is getting to know clients, and understanding who they really are and what is important to them. A few years ago, I was appointed by the court as a guardian for an elderly woman with dementia. The woman was well cared for in an assisted living facility, but I learned that in her younger years, she loved traveling and, more specifically, cruising. With the court’s blessing, I was able to arrange for her and her beloved cousin to take a last cruise. She was picked up at the facility in a limo, and had an incredible round-trip cruise from Boston to Canada. She died a few months later, in her room, surrounded by pictures of her trip. When counseling clients, I try to take the whole person into consideration and help them to realize the goals and values that are most important to them.

“Never work just for money or for power. They won’t save your soul or build a decent family, or help you sleep at night.” — Marian Wright Edelman 54

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Alan J. Cronheim Sisti Law Offices Portsmouth Steven M. Gordon Shaheen & Gordon Concord Cathy J. Green Green & Utter Manchester Brian M. Quirk Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Concord James D. Rosenberg Shaheen & Gordon Concord Mark L. Sisti Sisti Law Offices Chichester Andru H. Volinsky Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester Phil Waystack Waystack Frizzell Colebrook

DUI/DWI DEFENSE

EDUCATION LAW Dean B. Eggert Wadleigh, Starr and Peters Manchester Linda S. Johnson McLane Middleton Manchester Kathleen C. Peahl Wadleigh, Starr and Peters Manchester John F. Teague Upton & Hatfield Concord Andru H. Volinsky Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester David Wolowitz McLane Middleton Newington Gerald M. Zelin Drummond Woodsum Portsmouth

ELDER LAW Christine S. Anderson Ansell & Anderson Bedford Tina L. Annis Annis & Zellers Concord Ann N. Butenhof Butenhof & Bomster Manchester David R. Craig David R. Craig & Associates New Boston Ann Meissner Flood Flood, Sheehan & Tobin Concord Jan P. Myskowski Myskowski & Matthews Concord Kathleen M. Robinson Robinson, Boesch, Sennott & Masse Portsmouth Andrea L. Sennott Robinson, Boesch, Sennott & Masse Portsmouth Virginia Symmes Sheehan Flood, Sheehan & Tobin Concord

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW Alan P. Cleveland Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester

Best Lawyers 2019 Patricia M. McGrath Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester James P. Reidy Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester John E. Rich McLane Middleton Manchester

EMPLOYMENT LAW — INDIVIDUALS Heather M. Burns Upton & Hatfield Concord Christopher Cole Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Lauren S. Irwin Upton & Hatfield Concord Edward M. Kaplan Sulloway & Hollis Concord C. Kevin Leonard Douglas, Leonard & Garvey Concord Jon Meyer Backus, Meyer & Branch Manchester Richard E. Molan Molan Law Office Manchester Francis G. Murphy Shaheen & Gordon Manchester Edward E. Shumaker Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester Andru H. Volinsky Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester

EMPLOYMENT LAW — MANAGEMENT Elizabeth A. Bailey Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Mark T. Broth Drummond Woodsum Manchester Andrea G. Chatfield Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester Thomas M. Closson Jackson Lewis Portsmouth Christopher Cole Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Beth A. Deragon Pastori Krans Concord Debra Weiss Ford Jackson Lewis Portsmouth

Linda S. Johnson McLane Middleton Manchester Edward M. Kaplan Sulloway & Hollis Concord David W. McGrath Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Jennifer Shea Moeckel Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester Margaret A. O’Brien Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester Jennifer L. Parent McLane Middleton Manchester Terri Pastori Pastori Krans Concord Christopher J. Pyles Sulloway & Hollis Concord James P. Reidy Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Daniel P. Schwarz Jackson Lewis Portsmouth Edward E. Shumaker Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester Charla Bizios Stevens McLane Middleton Manchester Martha Van Oot Jackson Lewis Portsmouth Andru H. Volinsky Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester David Wolowitz McLane Middleton Newington

ENERGY LAW Peter W. Brown Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Concord Robert P. Cheney Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Concord Mark W. Dean Mark Dean Concord Susan S. Geiger Orr & Reno Concord Thomas B. Getz McLane Middleton Concord Barry Needleman McLane Middleton Concord Margaret H. Nelson Sulloway & Hollis Concord

Michael D. Ruedig

Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord Corporate Law

I joined Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell in 1981. In the 37 years since, I have watched a founders’ generation retire, the next generation pick up the torch and carry it well, and now see yet a newer generation taking over management of the firm. At each stage, we have been able to serve great clients and practice law at the highest caliber, all the while maintaining collegiality and a wonderful workplace. It is a place I still enjoy walking into every day, great staff, great attorneys.

“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.” — George Orwell nhmagazine.com | November 2018

Best Lawyers 2019 Douglas L. Patch Orr & Reno Concord

Michael J. Quinn McLane Middleton Newington

Donald J. Pfundstein Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord

Stephen H. Roberts Hoefle, Phoenix, Gormley & Roberts Portsmouth

Richard A. Samuels McLane Middleton Manchester

Gregory H. Smith McLane Middleton Concord

M. Curtis Whittaker Rath Young Pignatelli Concord

Sherilyn Burnett Young Rath Young Pignatelli Concord

ENERGY REGULATORY LAW Thomas B. Getz McLane Middleton Concord M. Curtis Whittaker Rath Young Pignatelli Concord

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Mark E. Beliveau Pierce Atwood Portsmouth George Dana Bisbee Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester Robert P. Cheney Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Concord Barry Needleman McLane Middleton Concord

ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW Mitchell M. Simon Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

FAMILY LAW William E. Brennan Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey Manchester Tracey Goyette Cote Shaheen & Gordon Concord R. David Depuy McLane Middleton Manchester Judith A. Fairclough Orr & Reno Concord

James V. Ferro Ferro Law & Mediation Group Manchester

L. Jonathan Ross Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer Manchester

Carolyn S. Garvey Douglas, Leonard & Garvey Concord

Robert A. Stein The Stein Law Firm Concord

Jaime I. Gillis Integral Business Counsel Portsmouth Kathleen Hickey Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey Manchester Ellen M. Joseph Ellen Joseph Law Manchester Margaret R. Kerouac Orr & Reno Concord Heather E. Krans Pastori Krans Concord

James J. Tenn Tenn And Tenn Manchester Mary Elizabeth Tenn Tenn And Tenn Manchester Stephen L. Tober Tober Law Offices Portsmouth Ronna F. Wise Sulloway & Hollis Concord Anna Goulet Zimmerman Law Office of Manning & Zimmerman Manchester

FAMILY LAW MEDIATION

James F. Ogorchock Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester

R. David Depuy McLane Middleton Manchester

Pamela A. Peterson Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

James V. Ferro Ferro Law & Mediation Group Manchester

William J. Quinn Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey Manchester

Margaret R. Kerouac Orr & Reno Concord

James J. Tenn Tenn And Tenn Manchester

FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATION LAW Denise J. Deschenes Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer Littleton

Jon Meyer Backus, Meyer & Branch Manchester David Wolowitz McLane Middleton Newington

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE

W. John Funk Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord

Robert E. Dunn Jr. Devine Millimet & Branch Concord

Donald J. Pfundstein Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord

James V. Hatem Nixon Peabody Manchester

Richard A. Samuels McLane Middleton Manchester Henry B. Stebbins Stebbins, Lazos & Van Der Beken Manchester David P. Van Der Beken Stebbins, Lazos & Van Der Beken Manchester

FIRST AMENDMENT LAW William L. Chapman Orr & Reno Concord

Donald J. Pfundstein Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord Thomas D. Rath Rath Young Pignatelli Concord George W. Roussos Orr & Reno Concord Mark C. Rouvalis McLane Middleton Manchester Gregory H. Smith McLane Middleton Concord

is pleased to congratulate

William C. Tucker, John E. Friberg, Sr., James C. Wheat, Gregory G. Peters, Ronald J. Lajoie, Dean B. Eggert, Marc R. Scheer, Kathleen C. Peahl, Frank P. Spinella, Jr., Jeffrey H. Karlin and Todd J. Hathaway for their continued recognized excellence and inclusion in

The Best Lawyers in America 2019*–

We also congratulate Donna J. Brown and Charles F. Cleary for being newly recognized and included and we congratulate Dean B. Eggert for being named Best Lawyers’ 2019 Manchester Education Law “Lawyer of the Year” and Ronald J. Lajoie for being named Best Lawyers’ 2019 Manchester Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year” 95 Market Street Manchester, NH 03101

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Best Lawyers 2019 HEALTH CARE LAW

INSURANCE LAW

David H. Barnes Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

Robert C. Dewhirst Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

Katherine M. Hanna Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester

Andrew D. Dunn Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

Lucy J. Karl Shaheen & Gordon Concord

Charles W. Grau Upton & Hatfield Concord

Christopher Cole Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester

Priscilla E. Kimball Hinckley Allen Manchester

James V. Hatem Nixon Peabody Manchester

Debra Weiss Ford Jackson Lewis Portsmouth

Richard E. Molan Molan Law Office Manchester

Elaine M. Michaud Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

Steven J. Lauwers Rath Young Pignatelli Concord

Edward M. Kaplan Sulloway & Hollis Concord

LAND USE AND ZONING LAW

Sarah S. Murdough Sulloway & Hollis Concord

David W. McGrath Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester

IMMIGRATION LAW Susan T. Goff GoffWilson Concord

Margaret H. Nelson Sulloway & Hollis Concord

Thomas W. Hildreth McLane Middleton Manchester Mona T. Movafaghi Drummond Woodsum Manchester John R. Wilson GoffWilson Concord

Donald J. Pfundstein Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord Stephen H. Roberts Hoefle, Phoenix, Gormley & Roberts Portsmouth George W. Roussos Orr & Reno Concord

LABOR LAW — MANAGEMENT Mark T. Broth Drummond Woodsum Manchester Thomas M. Closson Jackson Lewis Portsmouth

Jennifer L. Parent McLane Middleton Manchester James P. Reidy Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Cameron G. Shilling McLane Middleton Manchester Edward E. Shumaker Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester

Charla Bizios Stevens McLane Middleton Manchester Martha Van Oot Jackson Lewis Portsmouth Andru H. Volinsky Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester

LABOR LAW — UNION

Andrew Bauer Gottesman & Hollis Nashua Mark E. Beliveau Pierce Atwood Portsmouth George Dana Bisbee Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester Timothy E. Britain Cleveland, Waters and Bass Concord Raymond P. D’Amante D’Amante Couser Pellerin & Associates Concord

Philip M. Hastings Cleveland, Waters and Bass Concord Morgan Hollis Gottesman & Hollis Nashua Nicholas J. Lazos Stebbins, Lazos & Van Der Beken Manchester Peter J. Loughlin Law Office of Peter J. Loughlin Portsmouth Gregory Michael Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester

LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW — DEFENDANTS Richard C. Nelson Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester William C. Saturley Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Concord

LITIGATION — BANKING AND FINANCE Kevin M. Fitzgerald Nixon Peabody Manchester W. Scott O’Connell Nixon Peabody Manchester

Ari B. Pollack Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell Concord

Arnold Rosenblatt Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester

John H. Sokul Hinckley Allen Manchester

Jeremy T. Walker McLane Middleton Manchester

Henry B. Stebbins Stebbins, Lazos & Van Der Beken Manchester

LITIGATION — BANKRUPTCY

William C. Tucker Wadleigh, Starr and Peters Manchester

William S. Gannon William S. Gannon Manchester Steven M. Notinger Notinger Law Nashua Daniel W. Sklar Nixon Peabody Manchester

Excellence recognized by our peers.

Peter F. Burger

Margaret R. Kerouac

William L. Chapman

James E. Morris

Judith A. Fairclough

Susan S. Geiger

Douglas L. Patch

George W. Roussos

Congratulations to our eight colleagues for once again being listed among The Best Lawyers in America®. Sustained Excellence Since 1946

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40 McLane Middleton attorneys were included in Best Lawyers in AmericaÂŽ for 2019

Peter Anderson

Alexandra Breed

Steven Burke

Patrick Closson

George Cushing

Charles DeGrandpre

Michael Delaney

David DePuy

Denis Dillon

Bruce Felmly

Joe Foster

Thomas Getz

Wilbur Glahn, III

Rolf Goodwin

Scott Harris

Thomas Hildreth

Ralph Holmes

John Hughes

Linda Johnson

Mary Susan Leahy

Jack Middleton

David Moynihan

Barry Needleman

Daniel Norris

Jennifer Parent

Michael Quinn

John Rich, Jr.

