Just about any destination you head to in Boston takes you past the Boston Public Library on Copley Square. Don’t zip by–leave time to poke inside one of the city’s greatest structures. You just might find a day of enlightenment. The building itself is a grand bit of architecture and artwork, with structural references to […]
Here’s how you find snorkeling in the “garden” in the ocean near Block Island. It’s about 250 paces from my cubicle at the Block Island Times, out the back door, across Corn Neck Road, and down the sand-dune path lined with Rosa rugosa, where I come to Crescent Beach. There’s nothing between me and Portugal. […]
Maine’s ripe berries find a sweet home in our best cook’s kitchen, when Ruth’s Feeney whips up her recipe for blackberry jelly. On a warm August day, Ruth Feeney’s kitchen is fragrant with fresh blackberries. She’s making jelly from the berries she picked this morning over at the old family farm in Bryant Pond, Maine, […]
Food is such a great entryway to any country or ethnic group that I sometimes joke about saving the airfare and simply strolling the streets of a local Guatemalan neighborhood for baked goods in the morning. Or wandering through Asian markets for an afternoon vacation and lunch. Ethnic enclaves all over New England are teeming […]
Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe My garden is my extra summer room, and like all gardeners, I love sharing its bounty. Painted terra-cotta flower pots not only add color to your patio, garden, and front steps, but they also make a personal and pretty way to package extra herbs […]
See vegetable growing chart If you’re ready to think about a vegetable garden, remember this — it’s better to be proud of a small garden than to be frustrated by a big one! One of the common errors for beginners is planting too much too soon and way more than anybody could eat or want. […]
A tree is an investment into the future, so it’s important to give every tree you plant the best chance of thriving. Choosing the right tree for your location and needs is the first step. But once you get the tree home, how do you ensure that it will be around to shade your children […]
Get out in the garden, even if you’ve never been there before, with these tips for gardeners — including a vegetable growing chart, and helpful hints for growing tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, beans, lettuce, carrots, and radishes. There’s more — an online seed swap, how to plant a tree, and planning your organic lawn care.Get Our […]
“Here’s another terrific salsa recipe, which we make when someone gives us a big bag of tomatoes and peppers from their garden. It’s delicious on fish, but also on just about everything else–chicken, scrambled eggs–or just used as a dip.” — Martha Greenlaw From Linda and Martha Greenlaw’s Recipes from a Very Small Island, Hyperion, […]
Primo Rockland, Maine primorestaurant.com “Anything. Anything. Anything green,” says Melissa Kelly. “It’s such a relief and a release when things start to come up. We have a good-sized garden and try to grow as much as we can for the restaurant. Sorrel is among the first plants we can use. You feel rebirth. Rejuvenation. It’s […]
Black Trumpet Portsmouth, New Hampshire blacktrumpetbistro.com “I confess that I’m a comfort-food-loving chef, and I celebrate winter’s hearty soups, stews, and braises like nobody’s business,” says Evan Mallett. “Yet that first murmur of spring opens up a world of freshness every year and jump-starts the creative process. That’s not to say that we chefs keep […]
Here are ways to welcome New England’s most-welcome season — SPRING! 1. Cook fresh with spring garden recipes from 6 New England chefs. 2. How does your garden grow? In style, with these garden tools.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 3. See the nasturtiums at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a […]
