Last week, I rushed down the mountain — after dropping more than $100 at my new favorite yarn shop, The Woolery (nhwoolery.com ) — from my Yankee home in New Hampshire to my Boston home. I was almost late for an 8 o’clock reservation at Bistro du Midi (bistrodumidi.com). I was meeting my gal pals […]
Annie Copps
Cooking Advice
VIDEO: Mom’s Meatloaf
At my house, meatloaf was a very special treat. My mom, a terrific cook (and a great mom), had a “thing” about meatloaf. She couldn’t understand why we liked it so much. Now she confesses to enjoying it. And no wonder. Wait till you try this recipe for Mom’s Meatloaf.
Breads
Easy Sourdough Bread
Read more: Breads of New England VIDEO: How to Make Irish Soda Bread VIDEO: Making Potato Bread More Bread Recipes Bread Cookbooks If no-knead bread is the easiest and anadama bread is the most New Englandy, then sourdough is likely the oldest — probably the first leavened bread, created in ancient Egypt thousands of years […]
Food
Cookbooks: Bread
Read more: Breads of New England VIDEO: How to Make Irish Soda Bread VIDEO: Making Potato Bread More Bread Recipes Artisan Baking by Maggie Glezer. Artisan, 2005; $22.95 <p align="left"Bread: A Baker’s Book of Techniques and Recipes by Jeffrey Hamelman. Wiley & Sons, 2004; $40 The Bread Baker’s Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread […]
Massachusetts
Restaurant Review: The Lyceum
When I was in high school, the kids who took French class were treated to a special end-of-year lunch at a restaurant housed inside a historic 19th-century lecture hall in Salem, Massachusetts. While dining at The Lyceum, we had to speak only in French and at least try les cuisses de grenouilles (frogs’ legs). We […]
Food
Snow No-Show
Last week I was in the car and listening to NPR when a woman from northern Virginia was commenting on all the snow that had fallen in that region. As I headed toward Providence on I-93 South, there was a lot of bare, albeit brown, grass on the shoulder of the road. The woman (whose […]
Food
Holiday Travels
Let me begin with a wish for all of our readers out there: I really hope this new year and new decade brings you great wealth — emotionally, physically, spiritually, and financially. I also want to thank you for your support — in reading this blog, Yankee Magazine, and our sister publication, The Old Farmer’s […]
Vermont
Waterbury, VT: Hen of the Wood
We wish we could take credit for discovering Hen of the Wood, but Food & Wine magazine, the New York Times, and the James Beard Foundation, among others, have already bestowed their highest praise upon executive chef/co-owner Eric Warnstedt. And with good reason: Warnstedt is putting his money where his mouth is when he says […]
Breakfast & Brunch
Breakfast Recipes from Maine Innkeepers
Read more: Bonus Recipes from Innkeepers Half the charm of a night spent at a cozy inn or bed-and-breakfast is the home-cooked feast the following morning. Innkeepers are known for their kitchen magic, especially when it’s the first meal of the day. All too often, though, they’re far too busy with the logistics of running […]
Fish & Seafood
Homegrown: Smelts
More fish dishes: Seafood Recipes Starting off with a big word I rarely use, rainbow smelts are anadromous, which means that like salmon, darling of the seafood world, they spend much of their adult lives in salt water but must return to fresh water to spawn. Come December, smelts, never very far offshore, begin moving […]
I don’t mind writing the truth about this year’s Thanksgiving: It was great. Half of my family was able to gather, and that meant lots of people sharing bedrooms and bathrooms, preparing large meals together, and playing with dogs and — my favorite — the little ones. The youngest has just turned 2, and she […]
Cooking Advice
VIDEO: Potato Bread
Move mountains of leftover mashed potatoes into a loaf of bread with this recipe and video tips from Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps. Recipe: Potato Bread