Maine native Tom Seymour is an expert on foraging for edible wild plants. Eating wild doesn’t always require venturing far. “A vacant lot in town may have more to find than the Allagash Wilderness,” says Tom Seymour. A few years ago in Maine’s Moosehead Lake region, Seymour led a plant seminar whose participants foraged for […]
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Mary’s Farm: High School Reunion
I didn’t come out of the oven here, as the old folks like to say. I’m originally from New Jersey. Growing up, visiting my New England relatives, I vowed to one day make this place my home. And, after college, I did, pushing off from the shores of the Old Country, arriving here eager to […]
Desserts
VIDEO: Grapenut Pudding
Grapenut pudding is a New England favorite. Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps shows how to prepare this regional dish for those who haven’t tried it at home. Recipe: Grapenut Pudding Read more: Best Cook: The Queen of Pudding Pudding Recipes: Grapenut, Indian, Rice Judging a Pudding ContestDelivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried & […]
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10 Places to Dine by the Water
From the Atlantic Ocean to New England’s lakes and rivers, here’s a bonus list of places to dine by the water in New England. In 2010 we brought you a list of the best places to dine by the water in each of the six New England states (see Restaurants with a Water View in New England). What […]
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VIDEO: Grapenut Pudding
Grapenut pudding is a New England favorite. Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps shows how to prepare this regional dish for those who haven’t tried it at home. Recipe: Grapenut Pudding
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The Interstate-95 Triennial
Any juried group exhibition is bound to be something of an eclectic grab bag. That’s just the nature of the beast. But the I-95 Triennial at the University of Maine Museum of Art (in downtown Bangor, not on the Orono campus, April 23 to June 12) is shaping up to be even more eclectic than […]
There are, of course, a lot more than two signs of spring in New England about now. But these are my favorites… After the various early signals of spring in New England — the Boston Flower Show, spotting a robin among snow patches on the lawn, and gathering pussy willows for the dining room table […]
Read More: New England Numbers: Hurricane of ’38 Wind That Shook the World $308 million total price tag from devastation caused by Hurricane of ’38 1,100 deaths in Massachusetts during July 1911 heat wave, with temps topping 110 degrees in BostonGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 94 deaths and 1,300 […]
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The Magic of the Magic People
I am working on a new book, which will hopefully be published this spring. In Love with New England is a collection of some of the stories I’ve written in the past, about unusual and interesting people, essential Yankees, if you will. This has sent me hurtling back in time and I have been lost […]
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When Granny D Walked Across America
NOTE: Doris “Granny D” Haddock died in Dublin, New Hampshire, March 9, 2010, at the age of 100. This article is from Yankee Magazine November 2000. The rising sun brings veils of mist out of the damp soil, and the rain-swollen stream tumbles jubilantly behind Doris Haddock‘s Dublin, New Hampshire, home. Get Our FREE Yankee […]
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Saint Patrick’s Day in New England
Everyone’s Irish on Saint Patrick’s Day, though the exact day of celebrations varies in New England. One thing is for sure, corned beef and cabbage will be on tables across the region. Here’s the story of the Boston Parade And there’s more. Here’s a Parade ListGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) […]
More Red Sox lore: Boston Red Sox Team UniformsBaseball CollectiblesRed Sox Fun Facts A compendium of facts and trivia about the Red Sox uniforms:Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe On December 18, 1907, shortly after Boston’s National League team revealed that the new uniforms for 1908 eliminated their customary red […]