Valentine’s Day is coming up, and what better way to celebrate than by sharing something sweet with those you love? Since brownies are so customizable, but uniformly adored, coming up with a few versions of fun Valentine’s Day brownies seemed like the perfect way to share some sugary love this season. Brownies are a classic […]
I have a new favorite Christmas cookie, a sweet little biscuit flavored with lemon and caraway seeds and finished with a lemon glaze. Even better, the recipe takes us way back to the very beginning of American cooking. In fact, it has its roots in the first cookbook ever published here. The First Christmas “Cookey” […]
Jessie Grearson grew up in Meriden, a little village in western New Hampshire. Her mother, she says, made everything from scratch. “I used to crave store-bought cookies,” she quips. So she learned the basics of good cooking from her mother and then went off to Williams College in the Berkshires, followed by grad school at […]
For the author’s sister — an devoted fan of Kim Block, the nightly television news from Maine delivers the most riveting stories of our time and place.
As I was working on recipe testing for the latest Yankee cookbook, the gorgeous Lost and Vintage Recipes, I met a cookie that has since muscled its way onto my short list of “absolute favorite cookies.” In truth it was a recipe for homemade graham crackers, but just like their animal cousins, graham crackers are […]
Greek crescent cookies (kourabiedes) are a variation of Christmas shortbread cookies made with nuts and coated in powdered sugar: Russian tea cakes, Mexican wedding cookies, pecan puffs, and snowballs. There are many names for the family of Christmas shortbread cookies made with nuts and coated in powdered sugar: Russian tea cakes, Mexican wedding cookies. In […]
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!
Welcome to the totally awesome eighties — a decade that brought us an actor in the White House, the first home computers, Ninetendo, designer jeans, and hair so big it required an entire can of hairspray just to keep the mountains of crimped waves in place. The holiday season during the 1980’s channeled the yuletide […]
If your idea of the perfect way to kick off the holiday season includes sweet treats, overflowing Christmas decorations, snow-capped mountain views, and the (optional but encouraged) cozy charm of a New England bed and breakfast, then the annual Mt. Washington Valley Inn to Inn Cookie Tour is exactly what you’re looking for! Taking place […]
Come Christmas Eve, don’t head to bed without leaving a snack for St. Nick! While milk and cookies are a classic Santa staple, we think any sweet treat will keep you on the “nice” list. Keep it traditional with sugar or chocolate chip cookies, or try something new and keep Santa guessing for next year.
Yankee Magazine Senior Editor Amy Traverso shares how she and her husband combine religion and tradition at the holidays.
Growing up, my family participated in very few traditions, certainly none that had been handed down from one generation to the next like a treasured keepsake. But eventually a time-worn tale would transform into a Christmas tradition that’s still observed today. When my parents arrived at the home of my grandparents in the small town […]
