Cooking Advice

The Yankee Kitchen: How to Peel an Apple

Lifestyle editor Amy Traverso skinned a lot of apples when she was writing The Apple Lover’s Cookbook. Watch as she demonstrates her favorite technique to peel an apple.  

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Shaker Cider Pie

Made with boiled cider and maple sugar, Shaker Cider Pie boasts robust old-fashioned flavor in a golden, buttery crust. Never heard of boiled cider? Once a popular pantry-staple along with molasses and maple syrup, boiled cider is made by simmering apple cider for hours until it reduces into a thick, syrupy consistency that’s full of […]

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Franks and Beans On Saturday Night

Excerpt from “Beans and Harmony,” Yankee Magazine, February 1995. Being married to a Yankee meant we had franks and beans every Saturday night for years. Our eldest daughter hated beans, but her father insisted she eat every bean on her plate. I’d like to say that when she grew up she learned to like baked […]

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Thanksgiving Side Dishes | Turkey Day Recipes

Dinner guests do not live by turkey alone, even on Thanksgiving. Food editor Annie B. Copps shares these recipes for side dishes and “trimmings” to make the meal an event to remember. Who knew mashed potatoes and creamed onions could pull it off? RECIPESDelivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried & True Kitchen Tips from […]

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Seafood Recipes

Despite the teeming availability of smelts in southern Maine waters in January, the Yankee recipe database has few smelt recipes. Other fish recipes abound, so here are the smelts and five more warm fish dishes for cold winter nights. RECIPES

Main Dishes

Favorite Church Supper Recipes

A church supper is more than a fundraising event; it’s a New England tradition. If you’re looking for a classic dish to bring to your next community get-together, try one of these tasty recipes from our Church Suppers and Potluck Dinners Cookbook.  

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Confections | 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards

View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Confections Category. FARM MARKET COLLECTION BLACK DINAH CHOCOLATIERS Isle Au Haut & Portland, Maine Steve and Kate Shaffer began making chocolates out of their home kitchen on Isle au Haut in 2007. Soon, they expanded to their barn. This year, demand for their truffles […]

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Cheese | 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards

View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Cheese Category. Photo/Art by Heath Robbins ASCUTNEY MOUNTAIN COBB HILL CHEESEDelivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried & True Kitchen Tips from the Editors of Yankee Magazine Email(Required) Subscribe Hartland, Vermont Cobb Hill Farm is a Vermont cooperative where residents run a farm, dairy, […]

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Baked Goods | 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards

View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Baked Goods. MACARONS MOOCHIE’S MACARONS Derry, New HampshireDelivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried & True Kitchen Tips from the Editors of Yankee Magazine Email(Required) Subscribe Francophiles, rejoice! After a futile search for authentic macarons, the popular French meringue-based cookies, Nina DiBona Pauk decided to […]

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