Peter Rotch

Mark Rouvalis

Richard Samuels

Cameron Shilling

Gregory Smith

Jon Steffensen

Charla Stevens

Michael Tule

Jeremy Walker

Robert Wells

David Wolowitz

Mark Wright

William Zorn

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LITIGATION — CONSTRUCTION Ronald D. Ciotti Hinckley Allen Manchester Kelly J. Gagliuso Gagliuso & Gagliuso Merrimack Matthew R. Johnson Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester Ovide M. Lamontagne Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester

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EIGHT UPTON & HATFIELD ATTORNEYS LISTED AMONG

BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA

HEATHER M. BURNS

JAMES F. RAYMOND

Business Organizations and Real Estate Law

CHARLES W. GRAU Insurance Law

GARY B. RICHARDSON

Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation

LAUREN S. IRWIN Employment Law

JOHN F. TEAGUE Education Law

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Hillsborough 603.464.5578

Peterborough 603.924.3864

Portsmouth 603.436.7046

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Litigation and Municipal Law

RUSSELL F. HILLIARD Mediation

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Daniel J. Bourque Bourque & Associates Manchester Michael J. Bujold Davis & Bujold Concord Christopher Cole Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Jamie N. Hage Hage Hodes Manchester

Bruce J. Marshall D’Amante Couser Pellerin & Associates Concord

Arnold Rosenblatt Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester

Frank P. Spinella Wadleigh, Starr and Peters Manchester

Mark A. Wright McLane Middleton Manchester

Jeremy T. Walker McLane Middleton Manchester James C. Wheat Wadleigh, Starr and Peters Manchester

LITIGATION — ENVIRONMENTAL Michael J. Quinn McLane Middleton Newington Sherilyn Burnett Young Rath Young Pignatelli Concord

LITIGATION — FIRST AMENDMENT William L. Chapman Orr & Reno Concord Richard C. Gagliuso Gagliuso & Gagliuso Merrimack

Employment Law, Litigation, and Medical Malpractice Law

LITIGATION — INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

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Eva H. Bleich Abramson, Brown & Dugan Manchester

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Heather M. Burns Upton & Hatfield Concord R. David Depuy McLane Middleton Manchester

Michael J. Drooff Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester

Michael B. Tule McLane Middleton Manchester David P. Van Der Beken Stebbins, Lazos & Van Der Beken Manchester

MUNICIPAL LAW

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PATENT LAW

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Benjamin F. Gayman Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

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PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION — PLAINTIFFS Mark A. Abramson Abramson, Brown & Dugan Manchester

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Ralph F. Holmes McLane Middleton Manchester Michael J. Iacopino Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey Manchester Edward M. Kaplan Sulloway & Hollis Concord Maureen Raiche Manning Law Office of Manning & Zimmerman Manchester Joseph F. McDowell McDowell & Osburn Manchester Jack B. Middleton McLane Middleton Manchester Richard C. Moquin Moquin & Daley Manchester

Gary B. Richardson Upton & Hatfield Concord Christine M. Rockefeller Burns, Bryant, Cox, Rockefeller & Durkin Dover James J. Tenn Tenn And Tenn Manchester John J. Tenn Tenn And Tenn Manchester Phil Waystack Waystack Frizzell Colebrook Peter G. Webb Winer and Bennett Nashua Nicholas Wright Bouchard, Kleinman & Wright Manchester

Gregory Eaton Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer Littleton Michael P. Lehman Sulloway & Hollis Concord

Jeffrey H. Karlin Wadleigh, Starr and Peters Manchester Gregory A. Moffett Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Concord Pete W. Mosseau Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

PROJECT FINANCE LAW

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PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION — PLAINTIFFS

Daniel W. Sklar Nixon Peabody Manchester

Jared R. Green Abramson, Brown & Dugan Manchester

David H. Barnes Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

Robert A. Stein The Stein Law Firm Concord

PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW — DEFENDANTS Christopher D. Hawkins Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester

REAL ESTATE LAW R. Carl Anderson Sulloway & Hollis Concord Martin J. Baroff Baroff & Craven Manchester Andrew Bauer Gottesman & Hollis Nashua

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John F. Griffin Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer Manchester

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Philip M. Hastings Cleveland, Waters and Bass Concord

William C. Tucker Wadleigh, Starr and Peters Manchester

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Kenneth A. Viscarello Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester

Edmund S. Hibbard Wescott Law Portsmouth Morgan Hollis Gottesman & Hollis Nashua Peter F. Imse Sulloway & Hollis Concord James D. Kerouac Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester Nicholas J. Lazos Stebbins, Lazos & Van Der Beken Manchester Simon C. Leeming Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios Concord Susan A. Manchester Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester Gregory Michael Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson Manchester

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SECURITIES/CAPITAL MARKETS LAW Curtis Little Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester Scott E. Pueschel Pierce Atwood Portsmouth Richard A. Samuels McLane Middleton Manchester

SECURITIES REGULATION Richard A. Samuels McLane Middleton Manchester

SECURITIZATION AND STRUCTURED FINANCE LAW Curtis Little Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester

TAX LAW William F. J. Ardinger Rath Young Pignatelli Concord Peter T. Beach Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester

Best Lawyers 2019 Steven M. Burke McLane Middleton Manchester

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TECHNOLOGY LAW Matthew H. Benson Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester James G. Cook Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester

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TRADEMARK LAW Michael J. Bujold Davis & Bujold Concord Daniel J. Bourque Bourque & Associates Manchester James G. Cook Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson Manchester Mark A. Wright McLane Middleton Manchester

TRUSTS AND ESTATES Christine S. Anderson Ansell & Anderson Bedford Tina L. Annis Annis & Zellers Concord Michelle M. Arruda Devine Millimet & Branch Concord William S. Boesch Robinson, Boesch, Sennott & Masse Portsmouth Alexandra T. Breed McLane Middleton Concord Timothy W. Caldwell Caldwell Law Lebanon Steve Cohen Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester Bradford E. Cook Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Manchester

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Best Lawyers 2019 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW — CLAIMANTS Timothy Beaupre Edgewise Law Dover Terrence J. Daley Moquin & Daley Manchester Benjamin T. King Douglas, Leonard & Garvey Concord Maureen Raiche Manning Law Office of Manning & Zimmerman Manchester

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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW — EMPLOYERS Charles T. Giacopelli Devine Millimet & Branch Manchester Paul R. Kfoury Trombley Kfoury Manchester

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Five lawyers at Abramson, Brown, & Dugan have been named Best Lawyers in America in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Lawyers 2018. Four were selected as Best Lawyers for Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Law; four were selected as Best Lawyers for Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Litigation; and Jared Green was selected as a Best Lawyer for Plaintiffs’ Products Liability Law. Mr. Abramson, Mr. Dugan, Ms. Bleich, and Ms. Haines have all been named “Lawyers of the Year.” Mark Abramson was named Lawyer of the Year for Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Litigation in 2009 and 2013 Kevin F. Dugan was named Lawyer of the Year 2015 and 2017 for Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Litigation and 2016 and 2018 for Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Law. Abramson, Brown & Dugan is the practice for medical malpractice in New Hampshire, and is consistently recognized as one of New Hampshire’s “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report. The firm has won more medical malpractice settlements and verdicts than any firm in New Hampshire, obtaining more than $275 million on behalf of clients. The firm is regularly recognized in publications such as “Best Law Firms,” “The Best Lawyers in America©,” “Super Lawyers” and “NH’s Top Attorneys.” This year, Attorney Holly Haines was selected as the Best Lawyers© “Lawyer of the Year” in Manchester for Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Law. In past years, Mark Abramson, Kevin Dugan and Eva Bleich have received the Best Lawyers© “Lawyer of the Year” recognition in Manchester for this specialty as well. For the fourth consecutive year, four lawyers at Abramson, Brown, & Dugan are recognized in Best Lawyers© for Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Law. More lawyers at Abramson, Brown & Dugan were included for Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Law than any other New Hampshire firm. Four of our lawyers were also recognized in Best Lawyers© for

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Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Litigation, and one was listed for Plaintiffs’ Eva H. Bleich was named Lawyer of the Year for Plaintiffs’ Products Liability Litigation. Medical Malpractice Law in 2017. Medical malpractice claims are complex and should be brought © by the Holly Best Lawyers expertise andofresources to B. Haineswith wasthe named Lawyer the Year needed for get results.Plaintiffs’ The lawyers at Abramson Brown and Dugan have both. Personal Injury Litigation in 2018. If you or a loved one has a potential medical malpractice claim, contactWe thehonor lawyers at fees. Abramson, Brown & Dugan. referral Let’s work together for your clients’ Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice claims.

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Legend says if you go to his grave and call his name, you’ll hear his voice boom, “Neighbor, how stands the Union?” and you must answer, “The Union stands as she stood, rock-bottomed and copper-sheathed, one and indivisible,” or he’s likely to rear right out of the ground.* by Barbara Coles

* Paraphrased from “The Devil and Daniel Webster” by Stephen Vincent Benét

“I still live” — those were the last words spoken by the great orator, Daniel Webster. And so it is. He does still live. Unlike many notable figures of the past, he remains present in the ether of the places where his life played out — New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Congress. In those places, beginning two centuries ago, he forged a reputation that went well beyond his skill as a speaker. For decades, from the early 1800s to the eve of the Civil War, he was a giant who strode the national stage as a consummate lawyer, statesman and diplomat. More than that, as they put it in Webster’s day, he was the “Guardian of the Nation, Defender of the Constitution and Preserver of the Union.” His was the generation that followed that of the founding fathers and their creation of the United States, free and full of possibility. Webster, with his strong views on national unity, would help shape the country as it moved out of its infancy. 70

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It was an unsettled time with democratic ideals becoming dominant, increasing migration from farms to the cities, rapid economic expansion, growing sectional differences between an industrializing North and an agricultural South that depended on slavery, and a religious revival that would help spawn the abolitionist movement. There was also a burgeoning belief in manifest destiny, a God-given right to extend the country’s dominion across the continent. With his prodigious oratory Webster gave voice to the age, cannily capturing the undercurrents of the changing times, and, with his florid words, able to soothe the anxiety that such change can bring. It’s said that crowds swooned as he spoke; some were reduced to tears. “I was never so excited by public speaking before in my life,” George Ticknor, one of the country’s preeminent scholars, wrote to a friend after hearing Webster speak: “Three or four times, I thought my temples would burst

with the rush of blood. ... When I came out, I was almost afraid to come near him. It seemed to me as if he was like the mount that might not be touched and that burned with fire. I was beside myself, and am so still.” Webster’s spellbinding effect was no doubt heightened by the timbre of his voice, described by one writer as “like an African lion.” His appearance was just as dramatic — a massive head framed by dark, shaggy hair, eyes described as “black as death” and “like glowing coals,” with a gaze that resembled “a thunderstorm in July, sudden, portentous.” Nineteenth-century journalist Oliver Dyer summed it up this way: “The head, the face, the whole presence of Webster, was kingly, majestic, godlike.” God-like. It is a description that stuck. As he was raised to the level of myth, Webster became known as “God-like Daniel.” But, later in his life, another name for Webster began to surface: “Black Dan.” It’s a nickname he picked up in childhood because of his dark countenance, but now it had a different connotation — Webster’s dark side. It increasingly became a topic of conversation in the corridors of power that Webster walked in Washington, DC, and among his constituencies in New England and beyond. Like many who soar to heroic heights, Webster had fundamental flaws that were revealed as time went on, resulting in tales about the saintly Webster that schoolchildren don’t hear. As biographer Irving H. Bartlett said, “A saint Webster certainly was not.”

Francis Alexander, American, 1800-1880, Daniel Webster (Black Dan) (1782-1852), Class of 1801, 1835, oil on canvas. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. George C. Shattuck, Classa of 1803; P.836.3

ebster’s journey began on what was then the frontier in New Hampshire, in a two-room log cabin in the town of Salisbury, now called Franklin. He was born in 1782, the second youngest of 10 children of Ebenezer and Abigail Webster, who were among the town’s earliest settlers. For Ebenezer, who had served as an officer in the Revolutionary War, George Washington was a hero, as he would become for son Daniel. In the Webster household, one writer says, “Love of country was instilled into the children with their daily food.” Their life on the farm fit the well-worn term “hardscrabble,” with the family just eking out a living. Like the other children, Webster was put to work, though he apparently thought himself ill-suited for it. “I was put to mowing,” he once wrote, “and made bad work of it. My scythe was sometimes in the ground, and sometimes over the top of all the grass. I complained to my father that the scythe was not hung right. Various attempts were made to hang it better, but with no success. My father told me, at length, that I must hang it to suit myself, whereupon I hung it upon a tree and said, “There, that’s just right.” Father laughed, and told me to let it hang there. My brother Joe used to say, that my father sent me to college in order to make me equal to the rest of the children!” Sizing up her young son, mother Abigail reportedly said that Webster would either amount to “something, or nothing.” But no doubt both she and Ebenezer saw their child’s fierce intelligence. Despite the cost, they sent him to the select Phillips Exeter Academy in 1796. He lasted there for less than a year. Ironically, one of reasons he didn’t like it was that students were required to give speeches, called declamations, to their classmates. It seems Webster had stage fright. As he said, according to accounts, “I could not make a declamation. I could not speak before the school.” Home again at 15 years old, he was tutored, mostly by Rev. Dr. Samuel Wood, a Dartmouth graduate. Webster’s intellectual force is said to have become apparent after Wood caught Webster sneaking into the woods to hunt and ordered him, as punishment, to memorize 100 lines of Virgil by the next morning. As Kenneth Shewmaker, Dartmouth professor of history emeritus, told Dartmouth News, “The next day, Web-

– George Ticknor, one of the country’s preeminent scholars in Webster’s time, wrote to a friend after hearing him speak:

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TIMES, I THOUGHT MY TEMPLES WOULD BURST WITH THE RUSH OF BLOOD. … WHEN I CAME OUT, I WAS ALMOST AFRAID TO COME NEAR HIM. IT SEEMED TO ME AS IF HE WAS LIKE THE MOUNT THAT MIGHT NOT BE TOUCHED AND THAT BURNED WITH FIRE. I WAS BESIDE MYSELF, AND AM SO STILL.”

ster repeated the lines without difficulty, then volunteered to recite another hundred.” That same year, Webster entered Dartmouth. It was there that the outlines of the man he was to become began to form. Though Webster felt “miserably prepared” for its rigorous education, he excelled, aided by his exceptional memory. “Many other students read more than I did and knew more than I did,” Webster said. “But so much as I read, I made my own.” That ability to recall allowed him, he said, to speak “with great ease.” And, unlike his experience at Phillips Exeter, he thrived on the mandatory declamations, held in the chapel every Wednesday afternoon. By his junior year, at just 18, he was considered a premier orator. It was in the summer of that year, 1800, that he was invited to address the people of Hanover to commemorate the Fourth of July. In the speech, he glorified George Washington, lauded the US Constitution, praised the Union, and remembered the veterans of the Revolutionary War. “For us they fought! for us they bled! for us they conquered! Shall we, their descendants, now basely disgrace our lineage, and pusillanimously disclaim the legacy bequeathed to us? Shall we pronounce the sad valediction to freedom, and immolate liberty on the altars our fathers have raised to her? No! The response of a nation is, ‘No!’ Let it be registered in the archives of Heaven!” Shewmaker says, “From my point of view, the key to the whole rest of his career — the budding beginning — is there in the oration at Hanover of July 4, 1800.” Also foreshadowing what was ahead — an incident the next year at graduation. He was not asked, as he had expected, to be the speaker for the English Oratory, a coveted contribution by a graduating senior. He was offered what he considered second best; he turned it down. The incident would mirror his long, unrequited quest for the nation’s presidency. He was offered second best, the position as vice president, twice, but he turned it down both times. Had he said yes either time, he would have become president. With his diploma and Phi Beta Kappa key in hand, he moved back home and began to “read law,” as they did before the advent of law schools, to prepare for a career as a lawyer. He hung out his shingle in New Hampshire, first in Boscawen and then Portsmouth. nhmagazine.com | November 2018

