Slide Show: Day of the Pomodorata When Leon de Magistris speaks, the accent of his Italian homeland cleaves to his words. As much as he and his sons are American, their heritage and its traditions are never far from their everyday life. Leon has made his name in the hair-care industry, working with fashion designers […]
massachusetts
Gardens
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 […]
My cousin George Odell moved to Jamaica in 1973 to teach math and came home four years later with his bride, Hazel, a tiny girl with a big smile, skin the color of coffee beans, and a melodic laugh. Her Jamaican accent was hard to decode–but her Jamaican recipes were not. Since Hazel’s arrival, our […]
If necessity is the mother of invention, what gives birth to reinvention? Is it dire necessity? A quest for perfection? Or a deeply personal conviction? Whatever the case, scrapping something back to its beginnings and re-creating it is a monumental task. Don’t ask me how, at the age of 43, Wallace Nutting had the energy […]
New England
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.
Magazine
First Light: The Art of the Sail
As Robbie Doyle likes to say, he didn’t open a sail loft in Marblehead because the area needed another sailmaker. In 1982, the centuries-old tradition along Massachusetts’ North Shore was still quietly humming along; when Doyle started his company, 10 lofts operated in and around Marblehead. Doyle opened a sail loft because he thought he […]
Yankee
The DeCordova Gets Tired
Forgive the tired pun of the title. When it comes to sculptor Chakaia Booker’s art, it’s hard to avoid. Rubber Soul. Retread Retro. Rubber Made. Rubber Maid. Where the Rubber Meets the Museum, etc. Suffice it to say they’ve all been used. That’s because Chakaia Booker makes fantastic sculptures out of old tires. I first […]
A recent trip to my friend Kristen’s parents’ home in Falmouth, Massachusetts, was a food and cooking getaway, filled with lots of laughs and games, too. We travel in a pack of eight: Kristen, Cary, Steve, Cindy, Dominic, Deanne, Swing, and me. Most of our adventures are on the island of Nantucket and home in […]
Yankee
Bits of Sea in Concord
Unbeknownst to both of us, I played a small part in the development of painter John Bonner’s career. Back in March 1991, Bonner saw an article I wrote about noted Boston cityscape painter George Nick in Yankee and, struck by the aesthetic similarity to his own paintings, he wrote Nick a letter. Nick, an influential […]
Welcome to the May 2010 edition of “Jud’s New England Journal,” the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, New Hampshire. Learning the New England Language Trouble is, as soon as you’ve identified a rule, you discover more exceptions than examples. For instance, you might hear […]
New England
Beaches of New England | Photography Slide Show
Photographer Madeline Polss uses a Diana toy camera to capture black-and-white images of some of our favorite beaches around New England — Longnook Beach, Truro, Massachusetts; Odiorne Point, Rye, New Hampshire; and Second Beach, Middletown, Rhode Island. See more of her work: mpolssphoto.com
Massachusetts
Top 20 Massachusetts Events
Call ahead to confirm dates, times, and admission prices. For hundreds of fairs, festivals, exhibits, shows, and other fun activities, go to: YankeeMagazine.com/events JULY 31-AUG. 7: WOODS HOLE, Woods Hole Film Festival. With daily screenings, workshops, panel discussions, staged readings, parties, and an awards ceremony, this nonprofit, eight-day showcase of more than 100 independent films […]