Bees buzzing around your gardens and property are a good thing, and beekeeping has been gaining popularity in the New England states. Sure, it’s a hobby with sweet benefits, but it’s also a way to boost bee pollination, ensuring that the optimum amount of plants are reproducing and bearing fruit — none of which could […]
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New Hampshire
Exploring Peterborough, New Hampshire
When my uncles visited from Texas last summer, they informed me they’d spent one entire lazy day just tripping around the shops, galleries, and restaurants in Peterborough, New Hampshire. That didn’t surprise me. What we’ve got here is quite special. The magazine Budget Travel placed Peterborough on their Top Ten Coolest Small Towns list in […]
Massachusetts
Spring in the Vineyard
I drove down to Westport, Massachusetts today to visit with Bill Russell at Westport Rivers Winery for an upcoming Yankee story. We’ve just awarded them a “Best of New England” award for their wine tastings and I’m a big fan of their products, especially the sparkling wines. It was fun to see the vineyards in […]
Known as Bear Foot Farm, it was built in the year before the Civil War began. During Prohibition, it took part in smuggling booze into the United States out of Canada. Yes, for those of us who aren’t Canadians, it’s a long drive up to North Troy, Vermont, where the rolling countryside is mostly open […]
Rhode Island
Walking Tour of Providence, Rhode Island
On a walking tour of Providence, Rhode Island, you’ll encounter famous museums, historic homes, an Ivy League campus, and possibly even ghosts.
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Yankee Quest: Brimfield
We’re going to Brimfield! A few of the editors of Yankee Magazine will be heading to Brimfield’s opening day festivities to compete against each other in the first-ever Yankee Quest scavenger hunt, and you can play along, too. Here’s how it works: If you’re able to make it to the show that day, let us […]
Like apples, grapes, and all other fruits, there are hundreds of strawberry varieties, each with its own unique shape, texture, and flavor. These are just a few of the types that Dave Pierson grows at his farm in Bradford, Vermont (piersonfarm.com). Top: ‘Valley Sunset’, a late-season berry with ample sweetness and good aroma. The skin […]
Desserts
Homemade Birthday Cakes | Best Cook
For her son Harold’s first birthday, Esther Foskett found a recipe in an old Farm Journal so that she could make him a birthday cake. “And then I made one for my daughter, and it’s been going ever since,” she explains. That’s 60-some-odd years of cakes. In her small, bright farmhouse kitchen in Woodstock, Connecticut, […]
Fish & Seafood
Clambake: Feasting, New England-Style
Rhode Island claims proudly that it’s the rightful home of the old-fashioned New England clambake, featuring lobsters, clams, fish, native sausage, corn, and sweet potatoes, usually leading off with a big bowl of clam chowder–and we’ll bet nobody ever leaves hungry! In general, the dressing (much like turkey dressing, but sometimes with chopped clams instead […]
New Hampshire
Travel | Explore the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Huts
The most direct walk up to the Appalachian Mountain Club’s hut on Mount Madison rises from the north, along the Valley Way, an ancient, eroded pack trail that lifts 3,550 feet in less than four miles. The gain is relentless, but the grade is moderate, well sheltered, and efficient, and therefore preferred by the hut […]
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Best Local Secrets 2012
BEST PATH LESS TAKEN Pumpelly Trail, Dublin Mount Monadnock is one of the Northeast’s most popular mountains with hikers, and most folks flock to its White Dot or White Arrow Trail. For a different experience, strike out on less-traveled terrain along the Pumpelly Trail, the longest direct path to the summit, at 4.4 miles. East […]
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Best Attractions 2012
BEST SCULPTURE PARK Andres Institute of Art, Brookline Art and nature cohabitate beautifully on Big Bear Mountain with more than 60 sculptures from around the world. Eleven trails lead visitors by works such as Contempo Rustic, a couch fashioned from slabs of rock and metal, or Mbari House, a house-shaped granite-and-metal totem to peace and […]