We Love Food

The Granite Plate offers reviews of New Hampshire produced foods & restaurants, food-related resources, recipes, and opinions about what is exquisite, worth a trip, or “not so much.”

Eventually, this site will become a full-fledged directory of all-things-food in New Hampshire.

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Koto Japanese Restaurant

(603) 298-2925

288 Plainfield Road, West Lebanon, NH 03784

Koto is a Japanese Steakhouse that features at-table hibachi grilling that’s great entertainment for adults and for kids. You can also choose a more traditional table seating and chhose from a menu of hibachi specials, sushi, sashimi, and other Japanese fare.

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Fox Country Smokehouse

(603) 783-4405

164 Briar Bush Road, Canterbury, NH 03224

www.foxcountrysmokehouse.com

Fox Country uses a centuries old tradition of curing and smoking, and offers a wide variety of quality country-smoked products including ham, bacon, beef jerky, turkey, and sausages. They also have nine varieties of smoked cheese and much more.

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Don’t You Just Want to Eat Meryl Up?

We went to see “Julie & Julia” last weekend. We both knew we’d like it having read numerous fattening (I mean flattering!) reviews, but were still unprepared for the pure joi de vivre Meryl Streep brings to this performance.

And the criticisms of the Amy Adams portrayal totally miss the point. There is healthy and exuberant refuge to be found in working with food, creating sumptuous meals that sate every sense.

It went right on the Netflix list for a second helping as soon as possible.… Continue reading

Leaning Tower of Ice Cream

CIMG1053Granite State Candy Shoppe in Concord, NH has a secret. You can’t find evidence of of it on its website. And, that’s just crazy, because this is the source of the best ice cream deal in all of the State of New Hampshire.

Granite State really is a business about very good chocolate candy. But they take ice cream seriously as well. My kinda people.

A “small” is about a pinto of ice cream. It is very good ice cream. Plan this course as… Continue reading