History

When “Maudlin” Was “In”

Welcome to the November 2008 edition of “Jud’s New England Journal,” the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, New Hampshire. When “Maudlin” Was “In” Years ago in New England, people viewed death and dying quite differently …Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! […]

Cooking Advice

Cookbook: Everyday Recipes

Where do you find more than 400 recipes and tons of tips that you will use in the kitchen every day? In The Old Farmer’s Almanac Everyday Cookbook! The recipes in this cookbook are tested and updated and come with illustrations, photos, and helpful hints. For example, “don’t cut salad greens — tear them. Metal […]

How To

Halloween Crafts and Fun for All

Five crafts make your home completely boo-tiful. Make eight Halloween treats with no tricks. Which Halloween collectibles should you keep?Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Find a haunted place in New England, if you dare!

Magazine

VIDEO: Boston’s Nutcracker Dancers

Seeing Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker for the first time is a special memory for writer Annie Graves. If it made such an impact on a child in the audience, what about the children who perform onstage? Yankee‘s Justin Shatwell talks with one of the girls who played Clara in Boston. Backstage photos of last year’s […]

History

New England By the Numbers: Holiday Facts

Find out how many lights there are in Forest Park and other holiday facts Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 600,000 holiday lights in the “Bright Nights at Forest Park” display, Springfield, MA 41 Pilgrims signing the Mayflower Compact while docked in Provincetown Harbor (Nov. 11, 1620) 0 native wild […]

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