Rachel Forrest

PORTSMOUTH — Restaurateur Jay McSharry will open a new restaurant in late April. PORTSMOUTH — Restaurateur Jay McSharry will open a new restaurant in late April. McSharry, who co-owns Jumpin' Jay's Fish Cafe, The Red Door and Dos Amigos Burritos in…

Jan 28, 2020 at 11:14 AM During Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings in September 2018, one brave woman, Christine Blasey Ford, came forward to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee that she'd been sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh…

Jan 16, 2020 at 3:01 AM What influences your cooking? What about your background, history, your present-day life goes into which ingredients you choose and the dishes you make? Some of our daily cooking ideas come from an enticing recipe discovered…

Just a few patrons sit at the bar at The Rosa Restaurant in Portsmouth. It’s Oct. 21 — the third Friday of the month, 8:30 p.m. and fairly quiet, maybe even time for folks to start thinking about going home. Ah, how quickly things can change in a…

With every spring season comes warnings about Lyme disease. The bacterial infection is most often contracted through the bite of the black-legged or deer tick and, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the highest incident rate for the…

Editor’s note: Rachel Forrest is the food editor, restaurant reviewer and Wine Me Dine Me columnist for Seacoast Media Group. Editor’s note: Rachel Forrest is the food editor, restaurant reviewer and Wine Me Dine Me columnist for Seacoast Media…

Will you only date a woman who voted for Obama? Just tall dudes need apply? Are you looking for someone with kids — but only if the kids are out of the house? What about age? No one over 50? Will you only date a woman who voted for Obama? Just tall…

The 345-year-old John Bray House sits near the ocean in Kittery Point, Maine. The rooms echo with history. The 345-year-old John Bray House sits near the ocean in Kittery Point, Maine. The rooms echo with history. Over the next months and years,…