One grandmother keeps a culture alive with Greek recipes from generations past, including dolmades, spanakopita, and pastitsio.
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Next summer, my house will turn 250 years old. I’m at a loss as to how to celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime milestone. I’ve taken part in only 14 of those years, fewer than 10 percent, and yet I feel its protection like a turtle in her shell. Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! […]
Why is it that so many writers of spooky stories–Edgar Allen Poe (Massachusetts), H. P. Lovecraft (Rhode Island), Stephen King (Maine)–have been New Englanders? Now Vermont’s Chris Bohjalian joins the lineup. Or should I say the coven? After reading Bohjalian’s The Night Strangers, I wonder how much it has to do with our architecture. Every […]
There’s already a ticket line 20 deep when I arrive at the Topsfield Fair at 10 a.m. on an early-October day. Sun filters through the trees, and I’m hit with the smell of warm pine needles, kettle corn, and fried dough as I walk through the gate. A woman plays an amplified electronic zither, and […]
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Orren Fox | The Big Question
Orren Fox is a lot of things. He’s a chicken farmer, beekeeper, staunch foodie, and avid Celtics fan. He’s also a blogger with a large following. And, oh yeah, he’s only a freshman in high school. Since getting his first chickens five years ago, the 14-year-old vegetarian has immersed himself in the issues surrounding not […]
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Racing with Henry
Sometimes a miracle happens–a parent can become a hero again.
At the venerable Myopia Hunt Club, horses, riders, and hounds no longer pursue live foxes, but the thrill of the chase remains.
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100 Artists of New England
Art is all about making personal choices, not just for the artist, but also for the audience, the dealer, the collector, the curator, and the critic. What exhibitions am I going to see? What artists am I going to write about? What art do I think is important? What art am I going to buy? […]
City dwellers today have larger access than ever to fresh, locally grown produce thanks to the popularity of farmers’ markets. Bostonians are fortunate to have access to several thriving city markets, but unique on the list, and not to be missed, is the Copley Square market. When I moved from a city suburb of Boston to an […]
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New England by the Numbers | Stats
8 the late Red Auerbach’s ranking in CIGAR AFICIONADO’s list of “The Top 100 Cigar Smokers of the Twentieth Century.” The cigar of choice for the legendary Boston Celtics coach: Hoyo de Monterrey. Winston Churchill ranked number 1; JFK and Fidel Castro, 2 and 3, respectively. 62,336 major league baseball games analyzed by Northeastern University […]
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Mondo Pissarro
If you know the difference between Camille Pissarro, the French Impressionist painter, and Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish explorer, you may also know that Pissarro was considered the Father of Impressionism and is celebrated and loved for his gentle, soft focus landscapes and scenes of rural life. What you may not know is that Camille Pissarro […]
Welcome to the July 2011 edition of Jud’s New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the editor-in-chief of Yankee, published since 1935 in Dublin, New Hampshire. Okay, So Who Was the First to Fry a Clam? I feel pretty certain as to who was the first to EAT a clam. But […]