How New England Can Save the World: Part II in a series Part I: 2011 Biathalon World Cup: Aroostook County Part III: Hardwick and the New Frontier of Food Part IIII: A Bang for Your Buck in the Berkshires When Michael Wood-Lewis and his wife, Valerie, moved from Washington, D.C., to the south end of […]
cookies
There’s no time like the present to make a gift of homemade cookies. Read on for Christmas cookie recipes and tips for wrapping and sharing your baked goods. Swap cookies and recipes with friends: How to Have a Cookie Swap Gift wrap ideas: Vintage Wares for Baked GoodsDelivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried & […]
Nori Odoi’s Christmas Cookie Guidelines 1. Cookies should last well (shortbread stays fresh for weeks). 2. Cookies should be attractive, with different colors, shapes, flavors, and textures. 3. Honor your family traditions or heritage with recipes that will bring back memories of people or places. 4. For gifts that will make the recipient feel really […]
Food
Best Cook: Cookies
Our Best Cook, Nori Odi, is preparing Christmas cookies. Her industrious kitchen in Greenfield, New Hampshire, is filled with the aroma of rich maple. Nori lives here with her husband, David Gilmore, better known as “Rags.” Rags is a software engineer, a career that Nori once shared. But now it’s all about food, although the […]
Magazine
A Visit to Berlin
On Wednesday I went up to Berlin, New Hampshire, to give a talk. I’ve been giving these talks for the New Hampshire Humanities Council for some time now, gigs that take me all over the state to libraries large and small as well as historical societies, some housed in big old town halls and some […]
Magazine
Homes and Gardens on Display
Yesterday I went on a house and garden tour in the next town. There are many historic houses in that town, especially on their main street, which looks more like a stage set for Anne of Green Gables than it does a real town, operating in the 21st century. But it does operate every day, […]
Helene Harbage’s fingers nimbly pick over the quart of raspberries, selecting only the plumpest, most perfect of the lot, setting each one, bottom down, to dry on a clean towel. She turns next to the blueberries, choosing the biggest. Helene is making her one-crust “Star-Spangled Berry Pie,” a favorite of hers that once won first […]
Last month the Yankee editorial staff was all over the place. Literally. Our editor, Mel Allen, was in Japan, visiting his son (do read his blog about the trip — it is quite touching). Our art director, Lori Pedrick, and online editor, Barbara Hall were in New Orleans for the annual City and Regional Magazine […]
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Dining 2009
DINING Best Inn Breakfast:STONE’S THROW INN, Narragansett The lavish multicourse breakfast put on by hostess Pam Flavin includes fresh fruit and yogurt, followed by cooked-to-order omelets, baked-apple French toast, or Belgian waffles, with a choice of toppings, plus bacon, sausage, or ham–all served inside a 1902 Victorian cottage within walking distance of the expansive wraparound […]
Magazine
Poetry for the Moment
Last Friday, five poets gathered at the Chesham Church, the place of the art show, the place where the jazz concert would be held the following night. The church, which slumbers through the winter, had been the center of activity for the past week while the congregation held a work party to clean it inside […]
See Yankee‘s travel bargains in Maine Yankee recommends that you call ahead to confirm dates and times. MAY 15-17: FRYEBURG, Northern New England Home, Garden, and Flower Show. One of the largest events of its kind, with more than 250 exhibitors of indoor home- and garden-related products, plus outdoor exhibits, all at Fryeburg Fairgrounds. The […]
Connecticut
Top 20 Connecticut Events for 2009
See Yankee‘s travel bargains in Connecticut. Yankee recommends that you call ahead to confirm dates and times. MAY 2-3: COLCHESTER, Zagray Farm Museum Spring Show Gas Up & Swap Meet. Step back in time at this annual event: Explore an 1873 sawmill and operating antique construction and farm equipment, plus a tractor parade, free hayrides, […]