Side Dishes

Fiddleheads and Salad Greens Recipes

Eat your greens this spring with these tempting recipes for arugula, fennel, beet greens, young dandelion leaves, and that special New England treat — fiddleheads. RECIPES

Gardens

Gardening Tips for Beginners | Planting Vegetable Gardens, Trees, and Lawn Care

Get out in the garden, even if you’ve never been there before, with these tips for gardeners — including a vegetable growing chart, and helpful hints for growing tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, beans, lettuce, carrots, and radishes. There’s more — an online seed swap, how to plant a tree, and planning your organic lawn care.Get Our […]

New England

Ten Great Weekends

You love to travel. Yankee knows New England. Put that together and get 10 outstanding weekends. Cities, islands, lakes, all outstanding — with Yankee‘s top picks for dining, lodging, and things to do in each New England destination. Start your New England weekend here:

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Pittsfield, MA: College Baseball 150th Anniversary Game

If you’re planning to visit Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in early May, stop by historic Wahconah Park on Sunday, May 3, to catch the city’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first game of college baseball, between Amherst and Williams. On July 1, 1859, the two teams competed under “Massachusetts rules” — 12 to 14 players […]

Side Dishes

Pickle Recipe from the Best Cook

The May/June 2009 Best Cook, Ruth Feeney of Maine, shares this recipe for sour mustard pickles that was handed down from her mother. Now it has been handed to you. See below. YANKEE RECIPES: Click here for more than 70 recipes for pickles and preserves. RECIPEDelivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried & True Kitchen […]

Cooking Advice

Salsa and Swordfish from the Greenlaw Cookbook

“Here’s another terrific salsa recipe, which we make when someone gives us a big bag of tomatoes and peppers from their garden. It’s delicious on fish, but also on just about everything else–chicken, scrambled eggs–or just used as a dip.” — Martha Greenlaw From Linda and Martha Greenlaw’s Recipes from a Very Small Island, Hyperion, […]

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Pairings Hint — May/June

To respond, click on the link below. You will come to our Feedback page. Step 1. Fill in “Pairings” as the subject. Step 2. Fill in your name and e-mail address. Step 3. Type your answer in the box. Please include your city and state with your answer. Good luck! The Clues: FIRST: P.T. Barnum […]

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Pairings for May/June 2009

To respond, click on the link below. You will come to our Feedback page. Step 1. Fill in “Pairings” as the subject. Step 2. Fill in your name and e-mail address. Step 3. Type your answer in the box. Please include your city and state with your answer. Good luck! The clues: First: Connecticut native […]

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