Food
Is anything better during the harvest than making good use of fresh garden produce? This recipe for summer succotash is a summer variation on a New England classic, lightened and brightened for warm days when a bowl of veggies makes for a perfect supper. A culinary combination of corn and beans, succotash was one of […]
Breads
Old-Fashioned Zucchini Bread
My father introduced me to the art of cherry picking. Every year, anticipating peak ripeness, he watched the trees behind our house in Albestroff, France. We grew ‘Burlat’, a popular French variety that’s similar to the ‘Bing’, but earlier-ripening, and ‘Bigarreau’, a firm-fleshed cherry that makes great preserves. I insisted that he never pick without […]
Food
Zucchini Coins
Desserts
Peaches and Cream Tart
Hillary Davis is an author and food blogger who lives just down the road from Yankee’s offices in southern New Hampshire. But she regularly returns to southern France, where she lived for 11 years, and where she discovered the style of cooking that inspired her book, Cuisine Niçoise: Sun-Kissed Cooking from the French Riviera (Gibbs […]
Salads
American Potato Salad
Can you believe summer is unofficially here?!? With Memorial Day behind us, it’s time to start thinking about cookouts, grilling outside, and enjoying the nice weather. It’s also the time of year when impromptu get-togethers start popping up on patios everywhere, so it’s good to be prepared to dash out with a side dish in […]
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Breakfast & Brunch
Yankee’s New and Improved Best-Ever Blueberry Muffins
It’s blueberry season and that means it’s time to start baking. Blueberry muffins are a great option—I think of them as a sort of gateway recipe for new bakers—and this recipe will give you delicious, tender cakes studded with lots of fruit. A great reward for 15 minutes of prep work! This is actually an […]
Breakfast & Brunch
Zucchini Pancakes | Step-by-Step Instructions
These zucchini pancakes are my adaptation of a recipe that came from the Church Suppers and Potluck Dinners cookbook that Yankee published back in 1996. Not quite “vintage,” but it does qualify as a recipe worth resurrecting. It’s a little out of season, I admit. We won’t be seeing any local zucchini for a few […]
Food
Zucchini Soup
Condiments