He quickly established himself as a capable attorney and prominent citizen, enough so that he was twice elected to represent New Hampshire in Congress as a Federalist. He took his seat the year after the beginning of the War of 1812, which Webster adamantly opposed. The year he was reelected, 1814, the British burned the White House and Capitol. Though he was new to Congress, Webster confidently rose from the back bench and stepped into the midst of the turmoil to give his first speech on the floor of the House. “As he spoke,” according to a biography by Craig R. Smith, “Congressmen left their desks and sat in the dock so they could see his every gesture.” Smith adds that a fellow New Hampshire representative, William Plumer, said: “His manner is forcible and authoritative. Nothing is left at loose ends in his statements of fact or in his reasonings; and the hearer passes from one position to the another with the fullest conviction that the results must be correct.” In the years ahead, that talent would earn him the position as one of three legendary legislators who dominated the nation’s politics for a half century. Webster, John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay, each representing different regions, would become known as the “Great Triumvirate” and the “Immortal Trio.” As his second term as a New Hampshire representative neared an end in 1816, Webster, now with a wife and family, decided to move from Portsmouth to Boston and concentrate on practicing law. The move would ignite his career. The president of the New Hampshire Historical Society, Bill Dunlap, says, “We always rued the fact that, though Webster was a New Hampshire native, he really rose to prominence in Massachusetts. I think the pond of New Hampshire was too small for somebody of Webster’s abilities. Massachusetts is where the big issues were; it was a much larger stage to perform on. As much as I hate to admit it, it was a pivotal move for him. With his towering intellect and communication skills, you couldn’t hold him back.” His rise in the legal world was rapid. He soon began to argue cases before the US Supreme Court. In fact, he would set a record for the number of cases argued before the court, more than 200, many of them setting legal precedents. One landmark case, for which Webster is perhaps best known, is Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, argued before Chief Justice John Marshall’s court in 1818. 72

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HIS RISE IN THE LEGAL WORLD WAS RAPID. HE SOON BEGAN TO ARGUE CASES BEFORE THE US SUPREME COURT. The New Hampshire Legislature had converted Dartmouth, which was privately chartered by King George before the Revolution, into a state institution. The college’s trustees sued, saying it was unconstitutional. To a packed courtroom, Webster made his case against the Legislature’s action by invoking the Constitutional protection of contracts. But he also invoked emotion. This is how his performance is reported in a contemporary letter:

“[Webster said] ‘Sir, you may destroy this little institution; it is weak, it is in your hands! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out! But if you do so, you must carry through your work! You must extinguish, one after another, all those great lights of science which for more than a century have thrown their radiance over our land! It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college. And yet there are those who love it!’ “Here the feelings which he had thus far succeeded in keeping down, broke forth. His lips quivered; his firm cheek trembled with emotion; his eyes were filled with tears; his voice choked; and he seemed struggling at the utmost, simply to gain that mastery over himself which might save him from an unmanly burst of feeling. I will not attempt to give the few broken words of tenderness in which he went on to speak of his attachment to the college.

... Every one saw that it was wholly unpremeditated — a pressure on his heart which sought relief in words and tears.” Webster won. Peter Carini, college archivist at Dartmouth, says the case is “often referred to as one of the most important Supreme Court rulings because it opened the way for the free enterprise system in the US by limiting the state’s ability to interfere with private charters.” Two years later, Webster was back in Massachusetts, on Plymouth Rock, to deliver a speech on the 200th anniversary of the Plymouth landing; it is considered one of his best. In it, after the commemoration of the landing, he strongly denounced slavery. “It is not fit that the land of the Pilgrims should bear the shame longer. I hear the sound of the hammer, I see the smoke of the furnace, where the manacles and fetters are still forged for human limbs. I see the visages of those, who by stealth, and at midnight, la-

It was in this small courthouse in Plymouth that Webster argued his first cases. After honing his skills in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, he would go on to argue — and win — many cases before the US Supreme Court. The restored 1774 building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

bor in this work of hell, foul and dark, as may become the artificers of such instruments of misery and torture. Let that spot be purified, or let it cease to be of New England.” As he finished the speech, he was mobbed by the enthralled crowd. John Adams said the speech would be “read for 500 years hence.” But no one, not even Webster, could have foreseen the real consequence of the speech. His strong stance against slavery would be used against him in the looming legislative battle that preceded the Civil War. Webster returned to Congress in 1823, elected to the House as a representative from Massachusetts. After two terms, he was elected to the Senate. It was there, on the national stage, that his ambitions for the presidency began to grow. His star turn came in January 1830. That’s when he replied to a speech by Sen. Robert Hayne of South Carolina. At the heart of the matter was a state’s right to nullify federal laws, an issue that would exacerbate regional differences and ultimately help to justify the South’s secession. Webster’s “Second Reply to Hayne” was a powerful plea to maintain the Union. “When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States disservered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!” He argued it could not be “Liberty first and Union afterwards,” but “everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart — Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one and inseparable!” It was the kind of speech that could launch a politician into the country’s highest office. Indeed, a few years later, Webster would make the first of three bids, then as a Whig, for his party’s nomination for president. But all were unsuccessful. In a tragic twist, worthy of Shakespeare, he could have been president if he had allowed himself to be second best. But, just as he did back in his Dartmouth days, he decided he could not be. Twice he was offered the vice presidency — by both William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor — and twice he said no, declaring, “I do not propose to be buried until

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To a rapt Senate and full gallery, Webster delivered what came to be known as the “Seventh of March Speech,” which argued in favor of the Compromise of 1850 that attempted to appease states on either side of the slavery issue. It ended his political career.

I am really dead and in my coffin.” Harrison would die one month after he was inaugurated; Taylor died after 16 months. If Webster had been vice president either time, he would have become president. He had to settle for the position of Secretary of State, which he was under three presidents, Harrison, John Tyler and Millard Fillmore. So why didn’t Webster win the White House? An item in the NH Historical Society’s Webster collection — a heavy watch made of pure gold — may be emblematic of one reason why. It seems influential Whigs felt he was too much in the grip of business interests, which gave Webster more than gold watches. Though such was not unheard of in his time, or ours, he appears to have gone a step beyond the usual by getting generous subsidies from backers, with one calling Webster “public property.” He also was, increasingly, being called “Black Dan.” As biographer Irving H. Bartlett says, “Perhaps the highest paid lawyer in the country, he made a fortune of his own as a relatively young man and took at least another fortune 74

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in gifts from his constituents. How much he accumulated in other ways from his career in public service was a matter of dark speculation for more than twenty years.” Despite all the money he received, he was often in debt — much of it due to land speculation — and borrowing from others. “Fewer American leaders have had a greater appetite for the good things of life,” writes Bartlett. “[Webster] bragged openly about his knowledge of good food and drink. Eventually, people said he drank too much, even in public — and sometimes they were right. They said he pursued women, a harder matter to judge, but there were thousands of intelligent Americans who never doubted it.” “That’s another layer to his life,” says Bill Dunlap of the New Hampshire Historical Society. “We’ve had this one-sided portrait of this god-like figure, but he was less than perfect. You think of people like Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, and other larger-than-life figures; these people had massive abilities, but they also had flaws.” One of his flaws — what was once termed “reckless generosity” — had a positive as-

pect. There are several accounts of Webster giving slaves the money, though he could ill afford it, to buy their freedom. But, despite his obvious concern for slaves and his abhorrence of the institution that he spoke so eloquently about in his Plymouth Landing address years before, his last major legislative act would, at least to his critics, belie all of that. In 1850, North and South — and the expanding West — were becoming increasingly fractured over the slavery issue and the possibility of the South’s secession loomed. To fend that off, the Compromise of 1850 was introduced. A series of five bills, the compromise accommodates some of the interests of each party. Most importantly for the South, two territories, Utah and New Mexico, would decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, and the Fugitive Slave Act would be amended to require that slaves who escaped to free states be returned to their owners. Webster supported the compromise. Though he was not well (“I am nearly broken down with labor and anxiety”) at age

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68, he gave what became known as “The Seventh of March Speech” to argue for the compromise before a rapt Senate and a full gallery. It would prove to be his undoing. “I wish to speak today not as a Massachusetts man, nor as a Northern man, but as an American. ... I speak today for the preservation of the Union: Hear me for my cause.” In his 3 1/2-hour speech, short for Webster, he spoke of how maintaining the Union was paramount and urged abolitionists to be patient with social change, saying slavery had long existed and long been accepted. He excoriated them for wanting to impose their convictions on a culture not ready for them. “They deal with morals as with mathematics; and they think what is right may be distinguished from what is wrong with the precision of an algebraic equation. ... They are apt, too, to think that nothing is good but what is perfect, and that there are no compromise and modifications to be made in consideration of difference of opinion or in deference to other men’s judgment. ...They are impatient men; too impatient always to give heed to St. Paul, that we are not to ‘do evil that good may come’; too impatient to wait for the slow progress of moral causes in the improvement of mankind.” Though he was applauded for his stance, mostly by Southerners, his speech is said to have “slammed into New England with the force of a hurricane.” The reaction by the

Daniel Webster’s top hat by an unknown maker, 1852. The hat was a gift of J. B. Richardson, Dartmouth Class of 1902, on loan from Rauner Special Collections; Rauner Realia 37. Photo by Jeffrey Nintzel. © Trustees of Dartmouth College.

Remembering Webster

f the statue of Daniel Webster that stands in front of the Statehouse, dedicated in 1886, inspires you to see more symbols of his importance to New Hampshire, go to the Statehouse Visitor Center and ask for the director Virginia Drew. She can tell you about Webster’s portrait that’s prominently hung in the House beside four other luminaries: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Pierce and John Hale. And, in the Senate chambers, there is a mural, now being restored, of Webster at age 9 reading a copy of the US Constitution. Drew says he had it memorized at that tender age. There’s also a “Webster room” next to the House Speaker’s office that has portraits, sketches or other mementoes of Webster. It was set up by a former Speaker, Shawn Jasper, an admirer of Webster. If the room isn’t in use, Drew says it’s likely you could go in. From the Statehouse, you can go to Webster’s birthplace in Franklin, a State Historic Site (nhstateparks.org), where the restored two-room log cabin sits, furnished as it would have been in Webster’s childhood. About two miles away,

on South Main Street, you can also see “The Elms,” another childhood home that Webster kept as a summer home until his death (not open to the public). It is designated as a National Historical Landmark. Farther north, in Plymouth, is the Old Webster Courthouse (oldwebstercourthouse.org), where Webster argued his first cases. The restored 1774 building, now home to the Plymouth Historical Society, is on the National Register of Historic Places. In Portsmouth, one of the homes where he lived still stands at the northeast corner of Washington and Hancock Streets in Strawbery Banke (strawberybanke.org). It was moved there in 1964 from its original site to save it from being razed. The home is not open to the public. Both the New Hampshire Historical Society (nhhistory.org) and the Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth (dartmouth.edu/~library/rauner) have extensive collections of the papers and artifacts of Webster that are available to the public. Next year at Dartmouth, January 2 through March 30, there will be a large exhibit of Webster items to mark the college’s 250th anniversary.

abolitionists — especially to the amended Fugitive Slave Act — was fierce. John Greenleaf Whittier, one of the luminaries of the movement, said it was one of the saddest moments of his life and wrote a poem to mark it. In part, it reads: “So fallen! So lost! The light withdrawn/Which once he wore!” Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “Liberty! Liberty! Pho! Let Mr. Webster, for decency’s sake shut his lips for once and forever on this word. The word ‘liberty’ in the mouth of Mr. Webster sounds like the word ‘love’ in the mouth of a courtesan.” And Boston’s famous abolitionist minister Theodore Parker: “His downfall shook the continent. Truth fell prostrate in the streets.” His political base in ruins, Webster resigned from the Senate that summer. Though he became Secretary of State for Millard Fillmore and made one last unsuccessful try for his party’s nomination for president, he became increasingly bitter, and ill, often retreating to his New Hampshire home. On a spring day in 1852, Webster injured his head in a fall from his horse. In October, he died at his Massachusetts home of complications from the head injury and cirrhosis. Webster’s friend, soon-to-be president Franklin Pierce, who was equally starcrossed and equally vexed by the compromise on slavery, said of Webster: “They say we are a small State. They say that our products are granite and ice. Be it so. Of one thing, however, New Hampshire can boast over her sister State — that she has given birth to the greatest man, far the greatest man, that was ever born on this continent, and I verily believe, on any continent.” After his death, Webster’s faults were forgotten, as happens in history, and his heroic stature returned. And, though words like Pierce’s “verily” have disappeared from our lexicon, there is still, to this day, praise for Daniel Webster and honor for his critical contribution to the country. Among the honors, in 1957 he was recognized by the US Senate a one of its five greatest senators. And, though he never attained the country’s highest office, Webster has been featured on postage stamps 14 times, more than most presidents. Amid the recent weeklong veneration of John McCain, renowned journalist Ron Brownstein said this on CNN: “Very few non-presidents have had the week of remembrance that John McCain has had. Probably the last example of someone who wasn’t a president who struck such a chord — you have to go back to Daniel Webster in the 19th century.” NH 76

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DURING SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN’S WEEKLONG VENERATION, RON BROWNSTEIN SAID ON CNN: “PROBABLY THE LAST EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO WASN’T A PRESIDENT WHO STRUCK SUCH A CHORD — YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO DANIEL WEBSTER ...”

“The Devil and Daniel Webster” began as a short story in The Saturday Evening Post. In 1937 it became a book and won an O. Henry Award. It went on to additional glory as a play, a film and in pop culture references in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “The Simpsons.”

