Yankee Magazine Lifestyle Editor Amy Traverso shows you how to cook a lobster pie. This is a really rich tasty New England treat! Hi. I’m Amy Traverso, Lifestyle Editor at Yankee Magazine, and welcome to The Yankee Kitchen. Today I’m making lobster pie, a classic New England dish, lobster in a creamy sauce. It couldn’t […]
Yankee Magazine’s Lifestyle Editor Amy Traverso makes homemade Lobster rolls. Heaven in a hot dog bun! Hi I’m Amy Traverso, Lifestyle editor at Yankee Magazine and welcome to the Yankee Kitchen. Today we are going to be making Lobster rolls. Now these are a slightly more gourmet, fancy version of lobster rolls, and the recipe […]
Not just a pretty shell — scallops are a treasured New England seafood dish that can be enjoyed baked, steamed, grilled, in a chowder or casserole, or everyone’s favorite boardwalk snack — the fried seafood platter piled high with golden brown scallop, clams, and fish. Baked Scallops Nantucket Scallop Chowder Seared Sea Scallops with Pea-Basil […]
Each June we look forward to strawberry season in New England and then take advantage of early summer’s top berry by baking them into our favorite sweet treats or slicing them up and serving them fresh atop pancakes, shortcakes, and just about any other cake. Get picking and then dig in! Frosted Strawberry Squares Bonnie […]
Kennebunk, Maine, is the kind of town with a gazebo on the green, friendly locals that nod hello, free downtown parking, and easy access to the beach.
Yankee classic from February 1982 Boston in the summer of 1918 was hot and very dry, with only 8.13 inches of rain in four months, according to the U.S. Weather Bureau. For the men in “Receiving Ship,” a naval barracks on Commonwealth Pier where as many as 7,000 enlistees boarded while awaiting assignment or returning […]
Time stands still in all the best places, but only for so long. As spring melts into Long Island Sound, the villages along the Connecticut shoreline stir and stretch, sloughing off winter’s crust. Midway along the coast, snow lets go of the edges of Hammonasset Beach, and before you know it, town greens up and […]
Welcome to the April 2013 edition of Jud’s New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the Editor-in-Chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, NH. My Favorite April Moments After a long winter, there’s nothing more welcome than the first sighting of a suddenly-open lake. But I recently saw something […]
See which images from the My Hometown Photo Contest took top honors.
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston is something of a misnomer as New England’s premier all-purpose art museum does not show only fine arts. Currently, for example, several of the most interesting MFA exhibitions feature works of craft, applied art, commercial art and portrait photography. The exhibition that caught my attention is New Blue and […]
It’s hard to believe that Easter is right around the corner with all this snow still lingering in New England. Easter crafts add a pop of color and cheer to any room or table, and this project for Easter boxes filled with wooden eggs plays up pastel spring colors and vintage inspired images. Materials for […]
Welcome to the March 2013 edition of Jud’s New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the Editor-in-Chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, NH. An Evening With the D. A. R. Whenever I’ve stereotyped groups of people in my mind, invariably something occurs to prove me wrong….. The Daughters […]
