Here’s a life list of 75 essential things for anyone who loves New England, native and visitor alike. How many have you done?
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Magazine
The Iceland Diaries, Part Three
Returning after so long, I found that life on the farm had changed dramatically and yet it is the same. Imba and Steini no longer keep cows (I discovered this is true of many farms) but they still have sheep and also she has many more horses than before. She has always loved the horses. […]
How New England Can Save the World, Part III in a series Part I: The Maine Way: Aroostook County Part II: Vermont Neighbors Part IIII: A Bang for Your Buck in the Berkshires When you think of Vermont–white church on the tidy green–you’re not actually thinking of Hardwick, which in its days as the “Building […]
My cousin George Odell moved to Jamaica in 1973 to teach math and came home four years later with his bride, Hazel, a tiny girl with a big smile, skin the color of coffee beans, and a melodic laugh. Her Jamaican accent was hard to decode–but her Jamaican recipes were not. Since Hazel’s arrival, our […]
Bertha Nunan, wife of a longtime lobsterman, shared her recipe with Yankee more than 30 years ago, in the June 1979 issue —Eds. “The secret to cooking lobsters is not to murder them. Give them a nice, slow, respectable way out. Don’t put them in boiling water, and don’t drown them in too much water. […]
Food
Lobster Recipes
In the July/August 2010 issue of Yankee Magazine we showed you that nobody knows better than a Maine chef how to create delicious and affordable lobster dishes. Now, we serve up two more mouth-watering recipes. Loved what you saw in the magazine? Check out more fabulous photography from the story. Lobster and Recipe Shots RECIPES
I have written about my friend Maria Elena before—in a previous blog she graciously shared her recipe for seco, a traditional Peruvian stew made with lots of cilantro (a personal favorite). She has also been a patient knitting mentor for me—it is a wonder that as of the writing of this blog, she hasn’t pierced […]
A recent trip to my friend Kristen’s parents’ home in Falmouth, Massachusetts, was a food and cooking getaway, filled with lots of laughs and games, too. We travel in a pack of eight: Kristen, Cary, Steve, Cindy, Dominic, Deanne, Swing, and me. Most of our adventures are on the island of Nantucket and home in […]
How many of your favorite recipes were handed down from the best cooks in the family? To honor mothers in May, we’re sharing recipes in our recipe database from three generations of good cooks — mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers. From meatloaf to chocolate pie, our moms know how to please a palate with comfort food. […]
More recipes: Recipes with Fresh Peas While still awaiting New England’s leafy greens and brimming farmers’ markets, you can taste the season’s warmth with the arrival of crisp and crunchy spring peas. You can plant this fast-growing, cool-weather legume (Pisum sativum) as soon as the soil is workable. Delivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried […]
Vermont
Vermont Dining by the Water
Ever since we were little, our dad, hailing from the Green Mountain State, had warned us about avoiding the “tourist traps” along Route 4. The town of Woodstock, he claimed, was “something Disney would have created.” As for Quechee, we weren’t allowed to stop at the import shop Scotland by the Yard, or the gift […]
Desserts
VIDEO: Grapenut Pudding
Grapenut pudding is a New England favorite. Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps shows how to prepare this regional dish for those who haven’t tried it at home. Recipe: Grapenut Pudding Read more: Best Cook: The Queen of Pudding Pudding Recipes: Grapenut, Indian, Rice Judging a Pudding Contest Want a dozen sensational seasonal recipes each […]