Legendary Dan

America folklore has plenty of largerthan-life characters, from Paul Bunyan to Calamity Jane. New Hampshire’s Daniel Webster stands tall in their mythic midst and is one of the only literary examples of a lawyer endowed with superhuman powers who used them for good — assuming it’s OK to stretch the law a bit when your adversary is the Devil. Stephen Vincent Benét’s tiny classic “The Devil and Daniel Webster” tells the story of Jabez Stone, a benighted farmer who lived in the imaginary town of Cross Corners, New Hampshire, and made a deal with Old Scratch to improve his lot, then reneged at the last minute, sucessfully, with the aid of Webster’s earth-shaking powers of rhetoric and argument.

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The Hallowed Desk

The Daniel Webster desk — a treasured artifact of Webster’s time in the US Senate — still sits on the floor of the Senate. Though Webster represented Massachusetts, it is now officially reserved for whoever is New Hampshire’s senior senator. Today, it’s occupied by Jeanne Shaheen. She says, “It’s humbling to have the desk of someone with such a profound legacy. History is omnipresent in the Senate chamber, and the desk you’re assigned gives you a special connection to that history. Webster’s great speeches in defense of our union delivered many timeless truths that are just as relevant today as when they echoed through the old Senate chamber.” After Webster left the Senate, two succeeding Massachusetts senators sat at his desk. In the years after that, it was assigned on a first-come, first-served basis to states other than Massachusetts: Maine, Michigan, Indiana, Connecticut and, once more, Massachusetts, when Henry Cabot Lodge served. In the late 1930s, New Hampshire senator Styles Bridges got the desk. Then, when Bridges died, it was Norris Cotton, also of New Hampshire, who sat there. Before Cotton left the Senate in 1975, he authored a resolution that specified the desk would always stay in New Hampshire hands, with the senior senator as its occupant. Only two other desks, those once belonging to Henry Clay and Jefferson Davis, are subject to such Senate resolutions. All of those who have occupied the Webster desk have carved their last names into the bottom of the drawer. It’s said that Webster’s name may have been carved by someone else, as it seems to be in the same hand as the carvings in other desks of that time. The first woman to carve her name in the desk will be Sen. Shaheen. “When I inherited the desk from Senator Gregg,” she says, “it was another reminder of the importance of the job and the weight of history on all of us who have the honor to serve our country in elected office. When I scan the names etched into the desk, I reflect on what our nation was going through at those times and what each name contributed. It’s a daily reminder that, despite harrowing crises, our democracy is durable and strong, and we can overcome any challenge.”

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BY EMILY HEIDT, PHOTOS BY RACHEL HALSEY PHOTOGRAPHY Some of us only have to travel across town (or just from room to room) for the holidays, but for many, it’s the season of road trips. Epic ones. What if you could replace the “are-we-there-yets” and backseat wars for an adventure that would make the Griswolds jealous? We spoke with Meag Poirier, adventurer, traveler and co-owner of The Wild Drive Life, and asked her for a few manageable tips on how to make holiday travel an enjoyable, memorable experience. Her first suggestion — be flexible and creative when picking your unique form of transportation, like a larger car, bus, towable camper or even an RV.

Picking Your Mode of Transportation

Once you’ve decided to hit the road for the holidays, take a step back and consider where you’re going and how many people you are traveling with so you can pick the proper mode of transportation. Will you be traveling for a couple of hours or a couple of days? Will you be sleeping at a hotel or Along with her husband Ben, this month’s “How To” expert Meag Poirier lives a nomadic life in a converted 1989 Chevy bus. nhmagazine.com | November 2018

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“Holiday travel to see friends and family might seem daunting, but it really is an exciting, creative experience.” -Meag Poirier will you be sleeping in your vehicle? Do you need to tow your car or do you have a truck fit for a towable RV unit? Will you be bringing kids and do they get motion sickness? “Whether it is a weekend or a couple of weeks, living nomadically has its perks,” says Poirier. “You are allowed flexibility, new experiences and freedom that you might not have explored before.” A towable camper is cheaper compared to an RV, but it might be less convenient. 80

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An RV gives you full access to a bathroom, food and more, but many are not ideal for four-season travel. This poses a potential roadblock for traveling in New Hampshire. “If you want to fit in a normal parking space and travel on mountain roads, your best bet would be a vehicle that is 20 feet or less,” says Poirier. “If you are aiming for comfort and luxury, then it makes sense to go with something over 20 feet.” Poirier also suggests teardrop trailers since you can tow them with almost any vehicle, making them a great choice for road trips. There are even things called truck campers available from companies like Kimbo Living. “Holiday travel to see friends and family might seem daunting, but it really is an exciting, creative experience,” notes Poirier. “Whether you have a bus, van or decide to rent an RV, how neat would it be to have your own space to enjoy and share at parties and gatherings?”

Planning Ahead

Now that you have decided how you will get to your destination, you need to map it out. Before you leave, make sure that you familiarize yourself with your vehicle. Take it for a drive, know its height and weight (for

Planning carefully and not over-packing are two big keys to traveling and living in a small, mobile space.

bridge, tunnel and hill purposes), and put a toolkit together with items like screwdrivers and glue for quick fixes. Plan your route in advance, have a flexible departure time in order to avoid traffic, and check the weather, especially when driving larger vehicles. Poirier’s biggest tip? Remember and accept that things take longer. “If you decide to travel in a vehicle like an RV, traveling can be much slower because you’re often traveling at slower speeds, taking alternative routes and stopping more often.” Sometimes the best memories come out of unplanned adventures, so embrace a little spontaneity as well.

Travel Tips

Before you start dashing through the snow, stop at the grocery store and pack your food ahead of time to avoid extra food expenses. A couple of pantry essentials include nuts, fruits, snacks and even sandwich fixings — a staple for Poirier on trips. “We try to be intentional in our shopping and meal planning,” says Poirier. “We have almost zero food waste because we’re

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always turning leftovers into other meals. Embrace your leftovers.” Keep in mind that your food will also have a tendency to move around: Pack in lightweight containers, consolidate items and ingredients when you can, and think shelf-stable (nonperishable items if possible). “We use melamine dishes because they are durable,” says Poirier. “Broken dishes are the worst in a small space that moves.” Simple is better, and less is more. You can always stop and pick things up as you go. Make sure that you leave room for local finds you come across along the way. For a little extra holiday cheer, pack up a bag of travel games and crafts for your kids, and for you too. Bring a journal to document your adventures, and grab a disposable camera for photos to make a scrapbook with later. Do the best that you can to unplug and enjoy every moment of your traveling experience. You are the pilot of your own road trip, and don’t forget that it is OK to take the road less traveled sometimes — you never know who you could meet or what you could find. So, over the hill and through the woods, to grandmother’s house you go.

Tips for the Trip Apps

Campendium (free) can be used to find parking spots while traveling. iOverlander (free) gives you camping options, amenities, gas stations and more. Trucker Path (free) shows you diesel prices on your route, as well as rest stops and enroute parking options. Roadtrippers (free) helps you plan your trip, add waypoints, calculate fuel costs and more. Allstays ($9.99) shows road grade percentages and clearance warnings.

Recommended Routes Through the Granite State Another piece of advice: Make sure to choose the right vehicle to suit your needs and family size.

For more information about Meag Poirier and The Wild Drive Life, visit thewilddrive.com where you can read more about her adventures with her husband Ben and their life in their self-converted bus. NH

Route 16, Pinkham Notch from Gorham to Glen — a beautiful, scenic drive with views of the Presidential Range and plenty of hiking trails along the way. Route 2 to Route 115 to Route 3 to I93 S from Gorham through Franconia Notch — a drive full of White Mountains views complete with campgrounds and state parks.

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A symphony of ideas for holiday décor PHOTOS BY SUSAN LAUGHLIN

Top photo: Cheers to the holiday season! This creative display uses wine openers and corks. All photos are from the home of Nancy Durette at last year’s event. Bottom photo: Ornaments can decorate more than just the Christmas tree.

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f you’re the type who wakes up on the morning of November 23 ready to deck the halls, you might consider putting the tinsel on hold until early December. Each year, the Friends of Symphony NH kick off the month with their holiday house tour, a benefit event that takes place at a number of professionally decorated homes in the Nashua area. Themes range from modern to classic, with plenty of inspiration at each. Enjoy live music as you take in the various displays — tables set for elegant Christmas meals, lights, mantels and banisters strewn with winter greens, towering trees and much more. The tour is a perfect complement to Symphony NH’s mission to be an inspiring and enlightening cultural force. Established in 1923, the symphony was known as the Nashua Symphony Orchestra until 2012. No matter the name, throughout the years, they’ve continuously provided music lovers with a diverse range of performances and engaging programs. The tour isn’t just great way to get into the holiday mood — it’s a chance

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to contribute to an important part of New Hampshire’s arts community. Last year, participants could sample wines from Fulchino Vineyards. This year’s tour is from December 1 to 2. Visit symphonynh. org for details or to purchase tickets as they’re made available. Pictured here and on the previous pages are several scenes from last year’s tour at the home of Nancy Durette, decorated with some help from Gloria Henry of Glorious Possibilities in Nashua. The Friends of Symphony NH is an eclectic social group that offers both active members and those who merely attend their events a chance to meet people and become more involved in the arts community of southern New Hampshire. NH

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“Most people think they’re getting a headache from stress, but it could be really from just not feeding their brain appropriately.”

Food and Mood

What you do (and don’t) eat can affect your stress level and more BY KAREN A. JAMROG

s the days shorten and the holidays approach, you might feel the urge to decorate your home, splurge on new clothing, ... or dive into a humongous bowl of mac and cheese. A host of factors can influence our dietary choices, but nutrition experts say that we should choose wisely not just for optimum physical health, but also to help keep our mood on an even, upbeat keel. Tweaks to our diet can boost levels of serotonin, for example, one of the “happy hormones,” says Michelle R. Smith, MS, RDN, LD, a nutrition counselor and wellness educator at Concord Hospital’s Center for Health Promotion. Research indicates that certain vegetables stimulate serotonin release in the body, Smith says, making us less vulnerable to stress. Americans typi-

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cally fall short of the recommended five to nine daily servings of fruits and vegetables, eating an average of only three servings per day. (A serving equals roughly a baseball-sized amount — about half a cup to a cup of fruit, or one cup of raw or half a cup of cooked vegetables.) Heart-healthy fats — specifically omega-3 fatty acids — can also provide a leg up on gaining and maintaining a bright outlook. Omega-3s are present in seafood such as salmon, tuna, and bass, but they also occur in certain plant-based food such as flaxseed and chia seeds. Monounsaturated fat in avocados, olive oil, and nuts can similarly benefit mood, Smith says. “The key is balancing it and having complex carbs like whole grains with your fats and vegetables.” In addition to increasing serotonin in

the body, a diet that incorporates healthy fats keeps in check levels of the “hunger hormone” ghrelin, so you feel full longer. Additionally, it reduces oxidative stress, Smith says, making us less vulnerable to disease. Of course, it’s not always easy to resist the siren call of what we think of as comfort foods, which are often loaded with refined carbohydrates, sugar and fat. Instead of reaching for baked goods or white, refined options such as white bread or pasta, grab a trail mix of nuts and seeds, or yogurt, which can satisfy a sweet tooth, says Michelle Olsen, RDN, LD, a registered dietitian at the Elliot Center for Advanced Nutrition Therapy in Manchester. “I’m a big fan of yogurt, Greek yogurt, [and] making a smoothie with a scoop of cocoa and a scoop of peanut butter, some milk, and a frozen banana — that’s all real food that can kind of make someone feel like they had a chocolate shake but it’s more nutritional than that.” And don’t skip meals. Having nutritional gaps in our diet can wreak havoc with our mood, leaving us vulnerable to stress and the temptation of unhealthful foods. Research shows that skipping breakfast, for example, can put a damper on mood and energy level later in the day. A skipped meal or a poor-quality diet can also bring on headaches. “A highly refined, processed diet is not feeding the brain,” Olsen says. A lack of protein can make us hungry and less able to think clearly. “Most people think they’re getting a headache from stress,” Olsen says, “but it could be really from just not feeding their brain appropri-

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ately, not getting the protein and the fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains.” Stressed, hungry, and headachy, it’s particularly easy to grab something from a vending machine and perhaps down some coffee for a quick boost, Olsen says, only to feel lousy again in an hour. If this is you, check your diet. “Protein is key,” Olsen says. “It levels off everything. It levels off our blood sugar, it levels our hunger.” When we do eat the right things, the effects can be quick and readily discernable. “The simple change of changing an afternoon snack, going from something like a bag of pretzels to a slice of whole-grain bread with peanut butter,” Olsen says, “can make a difference for people. They can feel it in their workday.” Making smart food choices “definitely” helps our mood and our ability to handle stress, Smith says. “The key is not to starve yourself, not to skip a meal,” she says. “Stay nourished and focus on having a balance of food choices at each meal so that if you are under a stressful situation, you’ll be less likely to react to it.” NH

When emotions control your eating Many of us are emotional eaters, nutrition experts say. Part of the problem is in our wiring: Starting in infancy, we stimulate the dopamine centers, or reward centers of the brain, when we eat foods that are high in sugar or fat. “The brain builds up a tolerance level, and [consuming those foods] becomes learned behavior — a habit,” says Michelle R. Smith, MS, RDN, LD, a nutrition counselor and wellness educator at Concord Hospital’s Center for Health Promotion. Stressful situations lead us to choose, without thinking, foods that provide pleasure. “People say, ‘Oh, I had a stressful phone call and the doughnuts were sitting there and I don’t know why, but I ate them,’” Smith says. Candy, ice cream and fried foods are prime examples of items that trigger the reward center of the brain. To best manage emotional times, be mindful of the food choices you make and the circumstances in which you make them, and replace pastries and the like in your kitchen and workspace with foods that are satisfying but healthful, Smith says. For more information, see eatright.org, the website of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

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The Perfect Turkey More than 100 mouthwatering recipes for the ultimate feast Local chef Keith Sarasin, founder of The Farmers Dinner, created the consummate guide to Thanksgiving dinner. His new book “The Perfect Turkey” starts with a fresh take on this traditional feast, including options for preparing turkey that range from frying or grilling to smoking. There are even instructions for a sous vide bird and spatchcocking for a quicker turnaround. You’ll find imaginative recipes for dry rubs and brines that spice and juice up the bird. Then it’s on to the varieties of stuffing that utilize ingredients such as pears, goat cheese, sausage, apples, pecans and more. Side dishes are an easy way to change up the meal, and Sarasin offers simple recipes for salads and vegetables with a bit of flair. There are even recipes for dealing with the leftovers. The book is great for beginners, but also gives insight to seasoned veterans of the Thanksgiving table.

