Last weekend, we spent a wonderful day at the third annual Eat Boutique holiday market, a sort of craft fair for artisan food makers, organized by local foodie guru Maggie Battista. Yankee was a media sponsor of the event and we had a great time meeting our readers, as well as the talented bakers and […]
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2013 Fall Photo Contest Finalists
Yankee Magazine‘s fall photo contest is the most popular one we host, and each year our readers submit hundreds of stunning photos. After careful consideration, we’ve narrowed it down to five images that stand out from the rest. Here are the judges’ comments on why these five photos made it into the finals. Congratulations to […]
Here at Yankee, we’ve been making Christmas cookies for more than 75 years. We’ve picked our favorite bar, cutout, ball, sandwich, and drop cookies from each decade to bring you an edible history of American holiday baking. The 1930s Gingerbread Puffs The original recipe for “Potato Drop Cookies—Molasses” reflects the economy that home cooks practiced […]
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Christmas Revels | The Sounding Joy
May our Christmas Revels not be ended–for their music is indeed ‘such stuff as dreams are made on.’
It appears art has fused with the sea in Salem, Massachusetts. The Peabody-Essex Museum’s newest exhibit Impressionists on the Water, open through February 17, 2014, has found a proper setting in maritime Salem. This past rainy Sunday, I spent the day discovering the maritime influence in Salem’s art and culture. The exhibit opens with a […]
Each spring, the research ship Henry B. Bigelow drags a net along the seafloor in the Gulf of Maine, cataloguing the fish it catches. What it finds will change the life of every fisherman in New England and impact every consumer who loves seafood.
Fifty years after the death of President John F. Kennedy, those who knew him and his extended family in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, reflect on a time when Camelot was their neighbor.
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Angels Among Us 2013
Yankee Magazine profiles three New Englanders who are making an extraordinary difference in others’ lives.
Cooking Advice
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
Even during the busy holiday season, a talented team of caterers (and friends) takes time to enjoy a deliciously streamlined feast.
I left my umbrella at home on purpose. It was a cold, dreary, late autumn afternoon and I thought that act of omission might clear the skies for my stay at the Deerfield Inn and my tour of Historic Deerfield’s antique homes in Deerfield, Massachusetts. My ploy did not work. Upon arrival, Deerfield was drizzly […]
“Memorial Church,” at Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Maxwell Mays. Mr. Mays’ work has appeared on YANKEE covers many times.
A collection of images celebrating the beauty of scenic Maine road trips from featured photographer Dan Tobyne.