Our favorite recent letters, Facebook posts, Instagram comments, and tweets. Revolutionary Tea icon-envelope I read your article about the Boston Tea Party tea chest (November/December, p. 52) and thought you’d enjoy this absolutely true story. A few years ago my parents went to England, and my mother went gift shopping at Fortnum & Mason’s. The […]
Have you ever thought about doing something completely different? The Bath Sweet Shoppe in Bath, Maine, is looking for a new owner. In all the many years we’ve been moseying around New England in search of interesting, sometimes unusual, properties available, our most memorable are those whose new owners completely changed their lives. We recall, […]
With its moist texture and sweet banana flavor, this banana bread recipe is sure to become a family favorite.
Looking for the best winter towns in New England? These 10 destination towns prove warmth is where you find it, both outside and indoors.
New England’s many diners keep us warm each winter by serving up hearty Yankee comfort food. See our picks for the Best Diner Dishes in New England.
Lauren Stein is a Boston-based journalist and author whose charming new book, Fresh Made Simple (Storey Publishing: 2015), offers bright, fun flavors combined in recipes that are so accessible and easy to make, they’re not even written as traditional recipes. Instead, Stein’s collaborator, illustrator Katie Eberts, turns them into lively illustrations, presenting all the information […]
Prepare a classic holiday meal for dinner guests when you use this Easter dinner menu. Start with baked ham, dinner rolls, scalloped potatoes, with asparagus, and end on a sweet note with our recipe for three-layer carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. RECIPES
New England is the birthplace of the American diner. It’s also where diners and diner cuisine have developed most fully over the years. From the lunch wagons of 1870s Providence, Rhode Island, to the gleaming steel-and-glass palaces of today, New England diners have long served as community gathering places, offering comfort food at affordable prices […]
Follow our simple instructions to make apple butter in the slow cooker at night! When you wake up, the house will smell like heaven.
Looking for the best winter towns in New England? These 10 destination towns prove warmth is where you find it, both outside and indoors.
‘Tis the season for sweet tooth cravings! From iced sugar cookies to spicy gingerbread, we’ve got the perfect recipe for your holiday table.
Is there a crowd-pleasing comfort dish more beloved than macaroni and cheese? Here’s our favorite classic mac and cheese recipe.
