Recipe: Star-Spangled Berry Pie for your 4th of July celebrations. More berry ideas: Watch this “Annie Cooks” video: Strawberry Preserves, recipe included. Read more about the “Best Cook in Town:” Helene Harbage and her award-winning Star-Spangled Berry Pie.Delivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried & True Kitchen Tips from the Editors of Yankee Magazine Email(Required) […]
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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 […]
Massachusetts
Tanglewood Picnic
For fans of music and food, there’s no more enchanting outing than a Tanglewood picnic in the summer. For more than seven decades, the members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (and a host of friends) have been switching to white summer tuxes and creating beautiful music in the dreamy surroundings of the Berkshire Hills in […]
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, […]
Magazine
A Strawberry Homecoming
Yesterday, friends came over for supper. Our main course was to be strawberry shortcake. It’s strawberry season here and, even though we’ve had way too much rain to make it a good year for berries, there are still wonderful berries to be had. At this time of year, we all have our favorite berry patches. […]
Roasted red pepper soup is a big hit at Rubi’s Cafe in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where owner Matthew Rubiner chose it as a refreshing and filling starter for a summer picnic at Tanglewood. Watch Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps prepare this soup and present more picnic ideas in the 207 Kitchen: Read more: Tanglewood […]
Desserts
Summer Pie Recipes
One of the best things to do with summer’s fruits is bake them into a pie. Here are a few ways to do that with strawberries, rhubarb, peaches, and blueberries. Want a dozen sensational seasonal recipes each month from Yankee Magazine? Sign up for our Recipe Box Newsletter. RECIPES
Food
Corn Recipes
Corn is king in the summer. Put it to good use in these recipes for chowder, pudding, quiche, and more. Read more: Homegrown: Corn August Corn Festivals Want a dozen sensational seasonal recipes each month from Yankee Magazine? Sign up for our Recipe Box Newsletter. RECIPES
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Dining 2009
DINING Best Inn Breakfast:STONE’S THROW INN, Narragansett The lavish multicourse breakfast put on by hostess Pam Flavin includes fresh fruit and yogurt, followed by cooked-to-order omelets, baked-apple French toast, or Belgian waffles, with a choice of toppings, plus bacon, sausage, or ham–all served inside a 1902 Victorian cottage within walking distance of the expansive wraparound […]
Food
Bratwursts
This is an approximation of a recipe for bratwurst that my dear friend Dr. B made for his family and friends. He has left us, but I know that I’ll have a hankering for one (or two) of these bratwursts once the Packers start playing again this fall. I never got to watch Dr. B […]
Photo/Art by Brenda Darroch This June menu features cold strawberry soup and pork kabobs. Save room for rhubarb pie! Want a dozen sensational seasonal recipes each month from Yankee Magazine? Sign up for our Recipe Box Newsletter. RECIPES
Cooking Advice
VIDEO: Annie Cooks: Asparagus Hummus
Annie Copps, Food Editor at Yankee Magazine, prepares a spring treat using fresh asparagus. Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps greets spring with this recipe: Asparagus Hummus Served With Dukkah Spiced Pita Chips. Watch the video for tips on cooking asparagus and how to prepare the hummus and chips. Hi, I’m Annie Copps, the Food […]