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I’m confused: The walls in the wood shed of my old New England farmhouse are made of rough wooden boards. Are these boards shiplap? It’s a hundred miles from my house to the ocean…. —Jordan T., Tiverton, RI It’s not clear when the definition of the term shiplap shifted from a type of overlapping joinery […]
Honoring women homesteaders and farmers and their way of life.
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Flour Power | A Thousand Words
Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe In the September issue of Yankee, we take a look at a new crop of grain farmers and artisan bakers who are making some of the best breads in the country. Here, Yankee […]
Honoring women homesteaders and farmers and their way of life.
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Lobster 411
Why do cooked lobsters turn red? Can lobsters feel pain? Get answers to frequently asked questions about lobsters.
How many of these lobster-filled pop culture moments from film, television, music, sports, literature, and art do you remember?
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Lobster Tales & Trivia
A curious collection of strange-but-true lobster facts.
~2.6 million years ago The Pleistocene era, during which the American lobster is thought to have first emerged, gets under way. ~3,500 Years Ago Earliest known depiction of a lobster (spiny) is carved on a temple wall in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. 4th century Ancient Rome’s De re coquinaria—today the oldest cookbook in the world—includes several lobster recipes, […]
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The Yankee Flier | Amelia Earhart
In April 1928, a phone call came into the Denison Settlement House, a neighborhood resource center in Boston’s China-town. The caller was looking for a 30-year-old staffer named Amelia Earhart, who at first begged off, saying she was busy. But after being told it was important, she picked up the phone. And what she heard […]
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The Education of Raj Bhakta
“Here, take some firewood,” says Raj Bhakta as he offers me a chunk of maple. I tell him, thanks, no, I’ve got plenty at home. He stares at me for an incredulous moment, then says, “No, take it” (the stupid is silent). “We’re going to the top of the hill.” So I grab the log […]
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‘Ain’t Doing Right’
After you’ve lost a beloved canine companion, you might be reluctant to adopt another–until you see what’s patiently there waiting for you.