Yankee Magazine Editor Amy Traverso shows you how to cook Lobster. This is the true New England way! Hi. I’m Amy Traverso, Lifestyle Editor at Yankee Magazine, and welcome to the Yankee Kitchen. Today I’m going to be teaching you how to cook lobsters. Not my favorite chore, I have to admit, but the results are worthwhile. So […]
A Providence diner — Olneyville New York System — serves up hot wieners with its own brand of dinner theater.
Basking in today’s recaps of the Patriot’s unbelievable Super Bowl victory last night, I stumbled across this story about Tom Brady’s favorite pancakes on Eater.com. It links to a video in which Tom Brady narrates (by phone) the recipe for his favorite flapjacks. A shot of a pancake seductively bubbling away in a skillet provides […]
The Iced Cranberry Spritz Cookies that appear in this month’s issue of Yankee are sweet, buttery, and tangy. And with just 7 ingredients, they’re incredibly simple to make. You don’t even have to use a cookie press if you don’t have one. Here’s a tutorial to help you get perfect results. 1. […]
One of the winners of this year’s Editor’s Choice Food Awards is Dancing Deer Baking Co., specifically their delicious molasses clove cookies. These spicy treats put Dancing Deer on the foodie map when the company first launched as a small wholesale operation in 1994. Twenty years later, they’re still one of our favorite cookies (Dancing Deer […]
Eating locally should also mean embracing traditional regional food. Find 15 eras of authentic New England flavor at these favorite eateries.
Our seasonal recipes from our Yankee Holiday Cookbook will have you eating deliciously (and New Englandy) from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve. No other time of year is as festive or as rich in food traditions as November and December, from the turkey and sweet potatoes at Thanksgiving to the cookies and roasts that anchor […]
Lifestyle editor Amy Traverso skinned a lot of apples when she was writing The Apple Lover’s Cookbook. Watch as she demonstrates her favorite technique to peel an apple.
When a critical mass of New England fine dining restaurants began listing local farms on their menus about ten years ago, it seemed like the most obvious, overdue idea in the world. Rather than buying anonymous commodity products from national suppliers, chefs were buying vegetables or seafood or sometimes meat from local sources. Maybe it […]
Head to Al’s French Frys in Burlington, Vermont, for the tastiest home-style spuds in New England.
For one weekend each fall, Franklin County, Massachusetts, celebrates New England’s apple heritage with the ultimate CiderDays harvest festival.
