Maine Made Products Center 461 Commercial St. Rockport, ME 800-762-8895; cheese-me.com Durgin-Park uses small pea or navy beans, seasoned with salt pork, molasses, and mustard (see the recipe below), slow-cooked, while State of Maine brand (at Maine Made Products Center) uses soldier or Jacob’s cattle beans, seasoned similarly (but often without the pork). RECIPEDelivered Daily: […]
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9. Whoopie Pies
Just Like Mom’s Pastries 353 Riverdale Rd. Weare, NH 603-529-6667; justlikemomspastries.com Although Maine lays claim to this confection (as do other regions of the country), Just Like Mom’s whoopie pie is true to its name: a large cakelike cookie, dense with chocolate flavor; slightly crispy on the edges; cut in half and slathered with a […]
New England
Best New England Food | Where to Go
Video: See Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps discuss some of these best food places on NECN’s “TV Diner”. Since New England is the birthplace of this young nation of ours, it makes sense that it’s also the origin of some of our favorite foods, from turkey dinners to blueberry pancakes. Some of the dishes […]
Connecticut Clinton Crossing Premium Outlets Devour a day in a flash as you browse through the 70 upscale stores, including Off 5th Saks Fifth Avenue, Liz Claiborne, Barneys New York, and Brooks Brothers. You can pick up everything from designer fashions and sportswear to fine leather and luggage. Open Mon.-Sat. 10-9, Sun. 10-6. 20-A Killingworth […]
Food
Oyster Farming
Eric Horne and Valy Steverlynck harvest their own particular type of oysters, hauling blue mesh bags of Flying Points from a seven-acre site on Maine’s Cousins River. Seven years ago, they left lucrative fast-track careers in Boston to move to Freeport and get into the oyster business. They know the flavors of oysters differ depending […]
Whether we are drawn to oysters for their supposed powers as an aphrodisiac or for their salty, creamy sweetness, they are part and parcel to the New England experience and our love for our beautiful, if rugged, coastline. Oysters have been consumed as a foodstuff from prehistoric times, through the Greek and Roman empires, to […]
There’s not much to Greenville, Maine, and that’s the beauty of it. The outpost town (population 1,600) sits at the southernmost point of Moose-head Lake, which, at more than 30 miles long, is the second-largest lake entirely within one state east of the Mississippi River. The region is the least populated area in the East […]
New England
Whales: Watching for Giants
This is about how a small group of people has changed the way we look at some of the largest creatures in the world. Their base is Maine’s Mount Desert Rock, an island of three to four acres, depending on the tides. It’s a speck in the vast Atlantic, 23 miles from land. Since 1973, […]
Calling the Old Canada Road (Route 201) a scenic byway does a small injustice to this 78-mile drive between Solon and Sandy Bay Township, along the Canadian border. It’s not just scenic (think moose) but also grandly historic. Benedict Arnold led troops through this wilderness on his spectacularly ill-fated mission to sack Quebec in 1775. […]
New Hampshire
New Hampshire: Mountains at Every Turn
The most dramatic way to enter the White Mountains region is to follow I-93 and Route 3 north through Franconia Notch, then head east along Route 302 to Route 16. The 75-mile winding drive is one of sweeping views, turnoffs to logging roads and hiking trails, babbling brooks, waterfalls, and covered bridges. Just north of […]
New England
Weekend Warrior
I spent twelve years living within 40 minutes to my favorite places to ski, and could sneak out for some midweek afternoon turns, so I never considered myself to be a weekend warrior where I had to cram all my outdoor pursuits into the weekend. After the last two weekends, though, it’s official. I’ve become […]
New England
Hat, Gloves, Skis, Boots, Poles
Hopefully, hearing about the snowfall earlier in the week, or seeing it yourself, has inspired you to make plans to ski this weekend. And if you haven’t made plans yet, I’ll take this moment to tell you — you should ski or ride this weekend. I have quite a full itinerary for the weekend. I […]