Maine

Sunbeam | Photographs

A collection of images celebrating the work of the Maine Sunbeam missionary boat from photographer Carl Tremblay.

Food

Seafood Recipes

Despite the teeming availability of smelts in southern Maine waters in January, the Yankee recipe database has few smelt recipes. Other fish recipes abound, so here are the smelts and five more warm fish dishes for cold winter nights. RECIPES

Magazine

Cured Meat & Fish | 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards

View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Cured Meat & Fish. COLD SMOKED ATLANTIC SALMON SULLIVAN HARBOR FARM SMOKEHOUSE Hancock Village, Maine The team at Sullivan Harbor produces 75,000 pounds of luscious cured and smoked seafood each year, and we’re especially fond of their smoked salmon. It’s silky, with a perfect sweet/salt […]

Food

Confections | 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards

View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Confections Category. FARM MARKET COLLECTION BLACK DINAH CHOCOLATIERS Isle Au Haut & Portland, Maine Steve and Kate Shaffer began making chocolates out of their home kitchen on Isle au Haut in 2007. Soon, they expanded to their barn. This year, demand for their truffles […]

Food

Baked Goods | 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards

View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Baked Goods. MACARONS MOOCHIE’S MACARONS Derry, New Hampshire Francophiles, rejoice! After a futile search for authentic macarons, the popular French meringue-based cookies, Nina DiBona Pauk decided to get out her mixer and make her own. When the results proved too tasty to stay a secret, […]

New England

Fall Foliage Nearing Peak in Southern New England

Columbus Day Weekend has now passed, and with it, a definitive shift in themes comes to New England.  The season of agricultural fairs has ended, apple picking is winding down, and many campgrounds have closed their gates until May.  While fall foliage is nearing peak in Southern New England, in the north the colors of […]

Food

Jams & Preserves | 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards

View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Jams & Preserves Category. MARMALADE BLAKE HILL PRESERVES Grafton, Vermont Vicky Allard is a third-generation preserve maker from Hampshire, England. When she and husband Joe Hanglin purchased Blake Hill Farm in 2004, they found a bumper crop of wild blackberry and raspberry bushes growing […]

New England

Peak Fall Foliage Awaits For Columbus Day Weekend

Three day weekends are a cherished American tradition, as the extra day affords many the time to get away, gather with family, or both. In New England, there are few busier travel times all year than Columbus Day weekend, as peak visitation usually corresponds to the most widespread peak in the acclaimed autumn colors. Visitors […]

Massachusetts

The Mohawk Trail Experience

The Mohawk Trail, New England’s first official “scenic tourist route,” has delighted millions of drivers for more than a century.

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