What’s a restaurant about, anyway?” asks Dean Buttafuoco, owner of Black River Barn in Randolph. “It’s about eating, sure, but it’s just as much about life. A fireplace makes an event out of the dining experience.”

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Rolling farmland, white steeples, charming inns—no need to spin the odometer when we have it all in our own pumpkin-picking, cider-pressing backyard.

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