New England

Autumn Drives, Photos, Blog

Where is peak color? Yankee editor Mel Allen has the answer! It’s time to take your fall foray through New England. Watch the colors change on the Peak Color Map for best times to visit in September and October. Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe DRIVES: This drive goes through […]

Maine

SLIDE SHOW: Trap Day on Monhegan

Photographer Peter Ralston captured Trap Day on Maine’s Monhegan Island last year, when all the lobster boats are loaded with traps at the same time for the start of a new season. Dawn on October 1 means it’s time to go lobstering again. Read more: Trap Day on Monhegan See more works by Peter RalstonGet […]

Gardens

Tips for Natural Lawn Care

Yankee‘s gardening expert R. Wayne Mezitt recommends lawns as a great ground cover. “Mowing controls weeds, and your lawns don’t have to be big consumers of water, fertilizer, or pesticides,” he says. More garden solutions. Learn more about natural lawn care.

Connecticut

Explore Connecticut River Tidelands

The salt marshes and tidal flats at the mouth of New England’s longest river spread through a portion of the busy I-95 corridor of one of the most densely populated states in the country. It’s an area The Nature Conservancy included on its list of the Western Hemisphere’s 40 “Last Great Places”: the Connecticut River […]

Magazine

Pairings Hint — September/October

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Magazine

Pairings for September/October 2009

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Food

Bread Recipes

Once a staple crop here, wheat is appearing again today in New England’s fields, thanks to a small but growing group of dedicated farmers. What to do with local wheat? Try these bread recipes and savor the flavor. Read more: Homegrown Wheat VIDEOS: Irish Soda Bread Making Potato BreadDelivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried […]

Food

Apple Recipes

Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps assesses New England’s apples this way — Honeycrisps are my personal favorite for snacking; I prefer Libertys and Macouns for pies and sauce. Read more: Orchard to Table  Delivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried & True Kitchen Tips from the Editors of Yankee Magazine Email(Required) Subscribe RECIPES

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