Late winter in New England is the height of flower show season, with shows popping up all over the east coast. As a welcome escape from our current cold weather, we recently spent an afternoon at The Rhode Island Spring Flower & Garden Show in search of tips and inspiration to get our home gardens […]
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This year marks Yankee‘s 80th anniversary. Eighty years! Not bad for an independent , family-owned publishing company (actually, the reason we’ve survived this long probably has everything to do with not having been swallowed up by a New York-based media conglomerate). We’re planning a full anniversary issue in September and for that reason, I’ve been […]
We asked architectural writer and longtime New England resident William Morgan to share his choices for the 5 best historic house museums in New England.
The country’s first school lunch program got its start in Boston during the 1890s, inspired by an attempt to provide good, cheap, and nourishing food to the poor. The first organized attempt to change America’s eating habits took place more than 125 years ago, when some privileged Bostonians, reformers to the core, formed an enterprise […]
Valencia Menard may not be Irish by birth, but one day a year, this Maine Acadian prepares a corned-beef dinner to make anyone yearn for a taste of the Green Isle.
Most people are aware that certain vegetables, such as celery, onion, and lettuce, can be regrown from kitchen scraps, but did you know that ornamental plants can be grown from kitchen waste as well? Most kitchen-scrap plants begin sprouting within weeks, and the source material is literally at your fingertips. Why not dig out your […]
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Center Lovell Inn Essay Contest
The Center Lovell Inn, featured as our “House for sale” in 1992, is located next to Maine’s beautiful lake Kezar – but it isn’t the picturesque setting, or even the delicious bistro food that it’s famous for (though it’s certainly famous for those too). Rather, the Center Lovell Inn is known for how it has […]
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Summer in Ashfield, Massachusetts | Photos
Photographer Julie Bidwell captured the heart of Ashfield, Massachusetts in the height of summer. Our ongoing series, “Could You Live Here”, explores towns throughout New England. Towns with a small population, but plenty to offer in terms of a simpler way of life. Towns that might just entice you to uproot and take your own […]
A sacred fish, Yankee thrift, and Lenten tradition gave us a classic New England dish that’s worth celebrating and reinventing.
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Bald Eagles | Back Among US
After near-annihilation and a decades-long absence, bald eagles are back among us. Spotting one of these majestic birds can stay with you for a lifetime.
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New England Snow Farm
Here in northern Rhode Island, where snow is creeping above the three-foot mark, there is a snow farm. It is the same farm that grows vegetables and supersized sunflowers in the warmer months. The snow on this farm—Franklin Farm to the locals—stretches for many acres, and while an old country road may cut the two parcels that […]
Do you live in a drafty old house? Historic-homes expert Sally Zimmerman shares her tips for making old houses energy efficient.