September 1976 | “Taking a Break,” by Jim Hughes.
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For chef Matt Jennings, Providence, Rhode Island, isn’t just home to his restaurant, Farmstead; it’s the best food community in the country. Join him as he toasts the growers and producers behind his success.
The Museum of Everyday Life is a self serve, honor system, roadside attraction, kinda like a farmstand, completely ensconced in an old cow barn along Route 16 in Glover, Vt. The Museum operates in much the same spirit the Bread and Puppet Museum, another cowbarn full of beautiful oddities five miles up the road, and […]
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“Best Dog” | Mary’s Farm
In my adult life, I’ve had three memorable dogs—Gorm, Dune, and Mayday. They all lived long lives, for dogs. When Dune came into that twilight time, her warm brown eyes clouded into a strange blue and her hearing all but lost, I despaired of losing her. When my husband, Paul, died, she refused to come […]
New England old-timers will never forget the dates of the ’38 Hurricane.
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Recipe Testing at Yankee Publishing
One of the great perks of working at Yankee Publishing is the occasional opportunity to help the food editors with recipe testing—followed by taste testing, and rating the recipes. There’s a sense of fun and adventure in trying out recipes you might never attempt when cooking for your own family, and if they turn out […]
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Frank Sprague | Artisan Profile
Like any resourceful Vermonter, Frank Sprague is a man of diverse talents. As a master stonemason, he turns native granite culled from the surrounding woods into the beautiful birdbaths, benches, and tables that he sells to customers around the country. And when the stonework isn’t occupying his time, he’s at the forge, turning out wrought-iron […]
One pair of puffins nesting in the U.S. in 1901 (on Matinicus Rock, Maine) 1,000 pairs (approx.) of puffins now nesting on Maine islands 40 years after the launch of Project Puffin 62 record number of fish carried all at once in a puffin’s beak (average haul is a mere 10 fish) 17.5 ounces: average […]
Two men have a vision for the future on a rural dirt road in northern Vermont. First step, plant trees.
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A Moment Of Fun
“My 4-year-old grand-nephew, Everett Paone, is playing with a dolphin-shaped, bubble-making toy that I had just gifted him. Shot With A Nikon D7000 And 18-55 mm Lens
* * * “Bromfield, please paddle.” The amplified voice of the regatta official floated across the Charles River basin.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Emily Erdos felt her heart jump in her chest but kept her words calm and even. “Paddle on two. One, two,” she said into the headset. […]
On a Friday in mid-October, Eugene Ratner takes stock of the churning sea in front of his home in Nantucket’s Madaket region, on the island’s southwestern shore. “This is bad,” he says. High, white-rimmed swells break and slam a few feet from where he’s standing, sending up a salty spray. “This is what you see […]