Many years ago I was fixing a roof at the Shaker Village in Canterbury on cold, blustery day when Eldress Bertha came out and invited me in to have a piece of her apple pie (She was one of the four last living Shakers at the time). It was remarkably good and different, flavored with rose water.

That memory reminded me that NH chef James Haller, who owned the Blue Strawberry Restaurant in Portsmouth in 80s and 90s, wrote a cookbook based on recipes he gathered while living at the Shaker Village. It's called "Cooking in the Shaker Spirit." You will find many NH-ingredient-centric recipes in it.