New England

Best Diners in New England

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 […]

Design

New England’s Finest: Artful Lamps

Brighten the dark days of winter with these lamps — or, as we think of them, art that incorporates light. Lanse Stover LampsLanse Stover of Beverly, Massachusetts, has been a studio artist since 1985. That’s time enough to perfect his art. In this wall sconce, the ceramic base resembles wrought iron and the inside of […]

History

New England by the Numbers | Roundup of New England States

271 estimated travel time in minutes between Boston and Montreal if the high-speed New England rail corridor is ever built. Driving between the two cities, under ideal conditions, takes about 320 minutes. 5,000 cars caught on camera running red lights during a six-month-long study in 2005 in Auburn and Lewiston, Maine. Not surprisingly, the two […]

Cooking Advice

Cooking 101

If you want to be a chef — and these days, it seems nearly everyone does — you’ve got to have a first-class culinary education. And to get a first-class culinary education, you’ve got to go to Paris, or London, or at least Hyde Park, New York, home of the Culinary Institute of America. Or […]

Magazine

Adoption Resources in New England

More than 6 million Americans are adoptees; surveys indicate that at least half of them search for a birth parent’s identity at some point in their lives. Laws governing an adoptee’s degree of access to his or her original birth certificate and adoption file vary from state to state. From the 1920s until the 1970s, […]

History

New England Timeline | January & February

January 1 1904. L Street Brownies take their first plunge into the frigid waters of South Boston’s Dorchester Bay, beginning a tradition that still continues. January 3 1920. Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. January 5 1643. First divorce granted in the American Colonies. January 6 1994. […]

History

The Yankee Datebook

January 1 1904. L Street Brownies take their first plunge into the frigid waters of South Boston’s Dorchester Bay, beginning a tradition that still continues. January 2 Women ski and ride Okemo Mountain in Ludlow, Vermont, all day for just $39. Also Jan. 9, 16, and 30. 800-786-5366, 802-228-4041; okemo.com January 3 1920. Boston Red […]

Breakfast & Brunch

Johnnycakes and Chowder | Rhode Island Recipes

The scents of a hot griddle and sautéed onions fill the kitchen of Barbara Stetson’s 18th-century North Scituate house. Barbara is known locally as the Johnnycake Queen, which, in a state in love with johnnycakes, is tantamount to being the queen of all. Barbara calls herself “a good plain cook” who wants to show people […]

New England

Best 5 New England Restaurants with Fireplaces

Firelight is a time machine. Gaze into the swirling flames, feel the natural warmth radiating, hear the crackle of the wood releasing its energy, and you’re teleported to an age when fire—like food and drink—was a basic necessity. We’re comforted by the way a fireplace transforms a powerful force into a soul-soothing escape from the […]

New England

10 Best Winter Towns in New England

Looking for the best winter towns in New England? These 10 destination towns prove warmth is where you find it, both outside and indoors.

Yankee

Oysters | A Truly Miraculous Creature

Can oysters help New England’s coast survive climate change? One Billion Oysters The only place most of us ever see an oyster is on ice. It’s an expensive delicacy, a sensuous mouthful associated with the boudoir by way of the belly. If you live near the seacoast, your knowledge might extend to the names of […]

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