A collection of images celebrating the beauty and outdoor delights of the western Maine mountains in winter from photographer Carl Tremblay.
winter
Evergreen conifer trees (trees that produce pine cones and remain alive in all seasons) offer protection and beauty throughout the season.
Magazine
A Blue-and-White Christmas
What if your faith doesn’t include Christmas as a celebration? Naomi Shulman ponders a blue-and-white Christmas in this touching essay.
Being the town Santa is not all ho-ho-ho and Merry Christmas. A report from the Yankee archives explains the other side of the beard.
Credit: Paula Lerner It’s a long road to Rangeley. Route 4 twists through miles of thickly forested land, rising and falling as it heads north from Augusta, and on winter nights snowbanks narrow the road, shining white in the headlights, tunneling through the darkness. Surrounded by the mountains and lakes of western Maine, Rangeley has […]
Credit: Tim Tomkinson I was 7, and I was a Sugarplum Fairy. Standing backstage in my sequined blue tutu, I was awestruck — not by the spotlights, but by the hundreds of tiny colored bulbs on the enormous Christmas tree at the center of the stage. A teacher whispered frantically behind me: I was missing […]
The day of celebrating light dawns dark and cheerless. A cold east wind drives freezing mist up the valley, out of Caribou, across a half-dozen miles of frozen Aroostook potato field. In New Sweden the farmhouses are lit. On Jacobson Hill and Bondeson Corner, on Route 161 toward Jemtland, smoke rises from chimneys to greet […]
New England
Coming in January 2018
highlights /// A Guide to Winter Comforts Shake off the chill with the coziest inn in the world (we built it!), the best comfort foods around, and warm and welcoming New England pubs. /// Leaving Mary’s Farm How longtime Yankee columnist Edie Clark found “the best, most rewarding kind of love” in her little home on the […]
Fish & Seafood
Oysters | In Season
You may have heard of the “R rule,” which dictates that oysters are best consumed during months whose names contain the letter r. Which is to say, fall through early spring. But does this rule really have any legs? Perhaps at one time. Before red tides — which tend to happen in summer — were […]
A prime coastal getaway is also a surprisingly rich destination for foodies. Yankee’s senior food editor Amy Traverso shares her favorite places to eat in Camden, Maine.
When you own livestock, a part of you is always with them no matter where you go. Especially in winter.
Fish & Seafood
8 Favorite Shrimp Recipes
Shrimp is a popular ingredient in New England cooking. From battered and fried to simmered in a creamy chowder, we love these shrimp recipes.