Credit: Tim Tomkinson I was 7, and I was a Sugarplum Fairy. Standing backstage in my sequined blue tutu, I was awestruck — not by the spotlights, but by the hundreds of tiny colored bulbs on the enormous Christmas tree at the center of the stage. A teacher whispered frantically behind me: I was missing […]
chocolate
New England
Coming in January 2018
highlights /// A Guide to Winter Comforts Shake off the chill with the coziest inn in the world (we built it!), the best comfort foods around, and warm and welcoming New England pubs. /// Leaving Mary’s Farm How longtime Yankee columnist Edie Clark found “the best, most rewarding kind of love” in her little home on the […]
DUBLIN, NH (November 2017)— New England’s best locally made food products are celebrated in the fifth annual Yankee Editors’ Choice Food Awards 2017, as featured in a multipage layout in the magazine’s November/December issue. Beautifully photographed on location at presenting sponsor Simon Pearce’s flagship location in Quechee, VT, the 10 honorees were chosen by Yankee […]
Massachusetts
Best Boston Museums for Kids
There are plenty of world-renowned Boston museums, but these are our editors’ favorite kid-friendly picks around the city.
The best made-in-New-England delicacies of 2017 find a perfect pairing with the artisan wares of Vermont’s Simon Pearce.
Celebrating New England’s best cheeses, meats, jams, sweets, and other gift-worthy treats in Yankee Magazine’s annual food awards.
From tours of decked-out historic houses to holiday parades and bazaars, these top New England holiday events are worth the drive.
Desserts
Bonus Holiday Baking Recipes from the Brass Sisters | Chocolate Bûche de Noël & Fruited Tea Bread
The Brass sisters share a few extra sweet holiday recipes for Chocolate Bûche de Noël and Fruited Tea Bread to help brighten the season.
New England
Coming in November 2017
highlights /// A Movable Forest For a hard-luck Vermont farm family, bringing a crop of Christmas trees to the big city takes grit, perseverance, and just a touch of “secret sauce.” /// The Only Game That Matters When you live on an island that sometimes feels as if it belongs more to outsiders, you hold on tight […]
Yankee Classic: November 1984 Press play to hear how the story happened. THEY PRESSED CLOSE in the cab of the truck, canoes lashed on top, jostling over logging roads, stirring great clouds of dust beneath a high summer sun. “I was just thinking,” said the old guide. “I first came down this river with my father. I […]
Connecticut
A Perfect Weekend in Kent, Connecticut
In Yankee’s No. 1 New England foliage town of Kent, Connecticut, there’s much more to love than just the leaves.
Rhode Island
Find Your Ocean Fix at The Break
At the Break, the only boutique hotel in Narragansett, Rhode Island, you’ll find vintage-chic style in every detail.