Mid-July through August is the height of New Hampshire’s blueberry season. Unlike many commercial berry pies that are held together by cornstarch or flour for neat slicing, this one features the flavor of the blueberries. It has little filler, is runny but deliciously fresh fruit flavored. More flour and sugar can always be added if  [...]

Heidi Bartlett, of Bartlett’s Blueberry Farm in Newport, New Hampshire, calls this slightly adapted recipe a “breakfast bake” but it makes a delicious dessert.     Using hot milk cuts back on bread soaking time before baking.                                       
5 inches of a French bread loaf, cut into 1/2 inch slices 
2 cups fresh blueberries
2 1/2 cups whole milk                                                                      
4 eggs
3 tablespoons [...]

Raising chickens has become a popular New Hampshire backyard pastime. In this recipe fresh herbs, also from the backyard, give deviled eggs a new twist.
12 eggs, peeled cut in half and yolks mashed in a bowl
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice (or to taste)                                           
1 tablespoon filnely chopped Italian parsley
1/2 teaspoon finely chopped fresh [...]

In a book called Cupboard Love, “A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities,” author Mark Morton gives the origins of the word “strawberry.”  It derives “simply from straw”, he says “perhaps because gardeners spread chopped straw around the plants to protect them.”  Alternatively he adds it could be because the long runners of the plant after they [...]