Few places incorporate my love of New England, tradition, and baking like the King Arthur Flour Company in Norwich, Vermont. I recently spent two days there as a participant in their first official “Blog and Bake” retreat, and I left feeling reassured that bakers everywhere are, and will continue to be, well supplied and supported […]
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It’s so good to be firmly back in the growing season. Most farmers’ markets are open now, and CSAs are kicking into high gear. If you haven’t heard this acronym before (has it reached ubiquity yet?), CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture—a business model that allows consumers to buy shares in a farm early in […]
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New England’s Avian Superhighway
The Connecticut River links four of New England’s six states along its 410 miles, starting at the northern tip of the New Hampshire/Maine border, from where it flows south between New Hampshire and Vermont, through Massachusetts and Connecticut, finally reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Long Island Sound. Like Interstate 91, its companion for much of […]
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What The Heck Is A Garden Hod?
An unusual-looking contraption with an equally odd-sounding name, the origins of the word “hod” are uncertain; however, I think it’s a translation for the term “workhorse.” Not necessarily a prize-winning beauty, but it reliably gets the job done day in, day out. (I have to admit, upon unpacking my first shipment of garden hods it […]
Welcome to the June 2011 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, N.H. Are There Any Yankees Left Today? To answer that question, one would have to arrive at a definition. And that is no easy task. . […]
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I recently revisited the Chatham Pier Fish Market—a small seafood shack and takeout counter (formerly known as Nickerson’s) on the town pier in Chatham, Massachusetts. In Yankee’s May/June 2011 issue, I highlighted this place as serving some of the best clam chowder in the state, and I was craving another bowl. The chowder was just […]
Want to add an interesting focal point to your garden area? Consider installing a backyard water garden. I installed my miniature backyard pond in one day with the help of a friend. Though we were both rookies at the time, we must have done something right, because eight years later my water sanctuary is not […]
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Message In a Box
It’s been said many times that Yankee stories are different than other kinds of magazine stories. We hear that a lot from our readers, but it also resonates with the people who work at Yankee, too. We don’t do exposes, take down pieces, or big celebrity interviews, let alone Best Docs packages. Our stories have […]
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Message In a Box: Pen Pals
Pen Pals It’s been said many times that Yankee stories are different than other kinds of magazine stories. We hear that a lot from our readers, but it also resonates with the people who work at Yankee, too. We don’t do exposes, take down pieces, or big celebrity interviews, let alone Best Docs packages. Our […]
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The Making of a Yankee Cover
It all begins with a lineup: a roll call of story ideas that we “line up” for each of our six issues per year. We make some final decisions on what our stories will be, we have each piece written, the text comes in, and it’s distributed to myself and Heather Marcus, our photo editor. […]
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But Wait, There’s More…
Environmentally-conscious Way Out Wax isn’t only for buggy outside situations; Way Out Wax’s Clean Air product line for indoors does an equally excellent job – naturally. Using a scientifically proven technology, Clean Air really lives up to its name. It doesn’t mask offensive odors; it destroys them – fast. Don’t ask me to explain exactly […]