Twenty-eight miles long, barely four miles across at their widest point, the three bridge-linked Lake Champlain islands and one peninsula of Grand Isle County offer spectacular water’s-edge views of the Green Mountains and Adirondacks. Summer sojourners looking to enjoy Lake Champlain often head for Milton, Vermont’s Sandbar State Park, with its broad beach, safe shallow […]
We’ve all experienced the euphoria that washes over you at the beginning of a vacation to somewhere new — a little town or village tucked away in a sweet corner of the region. You pick up the real estate digests stacked at store entrances; you linger in front of the fliers posted in agency windows. […]
A visit with five Portland, Maine chefs, plus recipes! Although I’m a native New Englander, I confess that I hadn’t spent much time in Portland, Maine, until the late 1990s. My first real visit was simply to eat at Fore Street restaurant. My foodie friends were raving about chef Sam Hayward’s gorgeous food and his beautiful […]
Eateries that offer old-fashioned New England foods can be as modest as a roadside diner or as fancy as a historic inn. The following are tried-and-true consumer-pleasing spots, whether the main attraction is boiled lobster, a thick bowl of fish chowder, a lobster pot pie, a blueberry pie, or Indian pudding. Connecticut The Silvermine Tavern […]
Photo/Art by Brenda Darroch Seasons matter in New England, and the best harbinger is what’s available at your local farm stand. Farm stands come in many varieties and sizes, from apple orchards to year-round markets. The ones highlighted here are three- or four-season spots, with spring seedlings, summer veggies, fall fruits, and winter seafood. Most […]
When our kids were younger, we rented double kayaks from The Kayak Centre in Wickford, on the western side of Narragansett Bay, and paddled past the docked yachts. Soon we were out in the quiet harbor, coasting alongside the oyster beds and sea grass meadows that make up the puckered shoreline. We could see century-old […]
Legal Sea Foods 5 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA (and 29 other East Coast locations) 617-864-3400; legalseafoods.com Although many places offer stuffed lobster, we were bowled over by Legal’s generous scallop-and-shrimp take on it (no crumbs). Add in those big chunks of lobster, and you’ve got a seafood meal supreme.
Video: See Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps discuss some of these best food places on NECN’s “TV Diner”. Since New England is the birthplace of this young nation of ours, it makes sense that it’s also the origin of some of our favorite foods, from turkey dinners to blueberry pancakes. Some of the dishes […]
If you could survey the generations of Cape Cod visitors and draw a composite picture from their most lasting impressions, the result would almost certainly be a sketch of Route 6A, Old King’s Highway (named after the cart path that early settlers used to travel to and from Plymouth Colony). This section of the Cape […]
After your outstanding dinner, spend those calories on great Providence walks and places to visit along the way. Providence has always had great food — the city teems with citizens hailing from Italy, Portugal, France, and all parts of Asia, and it’s home to one of the nation’s top culinary schools. Discovering a bounty of […]
In our world, Jasper White is the king of New England. We may be a bit deferential, but this is the chef who made anadama bread, clam chowder, and johnnycakes cool again after years of embarrassing teases that New England food was no good. His latest, The Summer Shack Cookbook: The Complete Guide to Shore […]
Polly Bannister first went to Block Island in 1970, and has returned many times since. Take her advice for dining and shopping and you will want to return many times, too. See the outstanding photography of Block Island photographer Malcolm Greenaway before you take your trip. Dining The Atlantic Inn Restaurant, High St. Elegant dining […]