Holiday-spiced Wet Brine

These iconic fall spices are a wonderful way of imparting a warm flavor to your next turkey without sacrificing any tenderness.

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Yield: Brine for 10- to 20-pound bird Active time: 45 minutes, total time 24 hours 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup salt 5 bay leaves 3 cinnamon sticks 4 garlic cloves 3 sprigs thyme 2 sprigs rosemary 2 teaspoons ground cloves 2 teaspoons nutmeg

Remove the turkey from the packaging and remove the innards, which you can reserve for gravy. Rinse the turkey under cold water and dry it with a towel. Add all the ingredients to a pot of water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and allow the mixture to cool completely. Place the turkey in the brine, breast side down. Make sure that the turkey is fully submerged, weighing it down with plates if necessary. Refrigerate for 24 hours. Remove the turkey from the brine and dry the bird inside and out. Discard the brine and cook the turkey.

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Perfect for a locally sourced bird, as a typical commercial turkey has already been brined.

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(Not So) Elementary, My Dear Watson: The Popularity of Sherlock Holmes The recent excitement behind the Sherlock Holmes movies, television shows and literary adaptions indicate that the Great Detective remains a prominent figure in the 21st century. Ann McClellans’s presentation will be exploring the origins of Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective and tracks his incarnations in literature, film, advertising and modern media to look at the case of this popular modern figure. Free. 6 p.m., Newmarket Public Library, 1 Elm St., Newmarket. (603) 659-5311; nhhumanities.org

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Celebrate with Friends Take part in an evening of fun with the Friends Program. There will be dancing, food, live and silent auctions, and reminiscing with photos and memorabilia going all the way back to 1975 to when the program was founded. $7. 5:30 to 11 p.m., Grappone Conference Center, 60 Constitution Ave., Concord. (603) 228-7604; friendsprogram.org

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Manchester City Marathon Start hoping now for a snowstorm-less November. The Queen City’s annual Boston Marathon qualifier takes runners through the Millyard and across the river into Goffstown. Don’t have the energy for a full marathon? Try the half or, on the day before, the new Penmen for Patriots 5K. Prices vary. 9 a.m., Veteran’s Park, 723 Elm St., Manchester. (603) 488-1186; milleniumrunning.com

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NH Open Doors Fill the gas tank and empty the trunk: You’ve got a long weekend of town hopping and shopping to do. Artisans in all corners of the state open their doors for this twice-yearly event, when visitors can stop by to chat with the artists, snag new works at this-weekend-only-prices, and participate in fun events that many tour stops plan throughout the fest. With over 60 artisans spanning 30 categories of craft, this expo offers something for everyone — so start making that Christmas list now. Locations and times vary, nhopendoors.com

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NH Coin & Currency Expo If you’re looking for an excuse to break out some of your more obscure SAT vocab words, this numismatist’s dream event is a pretty good one. Over the course of this twoday event, you can browse the wares of more than 60 rare coin dealers, learn coin-evaluation skills and historical currency fun facts in workshops and lectures, and sit in on the wildest event of the weekend: a rollicking coin and currency auction.

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last month with Oktoberfest season. Now, it’s the oenophiles’ turn. At this tasting event, you’ll sample wines, meads (and yes, a few beers) from nearly 20 local creators, including Moonlight Meadery and Hermit Woods (pictured), while raising funds for the disability resource organization Lakes Region Community Services. Come hungry — there are 10 food vendors and a food-and-drink pairing event on the schedule for the night too. $20-$100. 5 to 8 p.m., Church Landing at Mill Falls, 281 Daniel Webster Hwy., Meredith. (603) 524-8811; lakesregionuncorked.com

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Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra Who said only big cities can have their own orchestras? The Port City’s formidable group launches its 22nd season with this program that features a set list of Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man,” Mozart’s brilliant, precise “Serenade No. 10” and

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Hearthside Dinner Join a small group at the Remmick Country Doctor Museum & Farm’s hearth room to assist in preparing a 19th-century meal, which you will also enjoy. The evening begins with costumed museum interpreters guiding guests “back in time” to learn about 19th-century kitchens and food preparation, seasonal farming and foods, and historic cooking recipes and tools. When the meal is ready, guests gather together at the hearth table to enjoy the meal they have helped to prepare. Guests are welcome to bring wine and beer to enjoy during this portion of the evening. Guests are encouraged to dress in layers for comfort — by design, the hearth radiates high heat. Space is limited, so call ahead for reservations. $65 per person. 4-8 p.m. 58 Cleveland Hill Rd., Tamworth Village. (603) 323-7591; remickmuseum.org

11/1 Distiller’s Showcase of Premium Spirits The showcase features more than 130 tables of spirits (including a special local section), plus food from top restaurants and a chance to taste and bid on bottles of the extremely rare Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve 23 year Kentucky straight bourbon. Proceeds benefit the Animal Rescue League of NH. $60. 6-8:30 p.m. DoubleTree by Hilton, 700 Elm St., Manchester. This is a part of Distiller’s Week. Learn more at distillersshowcase. com. New Hampshire Magazine is a proud sponsor of this event.

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Gibson’s Bookstore reads “The Haunting of Hill House” Join the Gibson’s Bookstore monthly book club as they sit down to discuss this 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. Free. 5:30 p.m., Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 South Main St., Concord. (603) 224-0562; gibsonsbookstore.com

11/6

The Old Country Fiddler: Charles Ross Taggart, Traveling Entertainer Adam Boyce will be portraying iconic fiddler, piano player, comedian, singer and ventriloquist Charles Taggart during this fun evening event. He will also be sharing recollections on his life, with some live fiddling and humorous sketches interspersed in this living history program. $5 suggested donation. 7-8 p.m., Exeter Historical Society, 47 Front St., Exeter. exeterhistory.org

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11/6

“Past Tense”: A Jack Reacher Novel The New York Times best-selling author Lee Child is back in Portsmouth with his latest electrifying thriller, in which Jack Reacher is haunted by family secrets in New Hampshire. This literary evening features an author presentation followed by an onstage interview with a New Hampshire Public Radio host. $13.75. 7 and 8 p.m., The Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. (603) 436-2400; themusichall.org

11/7

Silent Film Series: “Wings” Bring your friends and family to Red River Theatres for this unique event. As part of their silent film series, they will be showing “Wings,” winner of the first-ever Best Picture Academy Award. Live music will aid in the telling of this epic tale of US biplane pilots in Europe during World War I. $12. 7 p.m., Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main St., Concord. (603) 224-4600; redrivertheatres.org

11/10

That Reminds Me of a Story Frequent New Hampshire Magazine contributor Rebecca Rule has made it her mission over the last 20 years to collect stories of New Hampshire, especially those that reflect what is special about the Granite State. She will tell some of her own stories during this event, and invite you to share your own. For more of her work, check out page 104 for this month’s “Ayuh” humor piece. Free. 1-2 p.m., East Grafton Union Church, 80 Turnpike Rd., Grafton. (603) 5237024; nhhumanities.org

11/10

Cordials & Chocolate This Shakers class will be combining their popular herb and fruit cordial class with new material on making chocolate treats like truffles. You will make a batch of herb-infused truffles to taste and take home, and you’ll also have the opportunity to craft your own four-ounce cordial. $50. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Canterbury Shaker Village, 288 Shaker Rd., Canterbury. (603) 7839511; shakers.org

11/15

Fall Auction and Giving Gala The Enfield Shaker Museum’s largest and most important annual fundraising event includes an evening of delicious food, live and silent auction and celebration. The money that is raised will go to support the museum’s daily operations and educational programming. $25-$35. 6 to 9 p.m., Enfield Shaker Museum, Rte. 4-A, Enfield. (603) 632-4346; shakermuseum.org

11/15-11/18 Thrive: A Wellness Immersion Weekend Mindfulness, holistic health and wellness are the buzzwords of the moment, but how often do you really let yourself indulge in them? At this feel-good weekend, you’ll engage in such relaxing activities as forest bathing and restorative yoga, bask in ample opportunities to visit one of the state’s finest grand hotel spas, and hear from Barbara Close, the founder of herbal remedy and natural skincare company Naturopathica. We can feel the stress melting off already. Omni Mount Washington Resort, 310 Mount Washington Hotel Rd., Bretton Woods. (603) 278-4286; omnihotels.com

11/15

Vanished Veterans — NH’s Civil War Monuments and Memorials From Seabrook to Colebrook, Berlin to Hinsdale, along Main Streets and 19th-century dirt roads, in city parks and on town greens, in libraries and town halls, George Morrison located, inventoried and photographed a variety of New Hampshire’s Civil War memorials. During this talk, he will be sharing his discoveries, from the earliest obelisks to statuary and artillery to murals, cast iron, stained glass and buildings from the 1860s through the 1920s. Free. 7 p.m., Oscar Foss Memorial Library, 111 South Barnstead Rd., Center Barnstead. (802) 331-0603; nhhumanities.org

11/17

Tellabration Across the world, storytellers will celebrate their art with Tellebration. At this local version, attendees can gather ‘round for great stories told by members of the Seacoast Storytellers, a group dedicated to the sharing and performance of terrific tales. Come to the first hour of the event to hear kid-oriented stories or the second hour for stories aimed at older audiences. $5. Tyco Visitors Center at Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth. nhstorytelling.org

11/18

Liz Whaley’s Book Group: “Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk” Hop over to this book group and talk about the book that is a love letter to city life. Kathleen Rooney’s “Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk” is about a remarkable woman and her life during the time of a changing America: from the Jazz Age to the onset of the AIDS epidemic, and the Great Depression to the birth of hip-hop. $16. 2 to 3:15 p.m., Water Street Bookstore, 125 Water St., Exeter. (603) 778-9731; waterstreetbooks.com

11/22

12th Annual Lake Sunapee Turkey Trot Work off some of the post-Thanksgiving calories and be one of more than 800 racers to take part in this Lake Sunapee tradition. Grab your family and friends, throw on a costume (optional) and make this event part of your Thanksgiving escapades. Kids are also invited to run a 1K Chicken Run down Lake Avenue and every participant will receive a medal. Events start at 8:15 a.m., Ben Mere Gazebo, Sunapee Harbor, Lake Sunapee. sunapeeturkeytrot.com

11/22

Dover Turkey Trot This 5K race is designed for walkers and runners of all ages and abilities. This fun-filled community event benefits Garrison School PTA and is the final race of the Dover Race Series. $10-$25. 8:30 a.m., Shaw’s Ln., Dover. doverturkeytrot.com

11/22

Fisher Cats Thanksgiving 5K The Fisher Cats are sponsors of this fun event, and your registration includes one free ticket to the Fisher Cats opening game, personalized bib, free race photos and finish line video. The first 1,500 registrants will also receive a free race t-shirt. $10-$35. 9 a.m., Northeast Delta Dental Stadium, 1 Line Dr., Manchester. millenniumrunning.com

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“Becoming American” A six-part session series presented by Strawbery Banke Museum. The final session will look at immigration and pop culture through the ways the media and popular culture have historically taught newcomers how to “be American.” It also looks at how the rich contributions of different immigrant groups have transformed American culture and art. There will be a discussion following a viewing of the film, “The Search for General Tso.” Free. 7 p.m., 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughn St., Portsmouth. (603) 766-3330; 3arts.org

Music 11/3

Jake Shimabukuro The Colonial Theatre is welcoming back this Billboard-topping “musical hero” for an unforgettable night for the whole family. Shimabukuro combines the qualities of a long line of ukulele players with modern rock musicians to create a sound that is unique to him. His career skyrocketed once his cover of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” went viral on YouTube. You won’t want to miss this one-ofa-kind concert. $30-$44. 8 p.m., The Colonial Theatre, 95 Main St., Keene. (603)352-2033; thecolonial.org

11/3

The Wood Brothers The Brothers’ sixth album, “One Drop of Truth,” dives deep into a wellspring of sounds, styles and influences. The trio teats each song like it is its own short film, and they tie their audience in with writing that is honest and pure. $35-$45. 8 p.m., The Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. (603) 436-2400; themusichall.org

11/3

John Hiatt Bring your friends and family to an acoustic evening with this talented musician. The singer-songwriter is now 66, and his guitar playing and writing has only gotten better with age. $59-$130. 7:30 p.m., The Flying Monkey Movie House & Performance Center, 39 Main St., Plymouth. (603) 536-2551; flyingmonkeynh.com

11/20

Dark Star Orchestra Shows from this group are built off of the Grateful Dead’s extensive catalog and the talent of the group’s seven musicians. On any night, the band will perform a show based on the Grateful Dead or use their catalog to program a unique set list for the show. This allows for fans both young and old to enjoy the

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11/6

Jigsaw Jones: The Case of the Class Clown The professional touring company from New York City, ArtsPower, joins the Stockbridge Theatre at Pinkerton Academy for this fun, exciting piece of children’s theatre. Athena Lorenzo has been slimed and she doesn’t think that it is funny. There is a practical joker on the loose and it is up to Jigsaw Jones and Mila to catch the clown. Based on the book by James Preller, this play will make audiences laugh and think as they learn the secret codes that Jigsaw must use to solve the mystery. $7-$8. 10 to 11:30 a.m., Stockbridge Theatre at Pinkerton Academy, 44 North Main St., Derry. (603) 437-5210; stockbridgetheatre.com

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“The Little Mermaid” It’s time to go under the sea as this Disney classic hits the M&D Playhouse stage. Bring your friends and family as you join Ariel on her quest to leave her ocean home — and her fins — for a life on land. $20. Thurs-Sun 7:30 p.m., Sunday 4 p.m., M&D Playhouse, 1857 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway. (603) 7335275; mdplayhouse.com

