VOLUME 38, NUMBER 3 JUNE 20, 2013 FREE THE WEEKLY NEWS & LIFESTYLE JOURNAL OF MT. WASHINGTON VALLEY BOOTS‘N BLING Valley Feature On the Links Vintage Bakery Jen’s Friends sweetens up Tournament a downtown Glen success Page 22 Page 2 A SALMON PRESS PUBLICATION • (603) 447-6336 • PUBLISHED IN CONWAY, NH Valley Feature Lisa Somerville and Vintage Bakery sweeten up “Downtown Glen” By Rachael Brown June(American 29 Culinary Guild-Wide Federa- Bakery Open House Lisa Somerville says she tion) affiliation and her own was a nosey waitress. Nos- desire she learned. ey in a good way: Firing her “I attended workshops curiosity about food. You see through the ACF and would Somerville attended college to sit at home and read cook- learn about adventure educa- books from front to back,” tion. While working part-time says Somerville, ACF Certi- in retail and as a waitress she fied Executive Pastry Chef, discovered her true passion: who has also taught classes at cooking and baking. White Mountains Communi- Somerville was on hand at ty College, baked at the Inn at her Vintage Bakery, on Route Thorn Hill and Mount Wash- 302 in Glen across the parking ington Hotel, amazing experi- lot from the Red Parka Pub to ences, she adds. talk about how she changed When she first began it was from clothes to bread to the cheesecake. bakery, which she owns and “Cheesecake was my thing. I works with her husband, Jim. sold to the Flatbreads Compa- “I went to school at Lyndon ny, one bartender, everytime State in Vermont for adven- I came in, he'd yell; ‘Cheese- ture education, and did a lot of cake'. My nickname was Lisa Rachael Brown cooking. I lived near a farm- Cheesecake. I had to stop sell- Linda Jandreau, Lisa's mother, Vintage Bakery owners Lisa and Jim Somerville, keep the bakery cases, cheeses er's market. They [farmers] ing to them. They needed too wines, fully stocked. Customers are glad they have opened in Glen. would load me up with vegeta- many,” she says. Vintage Bakery opened in House. “There will be bread “The alarm goes off at 3:30 bles, I'd go home and figured Somerville decided to learn Glen one year ago this past making classes, wine tasting, a a.m. We work a long day, ways to cook them,” says the the retail end of baking. December. tour of the bakery. here by five and stay until gregarious Somerville. Though she had experience And has amply filled the “People can see how little six o'clock. One time before While pursuing her adven- in clothing sales, she wanted space. The bakery is run by equipment we use, we do ev- Christmas everyone [staff] was ture education, rock climbing, to learn more about selling Somerville, her husband, Jim erything by hand,” she adds. sick so Jim and I worked all working part time in outdoor breads and pastries. -a sommelier and now bak- Enrollment for class is limited, night long, a thirty-six hour outfitting and at restaurants to “I went to work for Mark at er- and about five staff mem- Somerville encourages those shift. We'd take turns nap- supplement her income, it was the Old Village Bakery [North bers, including Somerville's interested to call bakery first. ping,” says Somerville. at retail stint in Denver, which Conway] to see the retail side, mom, Linda Jandreau. Creme Vintage Bakery sells whole- What inspires Somerville? made her realize she wanted to interacting directly with peo- Brule, seasonal pies, Belgian sale, makes special occasion "I love seeing customers learn everything about food. ple customer service, how to Chocolate Sables, cookies and wedding cakes. and following them. First you “I didn't want to fold sweat- mange people, budgeting, and brownies, Pecan Sticky “Our biggest account is make a shower cake, then a ers for the next fifty years. I making a plan,” says Somer- Buns, artisans breads, crois- Stone Mountain. It is really wedding cake, a baby cake. was at EMS and working at ville. sants, Danish to name a few fun. We get to meet the per- People say thank- you, glad an Italian scratch made restau- Three years ago, this com- fill the bakery cases. Speaking formers. Carol Noonan cooks to have something this side of rant. I loved cooking. I was a ing Bastille Day [July 14] of Danish and croissants, som- amazing meals and we make town," she says. nosey waitress and wanted to Somerville opened up Vintage melier husband Jim, who nev- the cakes for artists. The Blind And then there is the staff. know all about the food,” says Bakery, located in North Con- er baked before makes all the Boys of Alabama ordered a "I love watching and teach- Somerville. way Village where McKaella’s Danish and croissant. peach pie and we made the ing