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A Restaurant Rating Guide based on the dietary principles of the Weston A. Price Foundation

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The Hungry Diner

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Type of Business: Restaurant
Cuisine: American, Seafood
Price: $$
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This is a restaurant truly dedicated to good food and healthy eating. The owners, Chris and Caitlin Caserta, also own Walpole Valley Farms, a pasture based farm with chickens, beef cows, turkeys and pigs. Chris studied with Joel Salatin and uses many of his techniques. Eat here for the best of the best in quality and health.

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1. From Scratch: Serves mostly (i.e., more than half of the menu) fresh food, prepared from scratch. Does NOT rely primarily on kits or prepared/partially prepared foods from commercial food services.
Yes
Comments: They make almost everything from scratch.
2. Local/Organic: Offers at least some locally sourced and/or organically produced food and/or wild-caught seafood.
Yes
Comments: All of their fish is wild-caught.
3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.
Yes
Comments: All of their animal foods are pasture-raised.
4. Organs: Offers some dishes made with organ meats (liver/paté, sweetbreads, heart, kidney, brains, etc.).
Yes
5. Cooking Fats: Cooks (sautés) in natural fats such as butter, lard, tallow, duck fat, coconut oil, or olive oil; uses lard, duck fat, or tallow for frying.
Yes
Comments: All of their cooking fats are natural. French fries are fried in tallow.
6. Bone Broth: Makes own bone broths/stocks for use in soups, stews, gravies, and sauces (does NOT use canned broth or powdered soup bases).
Yes
7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).
Yes
8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
Yes
Comments: They even make their own mayonnaise with good fats.
9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.
Yes
Comments: They serve local, sourdough bread made with organic wheat grown locally.
10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).
Yes
11. Condiments: Offers lacto-fermented condiments.
Yes
12. Desserts: Offers desserts made with natural sweeteners (such as raw honey, maple syrup, maple sugar, molasses, date sugar, palm sugar, coconut sugar, sorghum syrup, or malt syrup).
Yes
Comments: They even make their own ice cream with local ingredients.
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Location & Contact

Connecticut River Valley
9 Edwards Lane
Walpole, NH
The Hungry Diner
6037563444

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