How New England Can Save the World, Part III in a series Part I: The Maine Way: Aroostook County Part II: Vermont Neighbors Part IIII: A Bang for Your Buck in the Berkshires When you think of Vermont–white church on the tidy green–you’re not actually thinking of Hardwick, which in its days as the “Building […]
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Edible Flowers | Rose Petal Jam
I can’t help myself. In the summer they’re everywhere I like to be: along the beach path from my parents’ summer rental in Cotuit, Massachusetts … surrounding my friend’s Nantucket “shack” … along the harbor walk from Charlestown to South Boston … hugging the length of the Province Lands bike path on the tip of […]
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After the Catch | Lobster Recipes
Nobody knows better than a Maine chef how to create delicious and affordable lobster dishes.
Summertime … and the living is easy, on a porch outfitted with simple luxuries in a fresh palette. From pillows to planters — find out where to get the best accessories for your outdoor spaces. 1. Vintage cotton feedbag fabric can be transformed into modern home accessories, such as these one-of-a-kind pillows ($185). Hudson, Wellesley, […]
Ever wondered what it’s like to live cheaply for a month and to paddle 325 miles in a kayak? Try the Maine Island Trail.
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The Best 5 Public Gardens in New England
Where are the best public gardens in New England? From coastal Maine to Berkshires, here are five of our favorites.
When Stinson Seafood — the last sardine cannery in the US — shut its doors, few felt the loss more than Lela Anderson, who says “I could pack with the best of them.”
Judith Gaines moved to Lubec, Maine, because she “loved being part of a fishing community.” A longtime foodie, she joined six chefs aboard a lobster boat (“After the Catch”). “They were surprised at how labor-intensive lobstering is,” she says. “We all learned what makes lobster so expensive.”
“This was my ‘endless summer,’” says photographer Richard Schultz of his assignment to travel our northeast shore in search of memorable people and landscapes (“Maine CoastaI Odyssey”). “Maine is one of the most beautiful places on earth. There are only a handful of such divine places.”
Magazine
Inside Yankee: Finding Summer
We wait so patiently, don’t we? We find all sorts of ways to enjoy winter–snow sports, cozy inns, reading by the fire, bragging about snow tires and wood piles–because we either do that or be miserable, or join the snowbirds. So we wait. And spring comes. Café tables appear like welcome blossoms; we put away […]
Food
Lobster Recipes
In the July/August 2010 issue of Yankee Magazine we showed you that nobody knows better than a Maine chef how to create delicious and affordable lobster dishes. Now, we serve up two more mouth-watering recipes. Loved what you saw in the magazine? Check out more fabulous photography from the story. Lobster and Recipe Shots RECIPES
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Joe Nicoletti Has the Blues
Though I have known Joe Nicoletti for more than 30 years now and have admired his paintings even longer, I had forgotten, if I ever knew, that he was born in Italy. The occasion of his upcoming retrospective exhibition at the Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine, where he has taught since 1981, […]