From grand hotels to chowder shacks, New Hampshire food is fine and fresh
 The personalities and culinary attractions of New Hampshire range from seafood along the state’s coastline to fun and frivolous vacation food in the resorts around Lake Winnipesaukee to game food and fine dining in the turn-of-the-century grand hotels of the White Mountains. The seaside town of Portsmouth has a delightful harbor front neighborhood packed with small, excellent restaurants. Also in Portsmouth is the historic Strawbery Banke living history museum, containing the cozy Dunaway Restaurant, which specializes in local and seasonal foods. Inland and northward, toward the White Mountains, visitors can enjoy seasonal game dinners in rustic surroundings. There is nothing rustic, though, about the trio of grand hotels – the Balsams in Dixville Notch, the Mount Washington in Bretton Woods, and the Mountain View Grand in Whitefield – that offer the upscale hospitality and tone of the Edwardian era. Restaurants at these grand hotels are as fine and elegant as their settings deserve.
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