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Sandy Gourley, 76, walks her Lebanon yard, looking at the trees, rocks and sprouting spring flowers. Gourley said she looks forward to working on her landscaping projects, but some recent health problems have slowed her down. “This is what I like to...

By NICOLA SMITH

On an icy gray morning, the subject at the Billings Farm & Museum learning kitchen was, appropriately, Cozy Stews and Breads, one of a series of adult classes that are part of the farm and museum’s Backyard Workshops. For Emery Gray, the chef at the...

By NICOLA SMITH

In the Filipino language Tagalog, the word “kuya,” or “brother,” is a sign of respect, a mark of amiable connection that precedes a person’s name. Kuya is also the name of a recently opened Filipino-American restaurant in Randolph that is bringing the...

By ERIC SUTPHIN

It’s a simple formula for a restaurant: Offer a limited menu that consists of a few, well-crafted and expertly executed choices. Matt Walker, owner of Broken Hearts Burger in Fairlee, has made this ethos the cornerstone of his business. The...

By BETSY VERECKEY

RANDOLPH — Until this spring, Nisachon “Rung” Morgan had never heard of James Beard.She grew up on a farm in Isaan, in northern Thailand, with eight brothers and sisters and had never cooked professionally. Before she and her husband, Steve Morgan,...

By ROSE TERAMI

WINDSOR — Messay Hall has always loved cooking, and she knew after experimenting in her kitchen with egg roll recipes several years ago that she wanted to turn the idea into something more, she just didn’t know when. While living in Arizona several...

By ALEX HANSON

The shortage of restaurant workers in the Upper Valley has been well-documented, but one factor has gone unexamined.There are a lot of restaurants, food trucks, caterers, sandwich shops, roadside stands, diners, food markets, farmers markets, dining...

By SARAH EARLE

Part of the back-to-the-land migration of the late ’60s, Tom Curren took up residence on Potato Road in Canaan, where he tried his hand at farming while working in the nonprofit sector. It was cold. Not just ordinary New Hampshire cold, but...

By EmmaJean Holley

After three years at the helm of the seasonal, family-run Middlebrook Restaurant, so named for its location on a winding stretch of road in West Fairlee, owner Chris Aquino has decided to move on to other, more justice-oriented pursuits. The...

By Liz Krieg

Years ago, I first noticed a plant growing along the side of the road in New Mexico. In large drifts, Geum trifolum is a major contender for inspiring awe. They were in the later seasonal growth stage called “smoke” and the whole patch was all a mist...