New England

Best of New England | 2018 Editors’ Choice Awards

Best historic inn in Vermont? Best walking tour in Boston? Best seafood shack in Maine? Our 2018 editors’ picks for the best dining, lodging, and things to do in New England.

Massachusetts

Scenes from the Nantucket Christmas Stroll

During the first weekend in December, the island of Nantucket celebrates the holiday season with shopping, costumed carolers, and special events during the annual Nantucket Christmas Stroll.

Food

10 Holiday Food Gifts

From buttery shortbread to rosemary-garlic croutons, these holiday food gifts are a personal (and delicious) way to spread holiday cheer.

Side Dishes

Kale with Fried Lemon & Garlic

In this flavorful kale side dish, the oil in which you cook the sliced lemon and garlic becomes the dressing.

Food

Retro Confetti Dip

This retro 50s confetti dip recipe from the Yankee archives combines creamy and crunchy textures with colorful red and green peppers.

Magazine

Dreams and Observations

by The Collector THE EDITOR OF THIS department has been as badly bitten by the collecting bug as any other true Yankee, though his special field is not mentioned in the trade magazines. He doesn’t know Stoddard glass from Keene pottery, but he is a specialist in his line. Nose a-twitch and ears cocked like […]

Magazine

Book Lady of the Air

by Maude W. Schrader Mrs. Schrader, now lecturing at Chautauqua, N. Y., will be remembered by many not only for her broadcasts on Massachusetts radio stations, but also for many women’s clubs activities. She “gets’’ Monadnock from her home on Norway Hill in Hancock. GIVE ME THE HILLS and a book and contentment is mine. […]

Magazine

Shoe Industry in New Hampshire

by W. B Grover THERE ARE OLDER INDUSTRIES in New Hampshire than that of making footwear, but few of the State’s principal businesses can boast of a more spectacular growth nor of more widespread investment of capital. Although less than one hundred years old in the White Mountain State, the shoe industry has given employment […]

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