Garen Daly’s five honorable mentions for Best Cinemas and Theaters in New England. BANTAM CINEMA 115 Bantam Lake Road Bantam, CT 06750 860-567-0006 www.bantamcinema.com THE SAVOY THEATER 26 Main St. Montpelier, VT 05602 802-229-0509 www.savoytheater.com SOMERVILLE THEATRE 55 Davis Square Somerville, MA 02144 617-625-5700 www.somervilletheatreonline.com THE STRAND THEATRE 345 Main St. Rockland ME 04841 207-594-0070 […]
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Edie Vonnegut and her husband, John Squibb, combined art, practicality, and frugality to make the Cape Cod barn of her childhood into their own home.
Massachusetts
Earned Gifts of a Boston Winter
The life of the city comes into sharper focus when the cold settles in. Here, we take a closer look at Boston in winter.
Magazine
The Restorer
The water still calls to him. Nearly 40 years living in Down East Maine hasn’t changed that for Jon Wilson. He’s not on the ocean as much as he’d like–his work keeps him more tethered to the land than it used to, he’ll say–but the longtime sailor still gets out there when he can. He’s […]
Living off the grid means living with the rewards and the contradictions that come with that decision.
When we first heard about Fetchstix, the initial question that came to mind was: “Is this an example of Yankee ingenuity or a sign of the apocalypse?” Wagatha’s, a small company in Manchester Center, Vermont, that produces organic dog biscuits, has started selling bundles of maple sticks as boutique dog toys for $12.95 a pop, […]
Magazine
J. D. Salinger’s Last Supper
On any given Saturday night, just about anywhere in New England, volunteers put on a supper in a church hall or basement. It’s a fundraising ritual almost as old as the country, started by women’s auxiliary groups during the years after the Revolution, as towns and states gradually abandoned the practice of using levies to […]
They begin their chilly journey as year-old boy shrimp, trekking from inshore waters out into the cold Atlantic. There they spend a couple of years at sea; then, after spawning, they flip a biological switch and become girl shrimp. They mature for a year and then, carrying their fertilized eggs, begin their fall migration back […]
A collection of winter braising recipes, including pork chops and brisket, that let your food’s deep flavors take center stage. In summer the sun and soil do all the work to make our food taste so good: A tomato pulled from the vine in August needs but a sprinkle of salt and pepper and a […]
Food
Braising Recipes
Braising, a cooking technique that uses a combination of moist and dry heat, is simply the process of browning a tough cut of meat; placing it in a pot with liquids and spices; covering it; and letting it cook slowly on the stove or in the oven for a few hours. Try these bonus braising […]
Recent college graduate and former Yankee intern Josh Allen, spent last summer as a sea kayak guide in Maine, and then was accepted into the ski patrol training program at Okemo Mountain in Ludlow, Vermont. Each week he will take us behind the scenes at one of New England’s most popular and busy mountains. The […]
New England
2011 Winter Photo Contest
Our 2011 winter photo contest is now closed! Check back for our finalists and stay tuned for details on our next photo contest! The winning photo will be published in the January/February 2012 issue Yankee Magazine. Read photographer Susan Cole Kelly’s tips on entering a photography contest. Rules for Photo Contest 1. Submit […]