Traditionally, the visual arts have been object-oriented, involving the creation of paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture. Increasingly over the last quarter of the 20th century and accelerating here in the early years of the 21st, the leading edge of creativity has become the art of installation, the creation of environments and the staging of events. […]
new england
Welcome to the December 2009 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. Revisiting the Imperfect Little Angel Thirty years ago this month, I wrote about a little boy named Primo. Many people found it hilarious and have […]
Drawing is the most immediate and intimate of art forms, at once direct and often tentative or preparatory. Modernist master Paul Klee called it “taking a line for a walk.” Traditionally drawing has tended to be a linear pursuit in graphite or pen and ink, but in the prevailing pluralistic aesthetic of the 21st century […]
New England Numbers: The Pilgrims For the home: Decorating for the Holidays For dinner: No-Fuss Thanksgiving Side dishes: Annie’s Side Dishes For dessert: Make a Perfect Pie Crust For leftovers: Annie Cooks Egg Nests More leftovers: Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes Still more leftovers: Leftovers A to Z
Magazine
VIDEO: Meetinghouses
Photographer Paul Wainwright has been recording New England meetinghouses with large-format black-and-white photography since 2004, capturing their dual functions of church and town hall — and preserving the sense of history within their spaces. His book, A Space For Faith: The Colonial Meetinghouses of New England, is scheduled for release by Peter E. Randall Publisher […]
Magazine
Deer Strike
This past Sunday I was slated to do a program in Kennebunkport with my friend, the author Carolyn Chute. Carolyn doesn’t drive so I was going to go pick her up which meant I was basically going to drive three sides of a triangle, from my home to Parsonsfield, Maine, down to Kennebunkport, and then […]
Yankee
Everything Old Is New Again
Art and technology tend to have a love-hate relationship. Some artists embrace the latest technologies as new tools with which to create. Other artists react against new technologies, embracing instead traditional even antique mediums. Examples of both impulses can currently be seen in a pair of remote and unrelated exhibitions that nonetheless beg to be […]
History
Little-Known New England Legends
Welcome to the November 2009 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. They’re all over New England. And I’ve visited quite a few … My favorite New England legends are those with which I’ve had some personal […]
Cooking Advice
VIDEO: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
Watch as Annie B. Copps puts a fall flavor in whoopie pies with pumpkin using a recipe from Yankee‘s new cookbook, Yankee Magazine’s Best New England Recipes. Here’s her recipe: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies.
At some point, if you are skier/rider, you are going to need to give someone a ski house gift. I love this one. Artist Kristen Anderson of Crested Butte, Colorado, creates light switch plates using vintage ski posters. For New England fans, she sells switch plates for Mad River Glen, Cannon, Ski New Hampshire, Ski […]
Food
Loads of Good Eating
I’ve been remiss in keeping in touch via this blog – I’ve just been so busy! Lots of work, but as the food editor here at Yankee, I’ve found that work means loads of good eating and traveling around New England visiting friends and meeting new people. I spent much of the end of the […]
Food
Scallop Recipes
A long-standing New England treat, with the loveliest of shells, scallops are surprisingly versatile. Serve them as appetizers, in chowder, or as the main entree. RECIPES