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“Home and Away” Peterborough local Erin Sweeney and Israeli born Yoav Horesh come together to explore the familiar and foreign, of belonging and separation, with prints, photographs and installations. The artists create internal and external conversations discussing their relationship to the American environment, and how explore how to cultivate a sense of community. Free. Sharon Arts Center, 30 Grove St., Peterborough. nhia.edu

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11/3 Pizzafest + Auction This annual pizza-testing extravaganza is an important fundraiser for the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire. Your ticket gets you into the museum, and once you are in, you can sample unique pizza creations to taste and vote on. A panel of judges will give out awards for things like best crust and most creative. $9-$10. Children’s Museum of New Hampshire, 6 Washington St., Dover. (603) 742-2002; childrens-museum.org evening. Don’t miss out on the unique style and sound that Dark Star Orchestra will be sure to deliver. $34-$38. 7 p.m., The Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main St., Concord. (603) 2251111; ccanh.com

Marvel Universe LIVE! Marvel fans of all ages unite because this event is for you. Watch as your favorite Marvel Super Heroes including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Black Widow and more come to life in this live, action-packed arena performance. There will be cutting-edge special effects, pyrotechnics, aerial stunts, martial arts and motorcycles. Prices and times vary, SNHU Arena, 555 Elm St., Manchester. (603) 644-5000; snhuarena.com

11/15-11/18

Roald Dahl’s “James and the Giant Peach” This classic is now a Theatre for Young Audiences musical for the whole family to enjoy. Featuring a tuneful score by the Tony Award-nominated team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and a book by Timothy Allen McDonald, critics rave that this is a masterpiece that you can’t miss. A magical story and quirky characters promote friendship, kindness, forgiveness, confidence in facing your fears, and the meaning of family and home. $12. Fri 7 p.m., Sat 11 a.m., Sun 2 p.m., Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester. (603) 335-1992; rochesteroperahouse.com

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11/23

“Annie” The Community Players of Concord will be opening their 91st season with the timeless tale of Orphan Annie, giving your kiddos the chance to experience this American musical. It has become a worldwide sensation, winning multiple awards, including Best Musical. Annie will be moving her incredible story and the cast with songs that we all love to sing like “Tomorrow.” Fri and Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 2 p.m., Community Players of Concord, 2 Prince St., Concord. communityplayersofconcord.org

11/23

Performing Arts

Trans-Siberian Orchestra The TSO’s highly anticipated Winter Tour will be returning to the Queen City for a multisensory extravaganza. This year’s 20th anniversary tour will feature founder/ composer/lyricist Paul O’Neill’s timeless story of a runaway who finds her way into a mysterious abandoned theater. This event will sell out quickly, so get tickets while you can. $47.50-$79.50. Shows at 3 and 8 p.m., SNHU Arena, 555 Elm St., Manchester. (603) 644-5000; snhuarena.com Jim Brickman — A Joyful Christmas The hit-making songwriter is the best-selling solo pianist of our time, and he is coming to the Granite State to get you excited for the holiday season. His distinctive piano style and captivating live performances have made him a driving force behind modern American music. Don’t miss out on witnessing this fun night of musical storytelling. $45-$65. 8 p.m., Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A St., Derry. (603) 437-5100; tupelomusichall.com

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“Pippin” This is a story about one young man’s journey to be extraordinary. Winner of four Tony Awards in 2013 including Best Musical Revival, this circus-inspired version of Pippin captivates audiences and appeals to the young at heart around the world. $18-$20. Fri and Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m., Keene Center for the Arts, 117 Elm St., Nashua. actorsingers.org

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Dimopoulos will be temporarily transforming nearly 100 trees at the Currier Museum and nearby parks by coloring trees with environmentally safe pigment in ultramarine. The installation aims to stimulate awareness and discussion of global deforestation and forge a connection between the museum and downtown. Free. The Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. (603) 669-6144; currier.org

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11/16

Stranger Than Fiction Friday Night Improv Improv is a collaborative theatre experience where everything is made up on the spot based on suggestions from the audience. Suggestions are given to the players continuously throughout the night which keeps improv fun, fresh, unexpected and hilarious. $12-$15. 7 p.m. Jupiter Hall, 89 Hanover St. (603) 289-4661; stfimprovnov16.eventbrite.com

11/17

Puddles Pity Party You may recognize this sad face from his recent appearances on “America’s Got Talent” and video collaborations with Postmodern Jukebox. Puddles is known for his indelible interpretations of classics by ABBA, Bowie, Cheap Trick and Queen. He has graced stages everywhere from Los Angeles to D.C. to Edinburgh to Melbourne. Don’t miss the show that The Boston Globe has called “beautiful” and “operatic.” $35-$45. 8 p.m., Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main St., Concord. (603) 225-1111; ccanh.com

11/23-11/25

“The Nutcracker” Don’t miss this holiday tradition with the Southern New Hampshire Dance Theater, accompanied by a live orchestra led by Grammy award-winning conductor John McLaughlin Williams. This ballet is set in 19th-century Germany and opens at a charming Christmas party where Dr. Drosselmeyer gives his niece a magical toy that takes her on an incredible journey. $35-$49. Times vary, The Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. (603) 668-5588; palacetheatre.org

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The J.C. Edwards Undergraduate Prize Plays Wondering what the future of New Hampshire theatre looks like? These works should give a good indication. Occupying the final slot in the Hennessy Theatre’s main stage season, these oneact plays are written, directed and performed by University of New Hampshire students and were selected by a faculty committee as the school’s finest undergraduate compositions of the year. Keep your eyes peeled for the future of each piece — many former award-winners have gone on to productions in New York City and beyond. $5. Daily 7 p.m., Hennessy Theatre, 30 Academic Way, Durham. (603) 862-0093; unharts.com

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11/30-12/16

“Fruitcake!” This is a deliciously nutty show that will get you into the Christmas spirit. It showcases three high-caliber actors in their quest to portray every aspect of the Christmas season in one hilarious, sugar-rush of a show. Enjoy renditions of favorites like “Frosty the Snowman” and “The Nutcracker.” There will be sword fighting, reggae, rap, poetry and dozens of costume changes. It is so fulfilling, you might want to come back for more. $12-$17. Fri 7:30, Sat 2 p.m., sun 6 p.m., Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Rd., Concord. (603) 715-2315; hatboxnh.com

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Lakehouse Tavern You can choose the cozy bar downstairs or dine on the main level of this historic Colonial-era building, formerly Tavern Number 5, and enjoy white tablecloths, pleasant views of Kimball Pond, and peace and quiet. The menu is old-school, with prime rib, stuffed chicken Cordon Bleu, chicken piccata, etc., offered with a salad (served

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MERRIMACK VALLEY 900 Degrees H

The Copper Door H

Republic H

MEDITERRANEAN 1069 Elm St., Manchester; (603) 666-3723; republiccafe.com; $–$$$ L D

TAPAS 10 Commercial Alley, Portsmouth; (603) 319-1575; cavatapasandwinebar.com; $–$$$ L D

Cotton H

Revival Kitchen & Bar H

AMERICAN 11 Depot St., Concord; (603) 715-5723; revivalkitchennh. com; $$–$$$ D (

Chapel+Main H

NEW AMERICAN 83 Main St., Dover; (603) 842-5170; chapelandmain. com; $$–$$$ D (

Riverside BBQ

Cornerstone Artisanal Pizza & Craft Beer

AMERICAN 75 Arms St., Manchester; (603) 622-5488; cottonfood.com; $$–$$$$ L D (

The Crown Tavern H

GASTROPUB 99 Hanover St., Manchester; (603) 218-3132; thecrownonhanover.com; $$ L D b

Cucina Toscana

ITALIAN 427 Amherst St., Nashua; (603) 821-7356; cucinatoscananashua.com; $ L D ( 98

The Foundry

AMERICAN/FARM-TO-TABLE 50 Commercial St., Manchester; (603) 836-1925; foundrynh.com; $$-$$$ D b

Giorgio’s Ristorante

PIZZERIA 24 Calef Hwy., Brickyard Sq., Epping; (603) 734-2809; 50 Dow St., Manchester; (603) 641-0900; 2484 Lafayette Rd. Portsmouth (new location ); 900degrees.com; $–$$$ L D

MEDITERRANEAN 707 Milford Rd., Merrimack; (603) 883-7333; 524 Nashua St., Milford; (603) 673-3939; 270 Granite St., Manchester; (603) 2323323; giorgios.com; $$–$$$ L D (

1750 Taphouse

Granite Restaurant

AMERICAN TAVERN/PIZZERIA 170 Rte. 101, Bedford; (603) 488-2573; Facebook; $-$$ B L D

NEW AMERICAN 96 Pleasant St., Concord; (603) 227-9000; graniterestaurant.com; $$–$$$$ B L D b (

Angelina’s Ristorante Italiano H

Grill 603

BBQ 53 Main St., Nashua; (603) 2045110; riversidebarbeque.com $–$$ L D

Stella Blu

TAPAS 70 East Pearl St., Nashua; (603) 578-5557; stellablu-nh.com; $$–$$$ D

Surf Restaurant H

SEAFOOD 207 Main St., Nashua; (603) 595-9293; 99 Bow St., Portsmouth; (603) 334-9855; surfseafood. com; $$–$$$$ D b

Taj India

INDIAN 967 Elm St., Manchester; (603) 606-2677; 47 E. Pearl St., Nashua; (603) 864-8586; tajindia.co; $–$$ L D

Tuckaway Tavern H

AMERICAN/TAVERN 58 Rte. 27, Raymond; (603) 244-2431; thetuckaway. com; $–$$ L D

Tuscan Kitchen H

ITALIAN 11 Depot St., Concord; (603) 228-3313; angelinasrestaurant.com; $$–$$$ L D (

AMERICAN 168 Elm St., Milford; (603) 213-6764; grill603.com; $–$$$ L D b

ITALIAN 67 Main St., Salem; (603) 952-4875; 581 Lafayette Rd., Portsmouth; (603) 570-3600; tuscan-kitchen.com; $$–$$$ L D b

Barley House Restaurant H

Hanover St. Chophouse H

STEAKHOUSE 149 Hanover Street, Manchester; (603) 644-2467; hanoverstreetchophouse.com; $$$–$$$$ L D (

Villaggio Ristorante

TAVERN/AMERICAN 132 North Main St., Concord; (603) 228-6363; 43 Lafayette Rd., N. Hampton; (603) 3799161; thebarleyhouse.com; $–$$ L D

The Bedford Village Inn & Tavern H

NEW AMERICAN/TAVERN 2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford; (603) 4722001; bedfordvillageinn.com; $$–$$$$ LD(

Big Kahunas Cafe & Grill H

HAWAIIAN 380 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack; (603) 494-4975; nhkahuna.com; $–$$ L D

The Birch on Elm

NEW AMERICAN/TAPAS 931 Elm St., Manchester; (603) 782-5365; Facebook; $–$$ L D

Buba Noodle Bar

VIETNAMESE 36 Lowell St., Manchester; (603) 232-7059; Facebook; $-$$ LD

Buckley’s Great Steaks

STEAKHOUSE 438 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack; (603) 424-0995; buckleysgreatsteaks.com; $–$$$$ D (

Campo Enoteca

ITALIAN/MEDITERRANEAN 969 Elm St., Manchester; (603) 625-0256; campoenoteca.com; $$–$$$ L D

Canoe Restaurant and Tavern

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AMERICAN 15 Leavy Dr., Bedford; (603) 488-2677; 41 S Broadway, Salem; (603) 458-2033; copperdoorrestaurant.com; $$–$$$ L D (

ITALIAN 677 Hooksett Rd., Manchester; (603) 627-2424; villaggionh.com; $–$$ L D (

Halligan Tavern

AMERICAN 32 West Broadway, Derry; (603) 965-3490; halligantavern.com; $–$$ L D

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Kathmandu Spice

PIZZERIA 24 Calef Hwy., Brickyard Sq., Epping; (603) 734-2809; 50 Dow St., Manchester; (603) 641-0900; 2484 Lafayette Rd. Portsmouth (new location ); 900degrees.com; $–$$$ L D

NEPALESE/INDIAN 379 S Willow St., Manchester; (603) 782-3911; hanoverkathmanduspicenh.com; $–$$ L D

Mangia

ITALIAN 33 Elm St., Manchester; (603) 647-0788; gomangia.com; $–$$ D (BYOB

Mediterrano H

TURKISH/MEDITERRANEAN 24 Henniker St., Hillsborough; (603) 680-4319; mediterranoo.com $ L D

Mint Bistro

FUSION/JAPANESE/SUSHI 1105 Elm St., Manchester; (603) 625-6468; mintbistronh.com; $$–$$$ L D b (

MT’s Local Kitchen & Wine Bar

AMERICAN 212 Main St., Nashua; (603) 595-9334; mtslocal.com; $–$$$ L D

New England’s Tap House Grille H

TAVERN 1292 Hooksett Rd., Hooksett; (603) 782-5137; taphousenh.com; $–$$ L D b

O Steaks & Seafood H

900 Degrees H

Applecrest Farm Bistro

FARM-TO-TABLE 133 Exeter Rd., Hampton Falls; (603) 926-0006; farmbistro.com $–$$ B L D b

Atlantic Grill

SEAFOOD 5 Pioneer Rd., Rye; (603) 433-3000; theatlanticgrill.com; $$$$$ L D

Bali Sate House H

INDONESIAN 44 High St., Somersworth; (603) 740-3000; Facebook; $LD

Black Trumpet Bistro

INTERNATIONAL 29 Ceres St., Portsmouth; (603) 431-0887; blacktrumpetbistro.com; $$–$$$$ D (

BRGR Bar H

PIZZERIA 110 Brewery Ln., Portsmouth; (603) 294-0965; cornerstonepizzaandbeer.com; $–$$ L D

CR’s the Restaurant

AMERICAN 287 Exeter Rd., Hampton; (603) 929-7972; crstherestaurant. com; $$-$$$ L D (

Cure

NEW AMERICAN 189 State St., Portsmouth; (603) 427-8258; curerestaurantportsmouth.com; $$-$$$ L D (

