The beauty of the New England islands has inspired an enduring legacy of artists and fine art, some 150 years in the making.
winter
The Granite State offers plenty of restaurant options for hungry residents and visitors. Read our picks for the best food & dining in New Hampshire. BEST INVENTIVE AMERICAN BEDFORD VILLAGE INN, Bedford An alumnus of Hell’s Kitchen’s season 7, chef Benjamin Knack pulls no punches with his richly flavorful dishes. He reinterprets chicken and waffles, […]
New England
End of Ski Season | Snow Snow and No Snow
During the heart of winter, it’s common for me to field questions about my weekend winter activities. But this time of year, when I tell people on Monday mornings at the water cooler that I spent the last two days skiing, they look at me in disbelief. The weekend before last at Saddleback and Sugarloaf […]
I live in Brookline, Massachusetts, which puts me about 3 miles from the site of this week’s Boston Marathon bombing. We were nowhere near the finish line at the time, having opted to head to Sturbridge Village for the day. But it’s impossible to live in or near the city right now without feeling rattled. […]
Massachusetts
Finding Wildflowers at Garden in the Woods
Garden in the Woods in Framingham, Massachusetts, offers a great opportunity to see native wildflowers.
Easter is a holiday with solid sugar ties. Each spring we are presented with baskets of sweetness (actual baskets!) in the form of fluffy yellow marshmallow chicks, great handfuls of shiny jelly beans, and enormous chocolate eggs with oozing semi-liquid sugary centers. My teeth hurt just thinking about it. Cavities aside, the annual Easter Basket […]
Magazine
Jud’s Journal: Vermont
Jud Hale joins us in his next installment of the New England states. This time we discuss Vermont’s common sense. Transcription: Well, we’ve been doing the States during this 75th anniversary of Yankee Publishing, the New England States. So, it brings us to Vermont. There’s a lot you could say about Vermont, but I think […]
Cooking Advice
How to Make Strawberry Preserves
See how to make strawberry preserves with this very simple recipe from Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps. You can enjoy fruit all year long by preserving the summer bounty. Hi, I’m Annie Copps and welcome to my kitchen. Today we’re going to be cooking with strawberries, one of my all-time favorites, and I think […]
In New Hampshire’s North Country, an old farmer left a legacy unlike any other.
Travel
Kancamagus in Winter
Explore the Kancamagus Highway in winter.
Yankee classic from February 1982 Boston in the summer of 1918 was hot and very dry, with only 8.13 inches of rain in four months, according to the U.S. Weather Bureau. For the men in “Receiving Ship,” a naval barracks on Commonwealth Pier where as many as 7,000 enlistees boarded while awaiting assignment or returning […]
Connecticut
The Sound of Spring on the Connecticut Shoreline
Time stands still in all the best places, but only for so long. As spring melts into Long Island Sound, the villages along the Connecticut shoreline stir and stretch, sloughing off winter’s crust. Midway along the coast, snow lets go of the edges of Hammonasset Beach, and before you know it, town greens up and […]