“Humor can be dissected, as a frog can,” E. B. White famously said, “but the thing dies in the process.” Nevertheless, throwing caution to the wind (along with some lint picked off an old sweater), we examine here the contributions made to the field by Yankee humor, which was anaesthetized using extracts of Town Meeting […]
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Apples | In Season
Autumn’s fruit yields a rich bounty. Most people are surprised to learn that apples, the most American of fruits, aren’t actually native to North America. They originated in Central Asia, growing wild in the foothills of the Tien Shan mountain range until humans carried them west and north along early trade routes. When the first […]
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In the Kingdom of the Jalberts
Yankee Classic: Everything unraveled one sultry late-summer afternoon in 1958, the horrifying day that changed the Allagash River forever.
The Glenwood cookstove was America’s first true home appliance. Learn how gradually (very gradually) Yankee contributor Edie Clark learned that she could do many things on this stove that she couldn’t do on a modern stove.
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Ship Shape
For the shipwrights at Mystic Seaport, a way of life sails on.
A video tour of Mary’s Farm, the Harrisville, New Hampshire, home that Edie Clark immortalized in the pages of Yankee.
Our editor-in-chief recalls his first morning working for Yankee Magazine’s founder. During every Fourth of July, my mind turns to Robb Sagendorph, founder of Yankee Magazine, who died 45 years ago, on July 4, 1970, but whose presence I still feel within the pages of every issue, including this one. He was my first boss […]
Did New England invent leaf peeping as a destination? Perhaps. Here’s a look at our favorite foliage season musts — our “7 Wonders of Fall.”
When you take a foliage daytrip along Route 100, you’ll understand why this stretch of highway has been called the most scenic in New England.
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Life in the Kingdom | Eating the Sun
The Yankee work ethic is alive and well on the Hewitt homestead.
There’s Just Something About Maine… But which Maine do you mean?
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Jud’s Museum | Video
Peek inside Jud’s Museum while listening to him reminisce about his time at Yankee magazine.