Domo

ASIAN 96 State St., Portsmouth; (603) 501-0132; domoportsmouth.com; $$ L D

Durbar Square

NEPALESE/HIMALAYAN 10 Market St., Portsmouth; (603) 294-0107; durbarsquarerestaurant.com $-$$ L D (

Ember Wood Fired Grill

AMERICAN 1 Orchard St., Dover; (603) 343-1830; emberwfg.com; $$$$$ D b (

Epoch

NEW AMERICAN 2 Pine St., Exeter; (603) 772-5901; theexeterinn.com; $$$–$$$$ B L D b (

Franklin Oyster House

SEAFOOD 148 Fleet St., Portsmouth; (603) 373-8500; franklinoysterhouse. com; $-$$$ D

Galley Hatch

AMERICAN/SEAFOOD 325 Lafayettte Rd., Hampton; (603) 926-6152; galleyhatch.com; $–$$ L D

Goody Cole’s Smokehouse

BBQ 375 Rte. 125, Brentwood; (603) 679-8898; goodycoles.com; $–$$ L D

Green Elephant H

VEGETARIAN 35 Portwalk Place, Portsmouth; (603) 427-8344; greenelephantnh.com; $–$$ L D

Holy Grail Restaurant & Pub

IRISH PUB 64 Main St., Epping; (603) 679-9559; holygrailrestaurantandpub.com; $–$$ L D

Hop + grind H

BURGERS 17 Madbury Rd., Durham; (603) 244-2431; hopandgrind.com; $–$$ L D

Jumpin’ Jay’s Fish Café

SEAFOOD 150 Congress St., Portsmouth; (603) 766-3474; jumpinjays. com; $$$–$$$$ D (

BURGERS 34 Portwalk Place, Portsmouth; (603) 294-0902; brgr-bar. com $-$$ L D

CAFÉ 121 Congress St., Portsmouth; (603) 373-8401; mnpastry.com; $ B L D

Bridge Street Bistrot

Laney & Lu Café H

La Maison Navarre H

AMERICAN 216 S. River Rd., Bedford; 935-8070; 232 Whittier Hwy., Center Harbor; (603) 253-4762; magicfoodsrestaurantgroup.com/canoe-restaurant-and-tavern $$-$$$ L D (

STEAKHOUSE/SEAFOOD 11 South Main St., Concord; (603) 856-7925; 62 Doris Ray Court, Lakeport; (603) 524-9373; magicfoodsrestaurantgroup.com; $$–$$$ L D

INTERNATIONAL 64 Bridge St., Portsmouth; (603) 430-9301; bridgestreetbistrot.com; $$–$$$ L D b (

VEGETARIAN & VEGAN/CAFÉ 26 Water St., Exeter; (603) 580-4952; laneyandlu.com; $–$$ B L D

Consuelo’s Taqueria

Red Blazer

Carriage House H

Library Restaurant

MEXICAN 36 Amherst St., Manchester; (603) 622-1134; consuelostaqueria.com; $ L D

AMERICAN 72 Manchester St., Concord; (603) 224-4101; theredblazer. com; $–$$$ L D b

AMERICAN 2263 Ocean Blvd., Rye; (603) 964-8251; carriagehouserye. com; $$-$$$ D (

STEAKHOUSE 401 State St., Portsmouth; (603) 431-5202; libraryrestaurant.com $$$–$$$$ D b (

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SEAFOOD/BBQ 416 Emerson Ave., Hampstead; (603) 329-4094; lobsterq.com; $–$$$ L D (

Martingale Wharf

AMERICAN/SEAFOOD 99 Bow St., Portsmouth; (603) 431-0901; martingalewharf.com; $$–$$$ L D

Mombo

INTERNATIONAL 66 Marcy St., Portsmouth; (603) 433-2340; momborestaurant.com; $$–$$$ L D (

Moxy

TAPAS 106 Penhallow St., Portsmouth; (603) 319-8178; moxyrestaurant.com; $$–$$$ D (

Oak House

AMERICAN 110 Main St., Newmarket; (603) 292-5893; oakhousenewmarket.com; $–$$ L D b

Ohana Kitchen

POKÉ/HAWAIIAN 800 Islington St., Portsmouth; (603) 319-8234; ohana. kitchen; $–$$ L D

Otis

AMERICAN 4 Front St., Exeter; (603) 580-1705; otisrestaurant.com; $$–$$$ D

Revolution Taproom and Grill

GASTRO PUB 61 North Main St., Rochester; (603) 244-3022; revolutiontaproomandgrill.com — Creative gastro pub fare along with an excellent craft beer list. $-$$ L D

Ristorante Massimo

ITALIAN 59 Penhallow St., Portsmouth; (603) 436-4000; ristorante-

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Row 34

SEAFOOD 5 Portwalk Place, Portsmouth; (603) 319-5011; row34nh. com; $-$$$ L D b (

Shalimar India H

INDIAN 80 Hanover St., Portsmouth; (603) 427-2959; shalimarindia.com; $-$$ L D

Shio H

JAPANESE 2454 Lafayette Rd., Portsmouth; (603) 319-1638; shiorestaurant.com; $-$$ L D

Smoke and Cream

BBQ/ICE CREAM 44 Market St., Somersworth; (603) 841-5901; smokeandcreamnh.com; $–$$ L D

Sonny’s Tavern

Vida Cantina

MEXICAN 2456 Lafayette Rd., Portsmouth; (603) 501-0648; vidacantinanh.com; $–$$ L D

The Wellington Room

NEW AMERICAN 67 Bow St., Portsmouth; (603) 431-2989; thewellingtonroom.com; $$$–$$$$ D (

The Wilder H

GASTROPUB 174 Fleet St., Portsmouth; (603) 319-6878; wilderportsmouth.com; $$–$$$ L D b

LAKES

AMERICAN 51 Mill St., Wolfeboro; (603) 894-4361; baysidegrillandtavern.com; $–$$ L D

Surf Seafood H

Burnt Timber Tavern H

SEAFOOD 99 Bow St., Portsmouth; (603) 334-9855; surfseafood.com; $$–$$$$ D

BREWPUB/TAVERN 96 Lehner St., Wolfeboro; (603) 630-4186; burnttimbertavern.com; $–$$ L (Sat only) D

Three Chimneys Inn

Canoe Restaurant and Tavern

Tinos Greek Kitchen H

GREEK 325 Lafayette Rd., Hampton; (603) 926-5489; galleyhatch.com; $$–$$$ L D

Tuscan Kitchen H

ITALIAN 67 Main St., Salem; (603) 952-4875; 581 Lafayette Rd.,

Faro Italian Grille

ITALIAN 7 Endicott St., Laconia; (603) 527-8073; faroitaliangrille.com; $–$$ D (

Garwood’s

AMERICAN 6 North Main St., Wolfeboro; (603) 569-7788; garwoodsrestaurant.com; $–$$ L D (

Hart’s Turkey Farm

AMERICAN 233 Daniel Webster Hwy., Meredith; (603) 279-6212; hartsturkeyfarm.com $–$$ L D DELI 72 Main St., Meredith; (603) 253-7968; hermitwoods.com; $–$$ L

Hobbs Tavern & Brewing Co.

BREWPUB 2415 White Mountain Hwy., West Ossipee; (603) 5392000; hobbstavern.com; $–$$ L D

Inn Kitchen + Bar at Squam Lake Inn

AMERICAN 232 Whittier Hwy., Center Harbor; (603) 253-4762; 216 S. River Rd., Bedford; 935-8070; magicfoodsrestaurantgroup.com/canoe-restaurant-and-tavern $$-$$$ L D (

Corner House Inn Restaurant

AMERICAN 202 Pitman Rd., Center Barnstead; (603) 269-4151; crystalquail.com; $$$–$$$$ D (

Hermit Woods Winery

Bayside Grill and Tavern

NEW AMERCAN 328 Central Ave., Dover; (603) 343-4332; sonnystaverndover.com; $–$$ D b

AMERICAN 17 Newmarket Rd., Durham; (603) 868-7800; threechimneysinn.com; $$–$$$ L D b (

Crystal Quail

Portsmouth; (603) 570-3600; tuscan-kitchen.com; $$–$$$ L D b

AMERICAN 22 Main St., Center Sandwich; (603) 284-6219; cornerhouseinn.com $$ L D b (

AMERICAN/FARM-TO-TABLE 28 Shepard Hill Rd., Holderness; (603) 968-4417; innkitchen.com; $–$$$ D (

Kathleen’s Cottage

IRISH PUB 90 Lake St., Bristol; (603) 744-6336; kathleenscottagenh.com; $–$$ L D

Kettlehead Brewing H

BREWPUB 407 West Main St., Tilton; (603) 286-8100; kettleheadbrewing. com; $–$$ L D

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Patrick’s Pub and Eatery H

Cooper’s Hill Public House

Kristin’s Bistro & Bakery H

ASIAN 64 Whittier Hwy., Moultonborough; (603) 253-8100; lemongrassnh.net; $–$$ L D

AMERICAN 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford; (603) 293-0841; patrickspub.com; $–$$ L D

Local Eatery

BBQ 313 Whittier Hwy., Center Harbor; (603) 253-4953; rubbinbuttsbbqnh.com; $–$$ L D

ITALIAN Rte. 137, Dublin; (603) 5637195; delrossis.com $$–$$$ D (

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Elm City Brewing H

FARM-TO-TABLE 21 Veterans Sq., Laconia; (603) 527-8007; laconialocaleatery.com; $–$$ D (

Mise en Place

ITALIAN/AMERICAN 96 Lehner St., Wolfeboro; (603) 569-5788; miseenplacenh.com; $$-$$$$ L D (

The New Woodshed

AMERICAN 128 Lee Rd., Moultonborough; (603) 476-2700; newwoodshed.com; $–$$$ D

O Bistro at the Inn on Main

Rubbin’ Butts BBQ

Wolfe’s Tavern

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Fox Tavern at the Hancock Inn

Alberto’s Restaurant

Pasquaney Restaurant and Wild Hare Tavern

AMERICAN Inn on New Found Lake, 1030 Mayhew Turnpike, Bridgewater; (603) 744-9111; newfoundlake.com/ restaurant-tavern; $$–$$$ D (

ITALIAN 79 Antrim Rd., Bennington; (603) 588-6512; albertosnh.com; $–$$ D (

Bantam Grill

ITALIAN 1 Jaffrey Rd., Peterborough; (603) 924-6633; bantam-peterborough.com; $$–$$$ D (

TAVERN 33 Main St., Hancock; (603) 525-3318; hancockinn.com $-$$$ L D (

Fritz the Place To Eat

AMERICN 45 Main St., Keene; (603) 357-6393; fritztheplacetoeat.com; $–$$ L D

The Grove

Marzano’s Trattoria

ITALIAN 6 School St., Peterborough; (603) 924-3636; marzanostrattoria. com; $–$$ L D (

Nicola’s Trattoria

ITALIAN 51 Railroad St., Keene; (603) 355-5242; Facebook; $$$–$$$$ D

The Old Courthouse H

AMERICAN The Woodbound Inn 247 Woodbound Rd., Rindge; (603) 532-4949; woodbound.com; $$–$$$ BLDb(

NEW AMERICAN 30 Main St., Newport; (603) 863-8360; eatatthecourthouse.com; $$–$$$ L D b (

The Hancock Inn

Papagallos Restaurant

Bellows Walpole Inn Pub

INTERNATIONAL/AMERICAN 297 Main St., Walpole; (603) 756-3320; bellowswalpoleinn.com; $$ L D (

AMERICAN 33 Main St., Hancock; (603) 525-3318; hancockinn.com; Dinner is prix fixe, $48. Sunday dinner is prix fixe, $18.99; $$–$$$$ D (

Chesterfield Inn

The Hungry Diner

AMERICAN 20 Cross Rd., West Chesterfield; (603) 256-3211; chesterfieldinn.com; $$-$$$ D (

ASIAN 50 Jaffrey Rd., Peterborough; (603) 626-7773; leeandmtfujiatboilerhouse.com; 314 Main St., Marlborough; (603) 876-3388; leeandmtfuji. com; $–$$ L D ( MEDITERRANEAN 10 Central Sq., Keene; (603) 358-3335; lucascafe. com; $$–$$$ L D (

ITALIAN/PIZZERIA 22 Main St., Keene; (603) 903-1410; fireworksrestaurant.net; $–$$ D (

21 Bar & Grill

Lee & Mt. Fuji

Luca’s Mediterranean Café

NEW ENGLAND TAVERN 90 N. Main St., Wolfeboro; (603) 569-3016; wolfestavern.com; $$–$$$ B L D b (

O Steaks & Seafood H

ITALIAN 18 Main St., Center Harbor; (603) 250-8007; osteriapoggio.com; $$–$$$ D (

Del Rossi’s Trattoria

BREW PUB 222 West St., Keene; (603) 355-3335; elmcitybrewing.com; $–$$ L D

AMERICAN 21 Roxbury St., Keene; (603) 352-2021; Facebook; $–$$ B L D

Osteria Poggio

CAFÉ 28 Washington St., Keene; (603) 352-5700; kristinsbistroandbakery.com; $–$$ B L

TAPAS/PIZZA 2075 Parade Rd., Laconia; (603) 528-3057; tavern27. com; $–$$ L D (

AMERICAN 200 North Main St., Wolfeboro; (603) 515-1003; innnewhampshire.com/our-bistro; $$–$$$ D STEAKHOUSE/SEAFOOD 11 South Main St., Concord; (603) 856-7925; 62 Doris Ray Court, Lakeport; (603) 524-9373; magicfoodsrestaurantgroup.com; $$–$$$ L D

PUB 6 School St., Peterborough; (603) 371-9036; coopershillpublichouse.com; $-$$$ L D

FARM-TO-TABLE 9 Edwards Ln., Walpole; (603) 756-3444; hungrydinerwalpole.com; $–$$ B L D

ITALIAN/MEDITERRANEAN 9 Monadnock Hwy., Keene; (603) 3529400; papagallos.com; $–$$ L D (

Pearl Restaurant & Oyster Bar H

ASIAN 1 Jaffrey Rd., Peterbrough; (603) 924-5225; pearl-peterborough.com $$–$$$ D (

