New England

A Traveler’s Best Friend | Inside Yankee

There may be better ways to vacation than living on a houseboat plying the waters of Lake Champlain beneath summer’s blue sky (“Slow Boat on a Big Lake”) but I can’t think of any. Well, maybe one: kicking back at a cabin in the Maine woods, a timeless retreat you return to year after year […]

New England

Dear Yankee | Our Readers Respond

The Story Continues When planning began last year for the feature “City of Hope,” our aim was to tell the story of how a wave of newcomers—specifically African immigrants—was helping to revitalize the former mill town of Lewiston, Maine. By the time the piece appeared in our March/April issue, though, the national debate over immigration […]

Appetizers

Oysters Online with Island Creek Oysters

Interested in oyster home delivery? Island Creek Oysters offers their fresh Duxbury oysters online plus “how to shuck oysters” advice and oyster serving tips.

New England

Instagram | My New England

We asked, and you answered. Enjoy this collection of #mynewenglandsummer photos from our talented Instagram community.

Travel

Coming in May 2017

// Low Boat on a Big Lake All along its 120-mile reach, Lake Champlain has charms that are easy enough to see: jewel-like islands, laid-back towns, that stunning shoreline. To get at the lake’s essence, though, nothing beats the 24/7 adventure of a houseboat vacation. ///  Place to Get Away A seasonal home but not quite […]

Cooking Advice

The Readable Feast

Up-and-coming literary festival The Readable Feast, scheduled for June 23 in Boston, celebrates the best food writing and cookbooks around.

New Hampshire

Yankee Classic | Pilgrimage to Moose Mountain

Classic Article by Jeff Rapsis We’re just below the summit of South Peak on Moose Mountain, near Hanover, New Hampshire. It’s a 45-minute hike in from the nearest road. The morning sun glints off a misshapen scrap of metal sticking out from the ground. It’s a piece of twisted aluminum, half buried and partly melted. […]

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