One of the easiest, fastest breads for the home cook to make is also one of the most popular. Here we present a selection of sweet and savory muffin recipes. Some experts attribute it to the 10th-century Welsh; others believe it comes from the German muffen, the plural of muffe, meaning “small cake.” The French […]
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Tracy Medeiros loves farmers and local food. She’s written two books about the homegrown delights of her adopted state of Vermont—Dishing up Vermont and The Vermont Farm Table Cookbook. And now, with co-author Christy Colasurdo, she is exploring the local cuisine of Connecticut with The Connecticut Farm Table Cookbook (Countryman Press, 2015). If your only […]
Magazine
Del’s Lemonade | Up Close
Founded by Angelo DeLucia in 1948, Del’s Lemonade is no longer a local secret; it’s one of Rhode Island’s signature brands.
Needhams (sometimes called just “potato candy”) are a dark-chocolate-covered coconut-cream candy. The Maine ingredient might surprise you.
Soon after my father died, my mother became a caterer. She designed a business card with her name, “Adele,” written in bold tangerine cursive letters against a bright yellow background. At the bottom of the card were the words “Party Fair.” In truth, she did not cater very many parties. She no longer lived in […]
Looking for things to do and places to stay in upstate New York? You won’t have to look far! Read our picks for the best of upstate New York for 2015. BEST ATTRACTIONS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK Best Sports Shrine Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown With multimedia installations and artifacts galore, the Baseball Hall pays moving […]
Modern-day convenience meets old-fashioned charm. How one Maine couple turned a 1984 house into the antique home of their dreams.
How To
Stamped Cookies
May Day and Mother’s Day are perfect opportunities to try this “food as art” project called Stamped Cookies. In essence, they are shortbread cookies imprinted with a rubber stamp. There are “official” cookie stamps that you can buy, which cost extra and create a more uniform, picture perfect design for your cookies. Using rubber stamps, however, yields a […]
Breakfast & Brunch
Baked Eggs in Hash Brown Cups
Attractive and savory, these baked eggs in hash brown cups can be made with any combination of veggies, meat, and cheese to please your brunch guests.
Massachusetts
Ashfield, Massachusetts | Could You Live Here?
A tightly knit community of artists and artisans gives the pretty hill town of Ashfield, Massachusetts, a creative energy like few others.
This year marks Yankee‘s 80th anniversary. Eighty years! Not bad for an independent , family-owned publishing company (actually, the reason we’ve survived this long probably has everything to do with not having been swallowed up by a New York-based media conglomerate). We’re planning a full anniversary issue in September and for that reason, I’ve been […]
Valencia Menard may not be Irish by birth, but one day a year, this Maine Acadian prepares a corned-beef dinner to make anyone yearn for a taste of the Green Isle.