Breakfast & Brunch

Shirred Eggs | More Recipes

Both easy and endlessly adaptable, shirred eggs (a fancy term for baked eggs) are especially nice at brunch. By experimenting with different combinations of veggies, meats, and cheeses, you’ll never have to eat the same meal twice, and it’s easy to switch things up up to please your guests and use ingredients in season. Shirred […]

New England

Mysteries from Yankee Files

Prepare for a scary time with these mysteries, marvels, and nightmares from the files of Yankee Magazine.

Yankee

Arrowhead Farm | Traditional New England Recipes from the Farm

These traditional New England recipes emphasize foods that “taste best at their appropriate season,” based on Great-Aunt Ida’s recipes and some nine generations of testing conducted on the family homestead right at the mouth of the Merrimack River — Arrowhead Farm. It’s been nine generations — 300 years — since one William Moulton of Hampton, […]

History

The Last Person To See Abraham Lincoln

The last person to see Abraham Lincoln didn’t pass away until almost a hundred years after Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865.

Desserts

Vermont Chocolate Potato Cake

Potatoes may seem like an unlikely ingredient for a cake, but stick with me, here. You’re going to love this moist cake, packed with spices and a light chocolate flavor. When I spotted this recipe in the pages of Yankee’s 1981 The Yankee Magazine Cookbook, my curiosity was piqued and I knew I wanted to […]

Gardens

2014 Home & Garden Awards

Whether you’re a gardening enthusiast, a daytripper, a foodie, or a shopper, there’s something green and lovely for you to enjoy from Yankee Magazine’s 2014 Home & Garden Awards.

Gardens

Best Flower & Vegetable Varieties | 2014 Home & Garden Awards

Looking for some help in planning a successful New England flower or vegetable garden? Here are the winners for the best flower and vegetable varieties in Yankee Magazine’s 2014 Home & Garden Awards. [slideshow post_id=”550165″]

Magazine

Best Garden Accessories Shops | 2014 Home & Garden Awards

Want to accessorize your garden in one fell swoop? From antique birdbaths to terra-cotta pots, these shops have everything you’ll need. Here are the winners for best garden accessories shops in Yankee Magazine’s 2014 Home & Garden Awards. ANTIQUES The Sugarplum Wilmot, NH. 603-768-3925; thesugarplum@comcast.net (exhibiting at York Antiques Gallery, 746 U.S. Route 1, York, […]

Travel

Best Restaurant Gardens | 2014 Home & Garden Awards

[slideshow post_id=”550181″] What could be better for a restaurant than an on-site garden? With menu ingredients just a few feet away, these restaurant gardens redefine the word “fresh.” Here are the winners for best restaurant gardens in Yankee Magazine’s 2014 Home & Garden Awards. URBAN EXPERIENCE Ledge Kitchen & Drinks 2261 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, MA. […]

Massachusetts

Early Spring in Ipswich, Massachusetts | Photographs by David Stone

David Stone has been interested in photography since childhood when his father gave him a Sears Tower twin lens reflex camera with the admonishment not to lose it. After attending college and serving in the Army, he graduated from the New England School of Photography and has been working in the photography industry ever since. […]

History

Black Flies | Survival Methods

Spring is killing season in the North Woods — a time when guides, sports, and ordinary folks delight in the murder of millions. Millions of black flies, that is.

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