by Hannah Palmer Egan When people think about food in New England, they inevitably conjure rolling fields, farm-to-table restaurants, and seaside shellfish shacks. Of course, you will find those here, sprinkled throughout the Northeast’s gentle mountains and rugged coastlines. And the region’s small cities — Providence, Portland, Cambridge, and Burlington, among others — are well known for […]
“That’s a lousy shot, Lou.” “I know,” responds University of Connecticut All-American Katie Lou Samuelson. “It started with a lousy pass,” adds coach Geno Auriemma, who uses a saltier word for lousy. “C’mon, guys. You can move. You can’t be standing around waiting for passes.”Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe […]
The ProphetGeorge Perkins Marsh by Leath Tonino You know Henry David Thoreau and you know John Muir and you know Teddy Roosevelt. You probably have heard of Aldo Leopold (A Sand County Almanac), Rachel Carson (Silent Spring), and Edward Abbey (Desert Solitaire). These are the famous nature lovers of American history, the writer-thinker-preachers we credit […]
New England has a wide variety of ski resorts, but some mountains offer a distinctly unique experience to boot.
Wherever she appears, Jane Smith of Manchester, Maine, knows with absolute certainty how she will be introduced to her audience: Jane Smith, mother of schoolgirl Samantha Smith.
In memory of Yankee’s Edie Clark, we look back on our 2018 tribute after she said good-bye to the historic homestead where she found “the best, most rewarding kind of love.”
When I was in my twenties, I spent the better part of my leisure time at a certain bar in Cambridge, Massachusetts, situated in a basement-level space on that somewhat charmless stretch of Mass. Ave. between Harvard and Central squares. It was called the Cellar, and it possessed all the elements of a good cold-weather New […]
Yankee editors’ pick their favorite cozy watering holes in this roundup of the best bars in New England to visit this winter.
From meet-cutes to long-lasting marriages, discover these sites that feature romantic history in New England.
Next to the old Pennellville shipyard the recently renovated Knox Farmstead in New Brunswick, Maine, is now ready for new owners.
Less than 20 miles apart, two very different houses in New Hampshire keenly reflect the wildly divergent artistic sensibilities of their creators.
All the wood heat literature emphasizes that dry wood burns better than wet, which leaves you with two choices: Either get some green wood and put it under cover for a year or so, or burn wood that is already good and dry, wood that you already have, wood that you can identify without special […]
