Welcome to the July 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. Old-Time New England Humor: Is It Still Funny? Here’s an example from the famous19th-century humorist known as Artemus Ward. You decide … The use of […]
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Cheese Plates
What’s the best way to put a platter of cheeses together? You might take any of several directions, Matthew Rubiner assures us. “I like to go by geography,” he notes. “Today we went with New England cheeses, but you could opt for French, Italian, or Californian–whatever you like. Or opt for all goat, all sheep, […]
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Book Review | Peter’s War
Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe When historian and constitutional scholar Joyce Lee Malcolm first discovered a 1765 bill of sale for a 19-month-old slave boy, she put it aside. She was reconstructing the famous running battle between the Minutemen and the Redcoats that passed through Lincoln, Massachusetts, on April […]
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Summer Skin Soothers
Sun, sand, and surf can wreak havoc on skin and tresses. Wearing plenty of sunscreen outdoors is key to protection; then when you step inside (or into an outdoor shower), soften things up with luxe products–featuring ingredients such as olive oil, almond oil, green-tea extract, shea butter, vitamin E, and sea salt–from New England beauty […]
2,710 summer camps in New England 2,481,000 children who attend New England summer camps $7 million cost to build Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s summer cottage (a.k.a. The Breakers) in Newport, RI, in 1893-95Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 31.7 height in feet of Ed Jarrett’s world-record sand castle, constructed in South […]
Read more: House for Sale: Affordable Martha’s Vineyard On Martha’s Vineyard a garden, a clam rake, and a fishing pole will provide you with a lot of exciting ingredients for your summer meals. But for those without a green thumb, or a way with the rod and reel, fish markets and some 30 farms offer […]
1. L.L.Bean’s four-person Ultra Dome tent ($189) sets up fast, keeps bugs out, and provides plenty of ventilation for cozy sleeping quarters. 2. Adults sleep tight in a Katahdin Climashield sleeping bag ($109 and up), while kids rest easy in an Adventure sleeping bag ($59). 3. Add a layer of comfort with a flannel camp […]
SLIDE SHOW: Cape Cod Houses This is a story about summer and light. About inner and outer beauty and how a house reflects them both, on its own and in relation to the landscape around it. It’s about the yearning we feel here in New England when our brief but glorious season is finally upon […]
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Antiques: Hatboxes
While growing up, I shared a room with my very neat and organized sister. I was the bane of her existence. Artsy and disheveled, I provided the perfect foil to her tirade of tidiness. “A place for everything, and everything all over the place” was my motto. I favored pretty; she liked practical. I liked […]
New England sweet corn, the darling of New England’s farmers and cooks, comes in a dizzying number of delicious varieties. Like all seasonal foods, whose arrival we wait for with fork in hand, the sight of just-picked ears of corn at your local farmers’ market is a reason to celebrate and get into the kitchen (or […]
Living
Adirondack Chairs
On Bruce Ware’s porch above the shores of Lake Champlain, I lower myself into a deep wooden chair and lean back. “The way you’ll know a real one is the height of the chair off the ground, and where your knees come up to,” Ware tells me. “In some, where the angle is wrong, they’ll […]
From Yankee July 1975 Haymaker’s Punch, also called switchel, came along before the introduction of Gatorade or any kind of discussion of the need to replenish electrolytes. Hardworking farmers in the young New England colonies knew what to turn to when they needed a refresher. Switchel, or haymaker’s punch, as it came to be known, […]