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By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — Two recent additions to the downtown dining scene bring fresh flavors and old favorites.A building located at 15 Lebanon St. in Hanover is now home to Little Havana, a Cuban restaurant, while a previous tenant of the space has opened a tapas...

By EMMA RO TH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Two formerly vacant restaurant spaces on South Main Street have come alive again.On a rainy Thursday afternoon, White River Junction resident Tracie Gunion enjoyed a bite to eat in a new cafe and bakery downtown.But instead of...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — Concerns about traffic safety and a loss of parking spaces due to food trucks near Colburn Park are inspiring the City Council to revisit its rules for downtown vendors.This year, four trucks have permits to operate on South Park Street,...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — A developer is planning to bring burritos and burgers to Washington Street.Pending city approvals, DDMNS Realty will build a Chipotle Mexican Grill and a Wendy’s restaurant on the lots at 384 and 392 Washington Street, according to Daniel...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

SOUTH ROYALTON — Kristen Strong had worked in multiple food service industry jobs when she came to the realization that if she was going to work that hard, she wanted to work for herself.After using that motivation to buy South Royalton diner 108...

By RAY COUTURE

SOUTH ROYALTON — When one opportunity burns down, another rises in its place — or at least that was the case for Dan Sherburne and his crew at Carlita’s Cantina, the new Mexican restaurant on Chelsea Street that opened for business last week.On May...

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

It might not be the most telling metric in their database as fledgling small business owners, but there’s one number that Kendall and Travis Gendron are especially proud of: 14. That’s the number of customers in the record pay-it-forward streak at...

By SARAH EARLE

When Jake Guest arrived at the old Norwich farmhouse where Valerie Woodhouse and Eli Hersh were planning their spring crops last Thursday morning, he did something that still feels a bit strange to him: He knocked on the door.For nearly 40 years,...

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 Nicola Smith

Imagine a crumbly pie crust that tastes a little salty and a little sweet, and has the soft, flaking quality of a phyllo. Is it made from flour, vegetable shortening and butter? Flour and lard? The texture and flavor is subtly different from the usual...

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 Warren Johnston

Bread & ButterChardonnay, 2015Napa, Calif., $14.99Bread & Butter Chardonnay is among the top-selling super premium wines in the country, and there’s a good reason for that — it’s a dry, white wine that is flavorful, well-crafted and sells for a...

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...