Beer & Chocolate – A sweet pair My first experience pairing chocolate and beer was at a fundraiser beer pairing event in Portsmouth, NH. The Passport Beer dinner featured local restaurants and NH breweries in pairings of food items and one of their beers. I walked the grounds of the historic Strawberry Banke living history [...]

First, I must start this entry with a huge thank you to Rachel Forrest, columnist for the Portsmouth Herald (and all around foodie and awesome gal) for getting me tickets to the Passport Beer Dinner at Strawberry Banke – a fundraiser for both NH Public Television and the Strawberry Banke museum. If you love food [...]

Sitting in a funky basement space, with a shuffleboard, couches and pictures of naked women behind the bar, I knew that there was something special afoot. I was at the Jimmy LaPanza lounge in Portsmouth, NH (The downstairs lounge area of the Portsmouth Brewery) patiently awaiting the arrival of Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewing. [...]