Kimberly may be getting ready for her next New Hampshire escape, and this blog has been discontinued. Thanks for visiting and happy travels!

I'm positive that most of you begin the new year with a steadfast confidence that this is the year for change. Change in body, mind and outlook. We're full of hope, iPod running with us at the gym, passing up Chili's for fresh veggies at home, and we may have just started reading Oprah's newest book selection.

Ah, what a great ride. Now it's 25 days into the month [dieters speak in days rather than months, much like a pregnant woman speaks in weeks], and so much for that whole line of diet thought. It's winter, the snow banks are high for once this year. I'm seeking out ecstasy. Food. Let's go out in style.

1. The Italian Farmhouse
333 Daniel Webster HIghway
Plymouth, NH
603.536.4536

Carb LOAD! This old farm house is a haven for pastas, homemade bread and wine. The rooms of the house were not opened up much, so you eat while thinking Grandma May is going to come through the kitchen door with your piping hot fettucine alfredo!

2. The Muddy River Smokehouse
21 Congress Street
Portsmouth, NH

Just like its name, its ribs, pulled pork and meat meat meat beer beer beer. Its downstairs is its cellar - dark and mysterious - and there is often great live music down there. I suggest if you're going to blow it, do it right, visit on a Monday!

3. Loaf and Ladle
9 Water Street
Exeter, NH
603-778-8955

OK, so maybe not huge entrees, or even those dishes swimming in oils and butters, but this small cafe can serve up the biggest bread bowls, filled with homemade creamy soups. Its healthy here, but healthy can mean blowing the diet when portions are slurped down, and carbs are over the top. If you're into live music in tiny unsuspecting spots, call ahead and see who's playing...Ani DiFranco used to play here in the early 90s!

4. India Palace
493 Amherst Street
Nashua, NH
(603) 546-0425
or
575 S Willow St # F6
Manchester, NH
(603) 641-8413

Order of Chicken Curry please, Tomato Shorba Soup, 3 orders of garlic naan, oh and throw in some Lamb Saag, wait, no Saag Paneer, and.....my latest phase is Indian food. It's almost all I think about. When I am not thinking about cheese that is....able to spice every dish low, medium, hot and very hot here....hot is HOT. All you can eat lunch buffet too....thank goodness my kids don't like Indian.

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5. The French Bistro
15 Elm Street
Milford, NH 03055
(603) 249-9605

My neighbor Lucie truly knows the chef/owner, where he lived in France and who he learned to cook with. Yes, the book seems correct, French Women Don't Get Fat, however, when American women eat French food, the fat is digested into instant cellulite. WHO CARES! The French Bistro serves up the french fare, with a wine and cheese shop on its way....I'm going on the French Diet!