What's better than an autumn drive through New Hampshire with a stop for raspberry soufflé at The Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods or the crab cakes at the Eagle Mountain House in Jackson?

A dining tour of all New England.

Authors Linda and Steve Bauer of Texas have added to their restaurant and recipe collection with "Recipes from Historic New England." The book highlights about a half dozen restaurants from the six New England states and includes recipes for the more popular dishes. There's also a brief history of each locale.

The New Hampshire section touts the apple and leek-stuffed pork chop at the Bedford Village Inn; the chicken pot pie at Canterbury Shaker Village; and the pumpkin spice roll at the Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train in North Woodstock.

There are also recipes for sugar-cured New York sirloin from Buckley's Great Steaks in Merrimack; the baked macaroni and cheese from The Common Man, also in Merrimack; and the crab cakes from Eagle Mountain House in Jackson.

And where better to wrap up the driving tour than in Keene, with the chocolate pate from the E.F. Lane Hotel?

Annmarie Timmins