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Seed-to-Table Dining

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FARM-TO-TABLE LUNCH 248 Nutting Hill Rd., Mason; (603) 878-1151; pickityplace.com — A historic and lovely place to lunch. Fresh, local ingredients are used, including herbs grown in the onsite gardens. There are only three seatings offered at 11:30 a.m., 12:40 p.m. and 2 p.m. $$ L (

Piedra Fina

LATIN 288 Main St., Marlborough; (603) 876-5012; piedrafina.com; $–$$ L D (

The Pub Restaurant

AMERICAN 131 Winchester St., Keene; (603) 352-3135; thepubrestaurant.com; $–$$ B L D

Restaurant at Burdick’s

FRENCH 47 Main Street, Walpole; (603) 756-9058; burdickchocolate. com; $–$$$ L D b (

The Stage H

AMERICAN 30 Central Sq., Keene; (603) 357-8389; thestagerestaurant. com; $-$$ L D

Thorndike’s & Parson’s Pub

AMERICAN/PUB The Monadnock Inn, 379 Main St., Jaffrey; (603) 532-7800; monadnockinn.com; $–$$$ D (

DINE OUT

DARTMOUTH/ LAKE SUNAPEE

Appleseed Restaurant

AMERICAN 63 High St., Bradford; (603) 938-2100; appleseedrestaurant.com $-$$ D

Base Camp Café

NEPALESE 3 Lebanon St., Hanover; (603) 643-2007; basecampcafenh. com; $-$$ L D

Bistro Nouveau

AMERICAN The Center at Eastman, 6 Clubhouse Lane, Grantham; (603) 8638000; bistronouveau.com; $–$$$$ L D (

Candela Tapas Lounge H

TAPAS 15 Lebanon St., Hanover; (603) 277-9094; candelatapas.com; $$-$$$ D (

Canoe Club Bistro

AMERICAN 27 South Main St., Hanover; (603) 643-9660; canoeclub. us; $–$$ L D (

Coach House

Jesse’s

AMERICAN 454 Main St., Orford; (603) 353-9100; peytonplacerestaurant.com; $$ D (

Latham House Tavern

Phnom Penh Sandwich Station

TAVERN 9 Main St., Lyme; (603) 795-9995; lathamhousetavern.com $–$$ L D

Lou’s Restaurant H

AMERICAN 30 South Main St., Hanover; (603) 643-3321; lousrestaurant.net; $-$$ B L D

Market Table

FARM-TO-TABLE 44 Main St., Hanover; (603) 676-7996; markettablenh.com; $–$$ B L D b

Millstone at 74 Main

Revolution Cantina H

CUBAN AND MEXICAN 38 Opera House Square, Claremont; (603) 504-6310; Facebook; $-$$ L D b

Suna

Stella’s Italian Kitchen

AMERICAN 11 South Main St., Hanover; (603) 643-4075; mollysrestaurant.com; $$–$$$ L D b (

AMERICAN 6 Brook Rd., Sunapee; (603) 843-8998; magicfoodsrestaurantgroup.com; $$–$$$ D (

Murphy’s

Taverne on the Square

AMERICAN 11 South Main St., Hanover; (603) 643-4075; murphysonthegreen.com; $$–$$$ L D b (

Farmer’s Table Café

Oak and Grain H

AMERICAN 9 Court St., Keene; (603) 354-3214; Facebook; $–$$ L D b

PRIX FIXE Inn at Pleasant Lake, 853 Pleasant St., New London; (603) 5266271; innatpleasantlake.com; D (

Waterhouse

Flying Goose Brew Pub H

The Old Courthouse H

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AMERICAN 2 South Main St., Hanover; (603) 643-4300; hanoverinn. com/dining.aspx; $$$–$$$$ B L D b (

Molly’s Restaurant H

FARM-TO-TABLE 249 Rte. 10, Grantham; (603) 863-9355; farmerstablecafe.com; $–$$ L D

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PINE at the Hanover Inn H

ITALIAN 5 Main St., Lyme; (603) 7954302; stellaslyme.com; $–$$ L D

AMERICAN 353 Main St., New London; (603) 526-2791; thenewlondoninn.com/the-coach-houserestaurant;$ $–$$$$ D (

BREW PUB 40 Andover Rd., New London; (603) 526-6899; flyinggoose.com; $–$$ L D

VIETNAMESE 1 High St., Lebanon; (603) 678-8179; phnompenhsandwiches.com; $-$$ L D

AMERICAN 74 Newport Rd., New London; (603) 526-4201; 74mainrestaurant.com; $–$$ L D b

Tillie’s

AMERICAN 18 Water St., Peterborough; (603) 924-4001; waterhousenh.com; $-$$$ L D b (

Peyton Place

AMERICAN/SEAFOOD 224 Lebanon St., Hanover; (603) 643-4111; jesses. com $–$$ D (

AMERICAN 30 Main St., Newport; (603) 863-8360; eatatthecourthouse.com; $-$$$ L D b (

AMERICAN 2 Pleasant St., Claremont; (603) 287-4416; claremonttaverne. com; $–$$$ L D

Thai Orchid Restaurant

THAI 70 Hanover St., Lebanon; (603) 448-0320; thaiorchidlebanon.com; $–$$ L D

Tuk Tuk Thai Cuisine

THAI 5 S. Main St., Hanover; (603) 2779192; tuktukthaicuisine.com; $–$$ L D (

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DINE OUT

NORTH COUNTRY

Mountain Hwy., North Conway; (603) 356-7776; delaneys.com; $–$$ L D

AMERICAN 106 Main St., Littleton; (603) 444-7717; bailiwicksfinerestaurant.com; $-$$$ L D (

Gypsy Café H

Bailiwicks

The Beal House Inn

INTERNATIONAL 111 Main St., Lincoln; (603) 745-4395; gypsycaferestaurant.com; $–$$ L D

Horse & Hound Inn

PUB 2 W. Main St., Littleton; (603) 444-2661; thebealhouseinn.com; $$-$$$ D

AMERICAN/TAVERN 205 Wells Rd., Franconia; (603) 823-5501; horseandhoundnh.com; $$–$$$$ L D (

Biederman’s Deli & Pub H

Horsefeathers

DELI/PUB 83 Main St., Littleton; (603) 536-3354; biedermansdeli. com; $-$$ L D

Black Cap Grill

PUB 1498 White Mt. Hwy., North Conway; (603) 356-2225; blackcapgrille.com; $-$$ L D

The Burg H

PIZZA 8 Back Lake Rd,. Pittsburg; (603) 538-7400; Facebook; $ D

Chang Thai Café

THAI 77 Main St., Littleton; (603) 444-8810; changthaicafe.com; $-$$ L D

Chef’s Bistro

NEW AMERICAN 2724 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway; (603) 3564747; chefsbistronh.com; $-$$ L D

Deacon Street Martini & Whiskey Bar

AMERICAN 32 Seavey St., Conway; (603) 356-9231; deaconst.com; $$–$$$ D AMERICAN/ASIAN 2966 White

PUB Rte. 16 and 16A, Jackson; (603) 383-4211; shannondoor.com; $-$$ L D

Max’s Restaurant and Pub

Shovel Handle Pub

AMERICAN Snowvillage Inn, 36 Stewart Rd., Eaton Center; (603) 447- 2818; snowvillageinn.com; $$-$$$ D (

PUB 357 Black Mountain Rd., Jackson; (603) 383-8916; shovelhandlepub.com; $-$$ L D

May Kelly’s Cottage

Six Burner Bistro

IRISH PUB 3002 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway; (603) 3567005; Julykellys.com; $–$$ L D (

Moat Mountain Smokehouse H

BREW PUB 3378 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway; (603) 356-6381; moatmountain.com; $–$$ L D (

Inn at Thorn Hill

Peyton Place Restaurant

AMERICAN 40 Thorn Hill Rd., Jackson; (603) 383-4242; innatthornhill. com; $$–$$$$ D (

AMERICAN 454 Rte. 10, Orford; (603) 353-9100; peytonplacerestaurant. com; $$-$$$ D

Jonathon’s Seafood

Rainbow Grille & Tavern H

SEAFOOD/AMERICAN 280 East Side Rd., North Conway; (603) 447-3838; jonathonsseafood.com; $–$$$ L D (

The Last Chair

AMERICAN/BREW PUB 5 Rte. 25,Plymouth; (603) 238-9077; thelastchairnh.com; $-$$ L D

Libby’s Bistro & SAaLT Pub

Shannon Door Pub

MEXICAN Rte. 302, Glen; (603) 3836556; margaritagrillnh.com; $–$$ L D

AMERICAN 2679 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway; (603) 3562687; horsefeathers.com; $–$$ L D

AMERICAN/TAVERN 609 Beach Rd., Pittsburg; (603) 538-9556; rainbowgrille.com — Serving a variety of comfort food from seafood to ribs. The tavern serves appetizers, hearthbaked pizzas and more. $–$$ D (

Red Parka Steakhouse & Pub

STEAKHOUSE 3 Station St., Glen; (603) 383-4344; redparkapub.com; $–$$ L D

Rustic River

NEW AMERICAN 115 Main Street on Rte. 2, Gorham; (603) 466-5330; libbysbistro.org; $$–$$$ L D (

AMERICAN 5 Main St., North Woodstock; (603) 745-2110; rusticriverrestaurant.com; $-$$ L D

The Little Grille

Schilling Beer Co.

AMERICAN/INTERNATIONAL 62 Cottage St., Littleton; (603) 444-0395; thelittlegrille.com; $–$$ L D

Delaney’s Hole in the Wall

Margarita Grill

BREW PUB 18 Mill St., Littleton; (603) 444-4800; (603) 444-4800; schillingbeer.com; $-$$ L D

AMERICAN 13 South Main St., Plymouth; (603) 536-9099; sixburnerbistro.com; $-$$ L D

Thompson House Eatery H

AMERICAN/FARM-TO-TABLE 139 Main St., Jackson; (603) 383-9341; thompsonhouseatery.com; $$-$$$ L D (

Tony’s Italian Grille & Pub

ITALIAN 3674 Rte. 3, Thornton; (603) 745-3133; $$ L D (

Vito Marcello’s Italian Bistro

ITALIAN 45 Seavey St., North Conway; (603) 356-7000; vitomarcellositalianbistro.com; $$-$$$ D

The Wayside Inn

EUROPEAN 3738 Main St., Bethlehem; (603) 869-3364; thewaysideinn.com; $$–$$$ D (

Woodstock Brewery H

BREW PUB Rte. 3, North Woodstock; (603) 745-3951; woodstockinnnh. com; $–$$ L

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The Pie and I

November is the official beginning of pie season, which never actually ends

or giggles, I posted a photo of four ugly pies on Facebook. It sent my followers into a twitter of dismay and disgust. “These ugly pies keep coming up in my feed,” one friend wrote. “Please, please make them go away.” The baker had sliced the crusts into grotesque faces — eyes half-closed with cherry filling seeping out, twisted mouths drooling blueberry, nostrils crusted with peach juice. Not funny, my friends said. Not funny at all. Post what you want on FB, but do not mess with pie. Pie is a sacred cow. When my book “Live Free and Eat Pie” came out, some thought it was a cookbook. It’s not. It’s a guide to New Hampshire geography, history and tourist spots. However, when the book scored me an invite to judge a pie contest, I accepted with relish. Trouble was, I liked them all — the blueberry, the pumpkin, the peach (oh my lawd, the peach!). The mincemeat, not so much. The only meat pie I enjoy is Memere’s tourtiere. The other judges offered sage and sometimes tart comments on each entry: “Piquant yet creamy.” “Butter in the crust?” “Cornstarch? As a thickener? I might not have made that choice.” “A slight resistance to the bite but not crunchy.” “If it were pasta, it would be al dente.”

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BY REBECCA RULE If you don’t know the legend of the “What do you think, Rebecca?” Moosetud Pie, here it is. In the logging “Um ... yum.” “What about this one?” “Um ... yum yum.” camp, absent a professional cookee, one logger had to do all the cooking. Feeding “Yes, but what does it taste like, Rebecca?” those lumberjacks was a colossal job and “Tastes like more.” Sis got stuck with it. By tradition, the first After sampling a high pie with fluted edges, the real judges exchanged looks of horror. man to complain about the grub had to take over. After about six weeks of thankless toil “What’s wrong?” I said. over a hot woodstove, Sis decided he’d had “Taste it,” they said. I did. They stared expectantly. I caved and enough. He burned the pancakes. Nobody complained. He hot-peppered the beans. made a sour face. “Ah,” they said. “Ever so slightly,” they said, Delicious, the loggers declared. He boiled the venison. Nobody said a word. “the crust tastes ...” They couldn’t say the In desperation, he took to the woods, collectword aloud so they mouthed it. “Burned.” ed two quarts of moose droppings, and baked In my world, if it ain’t black, it ain’t them into a pie. Max liked the looks of that burned, but I deferred to their sensitive palwarm pie. He took a big bite. “That pie tastes ates. Then, the final horror. The real judges like moosetuds,” he shouted. “But it’s good.” gasped at the very sight of pie #10. A minister got caught in a similar pie “Is it?” one said. dilemma. Lucy, a member of his congre“I think it is,” the other said. “What?” I said. gation, presented him with a homemade A real judge whispered, “Store-bought apple pie. That evening at supper, when the crust.” We shuddered as one. Confession: I sometimes use store-bought family tucked in, it was clear that Lucy had mistaken salt for sugar. The pie went swiftly crust. I know it’s wrong, but making crust to the compost pile. from scratch is time-consuming and messy. At church the following Sunday, Lucy Also, the perfectly rolled, lard-based crust asked the minister how he’d liked her pie. that lifts from the board in one smooth Being a man of God, of course, he could not sheet eludes me. My crusts are Frankenstein tell a lie. “Lucy,” he said, “I’ll say this much monsters — lumpy and pieced together. — that pie didn’t last long at our house.” NH Patchwork. My pies are ugly. But the family gobbles them up just the Humorist Rebecca Rule has written lots of books same. about pies and other inherently amusing stuff.

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