Do you know your apple brandy from your applejack? Learn more about the many apple cider varieties and you’ll soon sound like a cider expert.
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Main Dishes
Thai Chicken, Butternut Squash, & Onion Stir-Fry
This hearty chicken, squash, and onion stir-fry is inspired by the robust flavors of Thai cuisine.
Soups, Stews & Chowders
Spicy Beef Stew
A pot of spicy beef stew — sure to become a family favorite — will keep the chill at bay when frigid temperatures settle over the region.
Heart-healthy baked salmon pairs wonderfully with the tangy-sweet combination of Dijon mustard and pure maple syrup in a dish that’s sure to be your new fish favorite.
Soups, Stews & Chowders
Quick & Easy Pozole (Pork & Hominy Stew)
This easy pozole with pork loin and canned hominy is a nice break from the usual winter stew, turning a Sunday ritual into an everyday treat.
Desserts
Grape Nuts Recipes
From pudding to ice cream, here’s a collection of Grape Nuts recipes that are sure to satisfy your New England comfort food craving.
Fish & Seafood
Pan-Seared Rainbow Trout with Mushrooms
This simple, flavorful pan-seared rainbow trout recipe with wild mushrooms comes from chef Brendan Pelley of Boston’s Doretta Taverna and Raw Bar.
Soups, Stews & Chowders
Navy Bean Soup
This navy bean soup is easy, nutritious, easy to adapt, and tastes even better on the second day. Serve with salad and a loaf of crusty bread.
Main Dishes
Beef Roast
Looking for a foolproof way to cook a flavorful beef roast? This easy beef roast recipe has you covered. Find our why readers have called it the “best beef roast ever.”
Where have northern New England’s moose gone? In the late 1990s, they numbered around 7,500 in New Hampshire; now that state’s population is estimated at 3,500. In Vermont, a high of 5,000 just over a decade ago has fallen by nearly two-thirds to the current estimate, 1,750.
1836 Boston native Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes the essay “Nature,” which—in laying out the fundamentals of the philosophical movement he cofounded, Transcendentalism—describes the benefits of nature on the human soul. 1854Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Inspired by his experience of building and living in a cabin in the woods outside Concord, […]
The ProphetGeorge Perkins Marsh by Leath Tonino You know Henry David Thoreau and you know John Muir and you know Teddy Roosevelt. You probably have heard of Aldo Leopold (A Sand County Almanac), Rachel Carson (Silent Spring), and Edward Abbey (Desert Solitaire). These are the famous nature lovers of American history, the writer-thinker-preachers we credit […]