Whether it’s a seeing The Nutcracker, touring historic New England homes, cruising past a sea of twinkling lights, or whipping up traditional wassail, here are some of our picks for the best New England Christmas traditions!
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Community-supported fisheries bring the freshest winter seafood straight from the ocean to your table–and deliver hope to a beleaguered New England industry.
I know many New Englanders who despise this time of year, but I’m not one of them. Even in January, you’ll rarely hear me pine for the return of summer. I keep better in the cold. For me, summer can feel like an endless stream of sticky, steamy, listless days, when even the air lies […]
When I think of the 1980s, I think of an era of excess, indulgence and phoniness. When I think of the art of the 1980s, I think of three artists – Julian Schnabel, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Jeff Koons. From what I understand, Schnabel, the protean prince of art excess, has been purged from the […]
Yankee magazine Digital Editor Aimee Seavey shares how a family trip to Ireland for Christmas started a new tradition.
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How to Make Chicken and Sausage Cassoulet
My husband and I have been doing quite a bit of fall cleaning recently in an attempt to de-clutter our tiny Boston condo. After spending an afternoon moving furniture around, the last thing either of us wants to do is slave away in the kitchen to make dinner. Enter this Easy Chicken and Sausage Cassoulet […]
Yankee Magazine Senior Editor Amy Traverso shares how she and her husband combine religion and tradition at the holidays.
At the end of a dirt path winding gently south from the Old Sturbridge Village green, a worn yet tidy farmhouse sits humbly upon the land. For some 23 years of its long life, it belonged to one Pliny Freeman Sr., who settled here with his wife, Delia, and their two youngest children in 1828. […]
Not long ago one of our nation-wide questions was, “What are we going to do about the younger generation?” Today the query has been reversed; although it is implied, rather than stated openly, many older people seem to be asking. “What is the younger generation going to do about us?” This curious new attitude has […]
The first Maine biennial exhibition I ever attended was held at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in 1979. Since then there has been some sort of a juried biennial ever few years at venues ranging from the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland to the Portland Museum of Art and the Center for Maine […]
As a fashion statement, the chic and classic all-black look has been around for a long time; it predates Coco Chanel and Johnny Cash and transcends mere clothing styles. Universal in its appeal, black has been used throughout the ages to symbolize eternity, solemnity, elegance, and formality. A light-absorbing mass, black masks imperfections and swallows […]
At the end of a dirt path winding gently south from the Old Sturbridge Village green, a worn yet tidy farmhouse sits humbly upon the land. For some 23 years of its long life, it belonged to one Pliny Freeman Sr., who settled here with his wife, Delia, and the two youngest of their seven […]