We’ve lived heah fo-evah,” our longtime friend Carol Dugan told us when we first met in 1987, mimicking the proverbial “RhoDisland” accent that isn’t particularly apparent in her normal speech. And, yes, Carol is a true native, having grown up in Warwick, lived along the western shore of Narragansett Bay all her life, married (no […]
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When the Tesluk family moved into a New Canaan, Connecticut, landmark, they became part of the town’s history, even as they started creating their own.
Desserts
Best 5: Holiday Pies
When you need a rest from holiday cooking, why not buy a homemade pie? These five New England bakeries make all their pies from scratch. No matter how you slice it, there’s sweet satisfaction here. We asked Victoria Abbott Riccardi, a Boston-based food, travel, and nutrition writer and author of Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary […]
In East Hampton, CT, once the cradle of bellmakers, the Bevin Bros. Manufacturing Company refuses to go silent.
Magazine
Santa’s Home | Mary’s Farm
Downstairs in the farmhouse here, I have a small furnished apartment that I sometimes rent out. Last year I rented it to Santa. A portly man in his fifties, he was serious about this Santa business. No fake beard and rented suit for him. He had a full, bushy, pure-white beard that flowed to his […]
History
Exactly Why the Leaves Turn
Jud’s New England Journal For October 2010 Welcome to the October 2010 edition of “Jud’s New England Journal,” the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, New Hampshire. Exactly Why the Leaves Turn We don’t fully understand this explanation. But maybe you will … A few […]
Meet Susan Cole Kelly. Sue has been photographing New England for over 20 years and works with local and national magazines, tour guides, and on calendars. She has photographed three books and written one, Our Massachusetts by Voyageur Press. Her favorite subjects are lighthouses, villages and harbors, and the natural beauty of the Northeast. She […]
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Minimal New Hampshire
Frank Stella, the pioneering Minimalist who is among the greatest contemporary American artists, is also one of the most famous artists that Massachusetts has ever produced though he has never really been identified with Massachusetts. Born in Malden in 1936, Stella graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover in 1954, left New England to attend college, […]
History
Running for Town Office
Jud’s New England Journal For September 2010 Welcome to the September 2010 edition of “Jud’s New England Journal,” the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, New Hampshire. Running for Town Office The late Vrest Orton, founder of the Vermont Country Store, had two words of […]
Arthur Tauck Sr. started the whole leaf-peeping trade in 1925, when he first took paying passengers to see the beautiful colors of autumn. Eighty-five years later, Yankee follows Tauck’s “Classic New England” tour–and discovers some surprises along the way.
How New England Can Save the World? wonders the author in Part IV in a series.
Local ingredients and good home cooking have never been out of style. Here’s a sampling of classic New England dishes from 75 years of Yankee Magazine.