Best Romantic Escape RABBIT HILL INN, Lower Waterford Massages, hiking paths, and an intimate fireside dining room all do their job to light the fire for romance. But perhaps just as important is what the inn, nestled in the Northeast Kingdom, doesn’t have: TV, WiFi, or even a reliable cell phone signal–so you can disconnect […]
Best Dinner at the Farm BUNTEN FARMHOUSE KITCHEN, Orford Chris Bunten grew up in this handsome brick farmstead before working in restaurants nationwide and marrying classically trained chef Bruce Balch. Today, the couple turn super-rich milk from their Devon cattle into butter, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream, served with other local ingredients. 1322 Route 10. […]
Best Cheese Selection THE CHEESE IRON, Scarborough Gorgeous presentation, rare varieties, a ripening room, and a knowledgeable staff add up to a treat for cheeseheads. Add wine and gourmet goodies, and you’ve got a first-class picnic. 200 Route 1. 207-883-4057; thecheeseiron.com Best Damn Swimming Hole BRISTOL DAM, Bristol Mills Mosey down the Pemaquid Peninsula to […]
Best Thin-Crust Pizza GRISSINI TRATTORIA, Kennebunk The crispy pies emerging from the wood-burning ovens here deliver big flavors without gobs of cheese. They’re delicate yet bold, familiar yet creative. The pancetta is topped with tomato sauce, smoked bacon, caramelized onions, roasted red peppers, and goat cheese. 27 Western Ave. 207-967-2211; restaurantgrissini.com Best Vegetarian Dining GREEN […]
At the very end of my book, Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers: Kitchen Stories from Mary’s Farm, I make reference to a chicken pie that I like to make on cold winter evenings, such as it will be tonight. Ever since, I have been chastened by readers who lamented I did not include the recipe. […]
I grew up in cemeteries. One Sunday afternoon a month, after Mass, after the midday meal of lasagna or spaghetti and meatballs, my grandmother visited the dead. Mama Rose never learned to drive, so her cousin–Uncle Rum–took her from graveyard to graveyard in his square green Ford. I didn’t have a choice; when Mama Rose […]
This recipe for French Canadian meat pie — also known as Tourtiere — not only melts in your mouth, it keeps a family tradition alive.
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.
In Newport, Rhode Island, a month-long tradition of giving and goodwill makes a memorable holiday getaway.
Apples are an excellent way to get a tasty wallop of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber. Try these delicious apple recipes today. Apples big / Apples small / And guess what? / I like them all. I picked up that ditty as a wee girl in nursery school, but decades later I still crave the […]
Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps assesses New England’s apples this way — Honeycrisps are my personal favorite for snacking; I prefer Libertys and Macouns for pies and sauce. Read more: Orchard to Table RECIPES
Helene Harbage’s fingers nimbly pick over the quart of raspberries, selecting only the plumpest, most perfect of the lot, setting each one, bottom down, to dry on a clean towel. She turns next to the blueberries, choosing the biggest. Helene is making her one-crust “Star-Spangled Berry Pie,” a favorite of hers that once won first […]
