Each April, spring foragers hunt the many varieties of New England wild edibles with delicious results. There’s something magical about wild food: It draws us closer to the earth—and it’s delicious. Maybe it’s easy to romanticize this ease with nature, but it is romantic. Our great winter hibernation rumbles to its end in the first real warming days […]
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Dear Yankee | April 2016
Our favorite recent letters, Facebook posts, Instagram comments, and tweets. Sense of Place icon-envelope I was surprised and delighted to find your feature on Prudence Island (Jan./Feb., p.98). Although I no longer reside on Prudence, it has lived and breathed inside me all my life, and it’s woven into the fabric of the person I […]
One of the perks of working at Yankee is the chance so many of us, who’ve called New England home for most of our lives, have to get out and explore the region. Maybe even see it in a different light. A restaurant, an inn, a beach—places that remind us of why we call this […]
“I think women make good runners because they’re so good at multitasking, and it’s something they can fit into their busy schedules. Running is more accessible and affordable than a lot of other sports and fitness activities. It can also be very social, which draws women in.” —Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957, in Cape […]
Want to find out what’s going on with your neighbors? Hang out at the local diner. If you live in a small town, you have no secrets—which is bad if you’re in the witness-protection program, but good if you wonder where your kids are hanging out or where your chainsaw ended up. So how does […]
Spring has sprung! Daffodils, crocuses, and forsythia have all begun to bloom (or will soon) and we’re throwing open our windows and planning outdoor weekend adventures.
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5 Best New England Maple Experiences
Looking for a few new ways to love maple beyond the pancake breakfast? Add these New England maple experiences to your “sap bucket” list.
Five years before Ben & Jerry’s there was Steve’s Ice Cream in Somerville, Massachusetts.
When we told the story of the the first fried clam in 1979, we expected our readers to weigh in. And weigh in they did.
Throughout 1960, most of New England and all of Boston were caught up in Senator John F. Kennedy’s campaign for the presidency. I was 15 that year, and for me and my friends, Kennedy was a hero whose course we followed with the enthusiasm of youth. On the night before the election, he was to […]
What would you do if you came across a stuck skunk trapped in a glass bottle? Bob Connors did, and he’s here to tell the tale.
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Life in the Kingdom | Pure Vermont
If you want to see an unfiltered slice of rural Vermont, hang out a while at The Chainsawr, chainsaw store and repair shop.