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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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 […]
Products made and/or grown and harvested by New England gardeners make great gifts for friends and family members. The money spent on these products stays local and supports the local economy in addition to supporting your area’s gardeners, farms and growers. Roadside farm stands, indoor farmer’s markets, craft fairs and country stores are all great […]
Massachusetts
Christmas Revels | The Sounding Joy
May our Christmas Revels not be ended–for their music is indeed ‘such stuff as dreams are made on.’
Massachusetts
Christmas on Nantucket | Come, Let’s Stroll!
The summer haven of Nantucket shines again on one special December weekend. Learn more about the Nantucket Christmas Stroll.
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 […]
Few New Englanders would describe the memorable 2013 Red Sox season as anything short of miraculous. With Boston recovering from the spring Marathon bombing tragedy, the Red Sox put together a comeback season for the ages, one that mirrored the city’s strength and resiliency to “B” Strong; to set to mind a task, and get it […]
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.
Magazine
Angels Among Us 2013
Yankee Magazine profiles three New Englanders who are making an extraordinary difference in others’ lives.
Massachusetts
Running for Summer
Every year in June, hundreds of recently recessed kids flood the beaches of Cape Cod in search of some New England beach fun.
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 […]
New England
Final New England Foliage Report For 2013
Some of the most beautiful things in the natural world are also the most fleeting. A rainbow may last just a moment. The pink light of sunrise, or alpenglow on a mountain lasts but a few minutes longer. Morning mists linger for an hour or so after sunrise, and a winter snowfall may hang in […]