VOLUME 37, NUMBER 24 NOVEMBER 22, 2012 FREE THE WEEKLY NEWS & LIFESTYLE JOURNAL OF MT. WASHINGTON VALLEY 12th Annual Craft Fair Saturday November 24th 9am – 3pm Amazing Offerings Handcrafted by local artisans Just in time for the holidays! Enjoy lunch at the Glenview cafe! Outfitters shop is open! Valley Feature Nooks & Rt. 16, Pinkham Notch Cooking School heats up Crannies www.greatglentrails.com the Bernerhoff Inn A November hike on www.mtwashingtonautoroad.com PAGE 2 the moats PAGE 26 (603) 466-2333 A SALMON PRESS PUBLICATION • (603) 447-6336 • PUBLISHED IN CONWAY, NH Valley Feature A Taste of the Mountains Cooking School heats up at the Bernerhof Inn in Glen By Rachael Brown Dick Badger and Michael Luciano go back in time. Today, they are stirring up promising future plans at the Bernerhof Inn Bed and Breakfast. You could say they have histo- ry together. Luciano, a graduate of Kennett High School, went to school with Badger’s sons, his parents of Merlino’s fame were friends of the Badgers, and when Luciano owned Peaches in North Conway, 1985, Badger was the landlord. Badger bought the Bernerhof Inn at auction in 2010. Fast forward to 2012: The two are bringing back history with the opening of the A Taste of the Mountains Cooking School Courtesy Photo Rachael Brown under the direction of Chef Steffani Adaska, director of the cooking school, and Michael Luciano, res- Dick Badger places his finished sushi rolls on the platter held by Steffani Steffani Adaska. With two class- ident innkeeper, look forward to many more A Taste of the Mountains Adaska. es underway, it looks like the Cooking School classes. school is holding up its reputa- tion. In 1981, inn owners Ted and Sharon Wroblewski teamed up with a new young chef, Steven Raichlen, and opened the A Taste of the Mountains Cooking School. At that time, Cronin Minton was the school’s social director, Rick Spencer, Chuck Doolittle and Howard Friedland were the chefs. Kim Babineau and Katheryn Freidland were the innkeepers. The school flourished for 25 years. Steven Raichlen, who will be present for the ribbon cutting in May, wrote his first cookbook about the school: “A Taste of the Rachael Brown Rachael Brown Mountains Cooking School,” Chef, Kendra Stanley, demonstrates how to make sticky rice. A small sampling of the variety of sushi rolls made in recent A Taste of copyright 1986. There is one the Mountain Cooking School class. well-worn and well-read book sparked my interest. The “The first November celebra- remaining at the inn. In his book kitchen needed a complete reno- tory dinner was a success. We The class gathered around the women’s hand are too warm, he says it was written on a vation; Dick said I’ll stop until had a great time the other night, butcher block table in the state adds Stanley who learned from a Kaypro computer. Badger found you get here,” says Luciano, had a group and put together the of the art stainless steel kitchen sushi chef in Cleveland. the book. adding that the inn holds special first class. Kendra Stanley, one of in the back of the inn. Each class Once all the prep was com- “We came across old pictures meaning for Badger, it is where the chefs put together an incred- member had their own red birch plete and the sushi rolled, the and the cookbook at the inn, I he and his wife had their first ible clam dish and she’ll be a real cutting board made by Cormack class enjoyed a huge selection of got looking at it [the cookbook] date in 1960. good entertainer,” says Badger. Construction, a professional sushi, some beverages, lots of and thought why don’t we open The kitchen provides a com- Luciano adds he has already knife, nori sheets (edible sea- conversation and new friends a cooking school. Get more mercial setting where students hired Stanley for some private weed). The beginning of the were made. heads in beds,” says Badger, who learn professional techniques parties class was prep time, lots of veg- “At the beginning of the class, just this past June wooed from trained chefs. Stanley showed her talent at etables, cucumbers, avocado, red just two women knew each Luciano from Florida, who had “It is a collective effort. the Sushi Class held on Tuesday, peppers thinly sliced, not too other. By the end of the class, been operating his 10 Peaches Steffani is the director. I am the Nov. 13. There were seven par- forget the crab, tuna, salmon, they got great tips from the chef, from 1990 to 2010, to run the resident innkeeper and her sous ticipants, including Badger. The wasabi, red ginger and black and created bonds and friends,” says inn. chef,” say Luciano. Mountain Ear was also invited. white sesame seeds. The class Luciano. “I am a serial entrepreneur. The school is intended to sell Stanley not only put on a show, learned about the