In the small college-town of Keene, New Hampshire (where 5,400 students make up over 1/4 of the population), you’ll find a charming downtown Main Street teeming with shops, restaurants, retro movie theater, and the quintessential New England white clapboard church. Your Kitchen Store. If you want it for your kitchen, they have it. Equally swoon-worthy […]
In a world of easy disposability, these New England restoration artists aim to help people hold on to the past.
Two feet of snow in falling October has brought about a bit of an abrupt end to the foliage season, but after one of the more atypical foliage seasons in years, I guess little would have surprised me. The season began with an over hundred year rainstorm, so why not end it with an over hundred year snowstorm. […]
Welcome to the March 2012 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, New Hampshire. Loving the Month of March Not everyone does. But here’s why they should It seems to me that in New England the month of […]
Use our handy chart to identify animal tracks you see in the snow when you’re out on your next nature walk. You never know what you might find!
There’s nothing like a mountain getaway. When it comes to great skiing and comfy inns, everybody can find something to enjoy. So whether you want to hit the slopes, or just huddle up inside and enjoy the view, these New England peaks are some of the best cozy mountains the region has to offer. 1. […]
When I learned I had been accepted to an internship with a publishing company, I was envisioning a standardized office building: whitewashed walls, particle-board furniture, a spattering of those inspirational posters with captions like “teamwork” and “determination.” If I was lucky, maybe I would even have a windowless cubicle of my own. But Yankee Publishing […]
Like many of you, we like to commemorate special days — like Presidents’ Day — with special dishes here at Yankee. We keep an eye on the calendar and plan our recipes accordingly. While there aren’t any greeting cards or gifts specifically tied to the Presidents’ Day (unless you include offerings from your local auto […]
High pressure had drifted over central Vermont, and with it temperatures had climbed steadily from the teens overnight up past freezing and into the 40s. David “Tig” Tillinghast, had driven out that mid-April morning and checked the sugar bush in Strafford–212 acres of leased land, 1,050 taps–and found the sap running like crazy. The season […]
Each year the seaside town of Plymouth, MA is visited by countless tourists – local, national, and global – hoping to experience a taste of 1620’s American history by wandering through the kitchen garden of a 1627 Plimoth Colony housewife, peeking inside a mat-covered wetu home at a Wampanoag campsite, or stepping aboard the Mayflower […]
Ever since Haudenosaunee and Algonquian Natives discovered that cooking maple sap produced a sweet sugar, the taste of maple has been a New England favorite. The region, especially Vermont, has since been known for its high quality maple syrup. But the goodness of maple doesn’t have to be limited to pancakes. Everything from salmon to […]
1. Feign indifference. If the mud senses you’re afraid, you’re doomed. 2. Dress in the style known as “dairy-farmer chic.” 3. Tie a bright-orange cloth around the top of your car antenna. People can use it to spot and rescue you in the event you sink completely out of sight. 4. Call your grocer and […]
