It’s been decades since Mrs. Gourmet and I have had dinner at one of the originals in the Portsmouth dining scene.
I have been experimenting with new ways to cook — making small changes to recipes but still achieving delicious results.
SEATTLE — It was a lot worse than I thought.
PORTSMOUTH — City resident Dan Doyon said he never imagined the cocktail mixture he used to pour into mason jars and give away as Christmas presents would someday be sold at 21 New Hampshire Liquor & Wine outlets throughout the state.
EPPING — Just three months after closing its Portsmouth restaurant, 900 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria plans to close its Epping location this Saturday.
CHICAGO — She misses pizza and hamburgers, and she longs for eggs.
A joy of winter is that supermarket produce sections come alive with a wide range of oranges, varieties that stretch beyond familiar Valencias.
The frigid temperatures over the past week have kept me inside — cooking, of course — so I put together a few dishes to share that are heavy on nutrition yet easy to make.
We are always on the lookout for a good Sunday brunch, but they are increasingly difficult to find.
LONDONDERRY — Coca-Cola of Northern New England is one of Manchester Water Works’ biggest buyers, according to MWW Director Phil Croasdale.
Coca-Cola of Northern New England, an independent bottling franchise owned by Japanese beverage company Kirin, is expanding production capabilities at its Londonderry plant after closing a production facility in Needham, Mass.
Jeffrey Carter, who is homeless, clutched two gold-colored coins in his palm as he approached the Mission Muffins cafe trailer in Northwest Washington to exchange them for a breakfast burrito and apple juice.
On Tuesday, the Grind Rail Trail Cafe in Derry received a strange delivery: several individually packaged T-shirts with depictions of pug dogs and pug-related slogans.
I was chatting with a friend recently who is trying a new diet and she was talking about how difficult it is to satisfy a sweet tooth if you’re used to store-bought cakes and cookies.
A dive into our ancestry during Christmas vacation had us thinking about Germany and meals our grandmother used to cook. A Google search revealed a German restaurant just up the road in Hooksett. It was reviewed years ago by another Our Gourmet team, but we thought it was time for another visit.
The holiday season has passed us once again. The inevitable credit card bills are on their way. That doesn’t mean we have to stop drinking good wine. If you can find a few bucks’ worth of loose change underneath your car seat, I can recommend a killer bottle of Spanish tempranillo.
It’s that time of year, when the tea leaves, crystal balls, Tarot cards and other psychic tools come out, and the predictions are made.
Over the holidays, most of us stuffed ourselves silly with cake, cookies, candy and pie, so the last thing on our minds right now is a doughnut. Dunkin’ Donuts knows that.
Here’s a look at issues — both obstacles and opportunities — facing the restaurant industry in 2019.
Isabelle Jolie was expected to meet with City Manager Elizabeth Dragon Friday morning, but Dragon received a message at 7:30 a.m. telling her Jolie would not be available.
Question: What’s the best way to make a breakfast casserole?
The highest concentration of New Hampshire distilleries is on the Seacoast, and we asked some of them for a few holiday cocktail recommendations.
I caught up with Dover’s Evan Hennessey while he was on his way to Mount Major for a brisk winter hike with his kids after a stop at the climbing gym.
At Sunny’s Restaurant in Lee, the Sheehy clan has been tending grill and fryer for some time, and the history of the neighborhood surrounding this Route 125 fixture (just south of the Lee Traffic Circle) graces the walls with great old photos of dairy farms and outside scenes.
Diner en Blanc — dinner in white — is an enchanting idea. Born in France 30 years ago, the concept brings guests, dressed in their finest whites, together for a posh picnic in an unlikely location they learn about at the last minuter.
IF you’re someone who resolves to eat better at the start of the new year, I have a few recipes to get you started.
It was only last April that Our Gourmet visited the little strip mall on Manchester’s South Main Street to enjoy the food at Lakhorn Thai.
The year is coming to its end, and that means taking a look back at some of the good stuff.
I was watching the news one night last week and caught an interesting sound bite.
Given a certain measure of chill in the air, it seems time to talk about some weightier drinks, in this case, stout. There are actually a bunch of different kinds of stout: dry stout, sweet stout, oatmeal stout, foreign extra stout, American stout and Russian imperial stout. But let’s start …
Nearly every household in my neighborhood has a dog, including mine. A couple of my neighbors have pugs, a few houses down lives a Husky and a fancy standard poodle lives on the block too.
We headed over to Rounders in Manchester, which has taken over the space previously occupied by Tommy K’s on Brown Avenue.
Every year when the holiday season rolls around, I put making Christmas cookies on my to-do list. Unfortunately, so many other things end up on that list that I don’t always get around to it, but this year’s early snow and winter-y weather inspired me to spend some time in the kitchen baking.
BEDFORD – The Bedford Village Inn is back open for business.
The husband and wife team behind Lexie’s is bringing “peace, love and burgers” to Epping.
The refrigerator was packed with leftovers after Thanksgiving so I found some ways to use them up. I was especially interested in re-purposing the mashed potatoes because I made way too much.
You take bunches of red grapes and very carefully place them in the fermenting vessel.
The Fussbudget’s Sunday morning hockey game had us out earlier than we like on a weekend, and watching the youngsters skating around in a cold city rink had us chilled and hungry.
Thanksgiving is tomorrow, so I want to take a few moments to talk about wines to pair with the meal, and a few beers, too.
Cheddar & Rye has received a fair amount of press coverage since it opened a couple of months ago. The concept is unique, combining a daytime sandwich shop that specializes in grilled cheese with a nighttime bar that specializes in whiskeys — LOTS of whiskeys.
I read an interesting statistic that said 46 million turkeys are eaten across the nation on Thanksgiving day.
Yes, definitely colder.
Yuki bar/grill/hibachi delivers all things Japanese at its tucked-away location in a South Willow Street shopping plaza.
I was talking to a friend recently when we got on the subject of making dinner.
HAMPTON — With Thanksgiving around the corner, Fire Chief Jameson Ayotte is reminding residents about the dangers associated with frying turkeys.
We were noodling on the internet recently, looking for places we haven’t eaten yet, when we came across a new(ish) place in Concord that sounded intriguing. We’ve explored much of the capital city’s refurbished Main Street, but rarely venture off it. Our bad.
Kefta, rolled from ground beef or lamb, is not a meatball. Meat oval, meat lollipop, meat blob, perhaps. Not ball.
CJ’s Great West Grill got quite a bit of media attention when it reopened earlier this month after a makeover that involved a new exterior, refreshed interior decor and a menu shift away from Mexican toward a broader Southwestern flavor.
We were smitten with the Saddle Up Saloon as soon as we walked in the door.
As the weather becomes cooler, many wine drinkers turn to darker and heavier wines for the fall and winter.
Plan a New Hampshire adventure with our picks for the Top 10 things to do this weekend.