Follow our simple instructions to make apple butter in the slow cooker at night! When you wake up, the house will smell like heaven.
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Magazine
Baby Boy #3331: An Adoption Story
Dear Rosalie, It has taken me almost 40 years to finally ask about you. For years now, I’ve had all the papers my adoptive parents kept. The papers call me simply “baby boy #3331.” They came from the Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers, as you knew it then, in Burlington, Vermont. In the bundle […]
Living
The Diseases of Astonishment
The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister’s daughter began to scream and convulse. They ended less than a year later but not before the execution of 19 people and the unfolding of a mystery that shaped the future American republic. In 1692 the Massachusetts Bay Colony […]
These fantastic cider doughnut muffins pack all the flavor of cider doughnuts without the fuss and the frying. Click to view and print the full recipe for Cider Doughnut Muffins.
Desserts
Apple Pie History and Recipes
Each holiday season, dining-room tables across America begin their month-long showcase of all things sweet, savory, and covered in gravy. Prized dishes will vary, but one thing is certain: After the feast (but before the nap) there will be apple pie for dessert. Apple pie is so beloved in our communal culture that it’s earned its […]
New England
Final New England Foliage Report For 2015
A mere two months ago, we watched a beautiful sunset on an unseasonably warm Labor Day evening, marking the unofficial end of summer in New England. As the crickets and katydids loudly greeted the nightfall, we anticipated the shorter days and cooler nights that would kickstart the colors in one of the greatest displays of […]
Love a menu with historic ties? This collection of 21 fresh-but- familiar holiday recipes from the Yankee recipe archives is here to help.
A visit to the “Brooklyn of the Berkshires” town of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, including a stay at Hotel on North and afternoon at Hancock Shaker Village.
Our guide to the best artisinal cheeses, chocolates, jams, cookies, pickles, and other worthy New England edibles.
In New England, Hollywood producers have found mountains, lakes, lighthouses, small towns and fishing villages, beaches, rockbound cliffs overlooking ocean, opulent mansions, Ivy League colleges, and iconic Colonial architecture all waiting in one compact region. New England has always been ready for its closeup. Imagine a darkened movie theater anywhere in the world. The movie […]
Picking the right autumn destination is no easy feat. For the perfect fall experience, here are ten favorite New England foliage towns.
Magazine
The Farmer’s Life: Hard Pressed
Apple season brings an autumn ritual and a toast to dear friends. I feel like I’m just going around in circles,” I complain to Dave, but there’s a twinkle in my eye. Every fall I bucket up some apples, and haul them over to my neighbors, Dave Brown and Ann Ingerson, to make cider on a […]