Your Yankee editor-approved guide to the best of the White Mountains, from restaurants and hotels to favorite activities and things to do. Add to your list for when you’re ready to travel again.
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This recipe is a classic fruit crisp with a topping of brown sugar, oats, whole wheat flour, and butter. There’s no easier way to enjoy the fresh fruits of summer!
Served with custard sauce, this light and refreshing snow pudding recipe is perfect for any occasion, but it’s especially fun to make in winter.
This hearty corn and sweet potato chowder recipe from Metro Bis in Simsbury, Connecticut, makes optimum use of fresh summer corn.
This classic Boston cream pie recipe relies on the familiar combination of golden cake, sweet pastry cream, and smooth chocolate glaze.
Appetizers
Oven-Roasted Tomato and Ricotta Toasts
Roasting tomatoes with lots of olive oil and aromatics concentrates their sweetness, making them perfect for sandwiches, salads, or as a topping for toasted bread slathered in good ricotta cheese.
Desserts
The World’s Best Cheesecake
With its smooth, creamy center, buttery graham cracker crust, and a touch of tangy lemon, this truly is the best cheesecake in the world.
Breakfast & Brunch
Blueberry Dutch Baby
This oven-baked blueberry Dutch baby pancake has the drama of a soufflé without any of the stress. A summer breakfast showstopper!
Desserts
Raspberry Bars with Cocoa Streusel
These delicious raspberry bars are made with a layer of shortbread and a layer of cocoa streusel, with a ribbon of fresh berries running through the center
The Yankee Magazine editors share some of their favorite places to eat, favorite places to stay, and favorite things to do on Block Island, RI.
Following a meticulous rating system based on portion, meat texture and sweetness, saucing, bun, extraneous additions (e.g. the dreaded lettuce), and shack ambiance, we set out on a singular mission: to find the best lobster roll in Maine.
Condiments
Beach Plum Jam
We let the natural pectin in the fruit do the work in this beach plum jam recipe. You’ll get a slightly looser jam but brighter plum flavor.