different sushi For more information, visit: Michael is the resident innkeep- beds, looking to get groups, but exhibited her intense knowl- rolls, how to make sticky rice, a www.bernerhofinn.com or call er and resident chef,” adds Adaska has Valentine’s dinners in edge and patience. You see we delicate process with just the 383-4200 to reserve. Badger. The inn serves break- the plans, adds Luciano. Classes actually learned about Sushi, the right amount of rice wine vine- fast, has a state of the art kitchen, are will be held until Dec. 5, after ingredients, the culture, cutting gar. Editor’s note: Look for chef inter- a dining room seating up to 24 which more will be scheduled. techniques and where to get “Rice is a gentle lady that views with both Steffani Adaska and all are unoccupied after 11 in “It is also exciting for the Asian products. This is a hands- wants to be loved. I talk to my and Kendra Stanley in the upcom- the morning, why not put them Valley giving the locals another on class. We made our own sushi food all the time,” says Stanley. ing issues. to use,” he adds. outlet. Classes are meant to be rolls. With Stanley’s guidance Speaking of ladies, in Japan “When Dick called me about fun, not intimidating. The chef she helped us all to roll square women are not allowed to roll the B and B, the cooking school entertains,” he says. rolls. sushi. The Japanese say a On the Cover Inside Index Meeting the Pocket Lady Valley Folks & Focus..................Pages 6-8 Valley Business Business ....................................Page 10-13 Albin Darby, a student at the White Mountain Wildcat ready for Thanksgiving opening .......................p.10 Rockpile .........................................Page 14 Waldorf School, in Albany, received a gift from Valley Education.....................Pages 18-19 The Pocket Lady, who wore a cape with pockets Valley News winners of MWV Photo Contest announced ................p.4 Out & About..................................Page 20 filled with gifts for children attending the school's Roundups ................................Pages 22-23 annual Winter Family Craft Fair, on Nov. 17. Skiing with Sven Calendar..................................Pages 24-25 Photo by Dennis Coughlin Getting ready for the season .........................................p.27 Nooks & Crannies.........................Page 26 Page 2 | The Mountain Ear | Thursday, November 22, 2012 Valley News Certified nurse midwives join Memorial’s women’s health practice CONWAY – Certified nurse Bachelor of Science in Nursing midwives Julie Bosak, CNM at New York University. She is MSN and Erin Tullock, CNM certified by the American MSN recently joined Women’s College of Nurse Midwives and Health at Memorial Hospital in is an active advocate for midwife North Conway. Together with legislative issues in New Kathleen Mulkern, CNM Hampshire. MPH, a midwife with 15 years Erin Tullock recently spent experience, and OB/Gyn physi- more than a year as a Registered cians Marni Madnick and Midwife in New Zealand but Jeannette West, they offer a has called New England home wide range of well-woman care for most of her life. A graduate for all ages at one of the area’s from Boston College and the leading women’s health prac- University of Massachusetts tices. Amherst, she completed the Julie Bosak is a familiar face in Nurse-Midwifery program at Carroll County, having previ- the Frontier School of Nurse ously been in private practice in Midwifery prior to becoming Wolfeboro. In addition to certified in 2003. Tullock attending births at Wentworth- received her Master’s degree in Douglass Hospital, she provided nursing from Case Western the full scope of gynecologic Reserve University in 2008, and care along with pre- and post- worked as a nurse and midwife natal services. Her New at several Massachusetts hospi- Hampshire background also tals before heading to New includes midwifery services in Zealand. Concord, Laconia, and Dover. All three midwives at the Earlier in her career, she spent practice also offer general time as a midwife at the women’s health care, screenings, National Women’s Hospital in annual exams and more. For Auckland, New Zealand and at more information about their Courtesy The Maternity Center in services or to make an appoint- (From left to right) Certified nurse midwives Julie Bosak, CNM MSN and Erin Tullock, CNM MSN have joined Bethesda, Maryland. ment, call (603) 356-4949. Kathleen Mulkern, CNM MPH at Memorial Hospital’s Women’s Health practice. In addition to prenatal and Bosak received her Master of Learn more about midwifery maternity care, all three midwives offer services to women through all stages of life, from adolescence through Science in Nursing from services from the American menopause and beyond.