young staff. Our cake dec- “Next week will be ten years Sweet Shop is now located. “Our bakery is European Indigo Girls a blueberry cake orator just got out of school, since Bryant Alden [Chef's “We had 500 square feet; style, meaning things that go in season last summer,” says French Pastry School in Market North Conway] asked now we have 1,200 square feet with bread, wine, farmer's Somerville. Chicago and there is Maggie me to be his pastry chef when in Glen. At first, we thought cheeses,” says Somerville. Other wholesale accounts Perkins, from Kennett who he was at the Eagle Mountain it was more than we needed,” Somerville tries to stay local include the Sunrise Shack, won thirty thousand dollars in House,” she adds. says Somerville. and is working on becoming The White Mountain Ci- scholarships," she adds. Somerville returned to the “We did a fair amount of certified Farm to Restaurant der Company, Matty B's, What about that adventure Valley and chased her baking renovation, converting it from by New Hampshire Lodging Delaney's Hole in the Wall, education? delight. a ski shop but there was a and Restaurant Association. Margarita Grille, The Oxford "Adventure education “When I was at the Ea- good backbone because it had “We go to local farms. Meet House, Spice and Grain and doesn't pay. Anyway, I am a gle, Bryant introduced me to been a few restaurants, The the cows. I know some of the Rosa Flamingo's comes down better at baking than moun- Steven James [of BALSAMS Black Diamond, Grille, it was farmers from working at the from Bethlehem, once a week. taineering," she says. fame]. He [Alden] hired him a butcher shop for the Red Inn at Thorn Hill,” she adds. “We have a busy spot, it is For more information: to teach me,” says Somerville, Parka and in 1983, Madeleine And on June 29, Somer- dumb luck,” says Somerville. www.vintagebakingco.com, adding that through con- Kaman's cooking school,” says ville invites the community to Luck or not, it is hard, hard 383-7211, 41 US Route 302, tinuing education, her ACF Somerville. a Guild Wide Bakery Open work, long hours. Glen. Inside Index On the Cover Kids on Bikes Valley Folks & Focus ..............Pages 23, 26-27 BOOTS ‘N BLING Practice makes perfect - Page 20 Money Matters .....................................Page 15 New Madison Recreation Department and Madison The Healing Garden Valley Business ..............................Pages 11-14 Healing aromatherapy scents Mustang Academy Director Mike Lane, and his wife Valley Education .............................Pages 8-10 for women - Page 18 Valley News/ Roundups ..............Pages 3-5, 20 Dorothy, mingled with lots of locals at the third annual Rockpile ................................................Page 32 Boots N’ Bling event. Nooks & Crannies Photo by Lisa DuFault Hiking the back way into The Freedom Column .........................Page 18 Carter Notch - Page 16-17 Calendar .........................................Pages 24-25 Page 2 | The Mountain Ear | Thursday, June 20, 2013 News/Round-Ups Eric Blake reclaims champion’s title in Mt. Washington Road Race PINKHAM NOTCH year, Erholtz was still tough. Scranton, Pa., 1:04:45 — New England’s strongest Starting conservatively, 6. Josh Ferenc, 31, Saxtons mountain runner, Eric Blake she passed Regina Loicano River, Vt., 1J5:36 of New Britain, Conn., faced of Gloucester, Mass., and 7. Gabriel Rodriguez, 35, his best counterparts from Tin-Marie Poulin of New Baltimore, Md., 1:06:37 the Rocky Mountains and the York City in the first mile, 8. Justin Freeman, 36, New West Coast today and beat then withstood a determined Hampton, N.H., 1:06:52 them to reclaim the cham- challenge by Loicano for sev- 9. P:eter Maksimow, 34, pion’s title in the Northeast eral miles before finishing in Manitou Springs, Colo., Delta Dental Mt. Washington 1:23:48, with Loicano third 1:07:26 Road Race. Blake, who won in 1:24:45 and Poulin another 10. Eric MacKnight, 24, this 7.6-mile all-uphill race half minute back. Abby Ma- Clifton Park, N.J., 1:07:37 in 2006 and 2008, came back honey, 35, of Holyoke, Mass., this year from four years of was fifth in 1:25:49. Women: near misses to run up the Mt. Justin Freeman, 36, of 1. Laura Haefeli, 45, Del Washington Auto Road in his Lisa DuFault New Hampton, an Olympic Norte, Colo., 1:18:05 fastest time ever, 59 minutes Laura Haefeli, of Del Norte, Colorado, was the top women's finisher in Nordic skier and local favor- 2. Brandy Erholtz, 35, Ev- the Northeast Delta Dental Mt. Washington Road Race with a time of 1 57 seconds. ite, placed eighth overall in ergreen, Colo., 1:23:48 hour, 18 minutes and five seconds.