Desserts

Irene’s Fudge Sauce

This easy homemade hot fudge sauce is so delicious, you’ll never buy store-bought again. Pour into jars for sweet and thoughtful gift.

Condiments

Perfect Hot Fudge Recipe

A quick, no-fail, perfect hot fudge recipe, from the archives of Yankee Magazine. It’s better than anything you can buy in the store. Usually when you see a headline like this one, the words “This Story Will Teach You How to…” are implied at the front. But I encourage you to take this headline as […]

Desserts

How to Win a Cooking Contest

Here are some tips from Mary Blenk: Don’t be intimidated. You have to just jump in. Enter often and don’t get discouraged. Learn from each experience. Any comment from the judges, positive or negative, is valuable. If your entry doesn’t win and you think it should have, enter it again–and again! There’s no rule against […]

Desserts

Marble Bundt Cake with Chocolate Glaze

We’re nearing the final stages of putting together the new Yankee cookbook (due out in October), and I’m having a hard time letting go. Looking through our archives, I keep discovering even more recipes to test and add to the collection, but we’ll soon be in the studio with Heath Robbins and Catrine Kelty making […]

Food

Strawberry Muffin Recipe

June in New England is all about strawberries. With dozens of orchards offering pick-your-own and towns from Connecticut to Maine celebrating strawberry festivals, it’s the unofficial queen of the start of summer. If you don’t want to pick your own, stop by your local farm stand and pick up a quart like I did for […]

Food

Summer Dessert Recipes

Everything tastes sweeter in summertime. Whip up these sweet summer dessert recipes and savor the season.

Food

Garden Vegetable Recipes

Is there anything better than vegetables you pluck fresh from your own garden plot? We don’t think so. Steam them lightly or try one of these great garden veggie recipes.

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