Photographer Dominic Casserly channels fond childhood memories in this collection of photographs that celebrate the fun and beauty of summer on Cape Cod.
Massachusetts
trees
I’m not sure if it’s because bunnies eat carrots that I associate carrot cake with spring and the Easter holiday, but it seems like the moment I spot a blooming daffodil or box of colored egg-dye at the supermarket, I get a craving for carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Am I alone here? Food […]
Wondering when to split wood for next winter? We turn to the Yankee archives for the answer when it comes to the best time to cut firewood. There is evidence that the moisture content of some species of trees increases considerably at leaf openings in April and May, so wood cut in March is drier […]
New England
Flower Power | Out and About
If, like most of us, you are chomping at the bit for a colorful spring, April delivers a lineup of events you won’t want to miss.
The best nurseries and garden centers in New England, as chosen by gardening expert Tovah Martin. Tovah Martin, author of more than a dozen gardening books, including The New Terrarium (Clarkson Potter, 2009) and Tasha Tudor’s Garden (Houghton Mifflin, 1994), cruises the countryside on periodic reconnaissance missions, finding ingredients to stuff into her already jam-packed […]
Magazine
Best Hidden Places in New England
Dreaming of getting away? Think new, get off the beaten path, and visit these six New England secret spots for a relaxed, laid-back escape.
New Hampshire
Parker’s Maple Barn Restaurant in Mason, New Hampshire
A visit to Parker’s Maple Barn Restaurant in Mason, NH for the perfect Sunday breakfast served with pure maple syrup.
In Vermont’s Mad River Valley, maple producers are embracing innovation to preserve an age-old tradition. Learn more, plus recipes.
Living
Sap Buckets | Up Close
Nearly two million gallons of maple syrup were produced in New England in 2015. Collecting enough sap (at 2% sugar content) to produce that much syrup would require more than 16,700,000 five-gallon sap buckets. One Native American legend claims that the first sap bucket was never intended as such. The story goes that a Native […]
A deadly insect threatens New England’s ash trees and a centuries-old Native American tradition—the weaving of beautiful ash baskets.
Magazine
Best Hidden Places in New England
Dreaming of getting away? Think new, get off the beaten path, and visit these six hidden New England towns for a relaxed, laid-back escape.
History
The Red House | Yankee Classic
To one growing up in the oldest continuously occupied house in New England, time seems not linear but circular—patterns repeat, and everything becomes a mirror of something that has happened before.