With November’s arrival, we have reached the final New England Fall Foliage Report of 2014 at Yankee Magazine. With the exception of downtown Boston proper, and the far southwestern corner of Connecticut, the fall colors have either faded or fallen around New England. After the rush of autumn activity, the fairgrounds are shuttered, the orchards […]
Exactly what, why & when is Indian summer? The answers are not as simple as you may think…
Over the course of an otherwise bright and beautiful day Sunday this past weekend, a gusty northwest breeze slowly stripped my neighbor’s beautiful flame-orange maple down to its winter skeleton. It was the brightest I had seen this particular tree in years, but its maximum glow lasted only a few short days. It is how […]
At the start of the Mohawk Trail sits Greenfield, Massachusetts, a scrappy combination of old-time New England and forward thinking, the first designated “green community” in the state.
A collection of images celebrating the work of the Maine Sunbeam missionary boat from photographer Carl Tremblay.
Despite the teeming availability of smelts in southern Maine waters in January, the Yankee recipe database has few smelt recipes. Other fish recipes abound, so here are the smelts and five more warm fish dishes for cold winter nights. RECIPES
View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Jams & Preserves Category. MARMALADE BLAKE HILL PRESERVES Grafton, Vermont Vicky Allard is a third-generation preserve maker from Hampshire, England. When she and husband Joe Hanglin purchased Blake Hill Farm in 2004, they found a bumper crop of wild blackberry and raspberry bushes growing […]
Welcome to New England, where people dress like it’s nobody’s business … because it is nobody’s business. Fashion for Compliments Traditional fisherman’s garb is based on those ceramic figurines sold in every tourist shop from Biddeford to Bar Harbor. A pipe and beard are considered de rigueur accessories, although many female fisherfolk omit the pipe. […]
Gray seals once were all but eliminated from New England waters. Now they attract great white sharks, thousands of tourists; and enrage fishermen, who wish them gone.
How a savvy entrepreneur named Bo Muller-Moore took on a corporate giant and made a leafy green an “Eat More Kale” star in the process.
There’s a new exhibit at Plimoth Plantation, a working bakery that will bring early American baking traditions to life. Located in the newly renovated Craft Center, the bakery (named the Plimoth Bread Company) is ramping up to offer fresh breads and pastries for purchase, tastings, workshops and classes. Plimoth has always had […]
Seven years after her death, Tasha Tudor is still as enigmatic, fascinating, and entertaining as she was in life. The famed illustrator’s family is determined to continue her legacy.
