New England is the birthplace of many notable inventions, but these three in particular are prized for their contributions to parties everywhere.
Yankee Magazine
Magazine
Dear Yankee | February 2016
Our favorite recent letters, Facebook posts, Instagram comments, and tweets. Revolutionary Tea icon-envelope I read your article about the Boston Tea Party tea chest (November/December, p. 52) and thought you’d enjoy this absolutely true story. A few years ago my parents went to England, and my mother went gift shopping at Fortnum & Mason’s. The […]
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Desserts
Oven Caramel Corn
This oven version of caramel corn will satisfy both salty and sweet cravings.
Food
Mashed Turnips
Buttery mashed turnips seasoned with nutmeg and pepper make for a delicious and elegant holiday side dish. Use home-grown turnips for the creamiest results.
Topped with a crunchy Panko/herb/lemon mixture, this White Bean & Sausage Casserole goes well with a green salad and crusty bread.
Fish & Seafood
Soba Noodles Topped with Spicy Miso Scallops
Nutty, wholesome soba noodles get a healthy dose of flavorful protein in the form of spicy miso scallops in this 2007 recipe.
Cooking Advice
Easter Dinner Menu | Monthly Menu
Prepare a classic holiday meal for dinner guests when you use this Easter dinner menu. Start with baked ham, dinner rolls, scalloped potatoes, with asparagus, and end on a sweet note with our recipe for three-layer carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. RECIPES
Vermont
Misty Sunset
Brighten the dark days of winter with these lamps — or, as we think of them, art that incorporates light. Lanse Stover LampsLanse Stover of Beverly, Massachusetts, has been a studio artist since 1985. That’s time enough to perfect his art. In this wall sconce, the ceramic base resembles wrought iron and the inside of […]
Cooking Advice
Cooking 101
If you want to be a chef — and these days, it seems nearly everyone does — you’ve got to have a first-class culinary education. And to get a first-class culinary education, you’ve got to go to Paris, or London, or at least Hyde Park, New York, home of the Culinary Institute of America. Or […]
Cooking Advice
Food for Thought
See also Cooking 101. There are probably as many ways to get a culinary education as there are professional chefs. If culinary school seems a bit narrow in its focus, you may want to check out some of the liberal-arts and career colleges in New England that offer culinary programs along with English, math, and […]