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Contributors for November 2022

Our New Cuisine Crew: The November cover story is the first of a series on new and exciting dining experiences in the Granite State, produced by our in-theknow crew of food writers:

Rony Camille is the son of Haitian immigrants and a freelance journalist based in Nashua who regularly covers food and culture for our sister publication, 603 Diversity.

Crystal Ward Kent is a longtime journalist and Seacoast food writer. She also penned this month’s Informer about New Hampshire’s connection to Polaris Dawn, SpaceX’s next space mission.

Susan Laughlin traveled the state with fork and pen in hand for 15 years as our food editor and now serves as a freelance photographer and, for the past two years, has acted as a scout for the James Beard Awards.. New Hampshire Magazine’s contributing photographer Kendal J. Bush took photos for this month’s feature story “What’s Cookin’.”

Dennis Ferrill, who wrote “Offering Our Lives,” has been a techcompany CEO and a Temple volunteer firefighter. He now resides in Bangkok, Thailand. Frequent contributor Brion O’Connor wrote this month’s First Person about his recollections of a Turkey Day football rivalry.

Michael Hauptley-Pierce is our regular “Sips” contributor and co-founder of Lithermans Limited Brewery. Seacoast author J Dennis Robinson, who wrote this month’s Navigator, is an expert in New Hampshire history and culture.

Robert Ortiz took the portraits for this year’s “Best Lawyers.” Ortiz is a regular contributing photographer for our sister publication, 603 Diversity.

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Remembering Those Who Have Passed

Jack Kenny Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a traditional Mexican holiday celebrated on November 2. It is believed that the souls of the dead return to visit their living family members on this day. Families often celebrate by visiting the graves of deceased loved ones, bringing them their favorite foods, things and photos to assemble and enjoy in their company. God willing, the pandemic years are mostly behind us, but there are losses for so many of us that time will not erase. Here at New Hampshire Magazine, we have our own list of departed loved ones and faithful friends, and we now add Jack Kenny to that list. Jack was a regular contributor to this magazine. He was an old-school journalist who valued accuracy, clean copy, and the exquisite use of language to tell stories that reached the heart of readers and revealed the souls of those he interviewed. He was less concerned with what people thought of him than what they thought about the world. This contributed to his reputation as a classic Yankee curmudgeon. Of the things he loved, journalism and editorial writing (often with a sharp edge of conservatism) ranked high, so we can think of no better way to honor his memory than by including him, one last time, here in our pages. — Requiescat in pace.