Cooking Advice

The Yankee Kitchen: Pumpkin Chiffon Pie

Yankee Magazine’s Lifestyle editor Amy Traverso shares a recipe for a smooth, sweet alternative to traditional pumpkin pie. RECIPE: Pumpkin Chiffon Pie   Hi, I am Amy Traverso, Lifestyle Editor at Yankee Magazine. Welcome to The Yankee Kitchen. Today, I am making my absolute favorite pumpkin pie. I think this is the best, most delicious […]

Cooking Advice

The Yankee Kitchen: Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Dates

Yankee Magazine’s Amy Traverso shows you how to make bacon-wrapped stuffed dates, a crispy, sweet appetizer. Recipe: Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Dates Hi, I’m Amy Traverso, Lifestyle Editor at Yankee Magazine, and welcome to The Yankee Kitchen. Today I am making a fantastic appetizer. A great holiday appetizer but really a great anytime appetizer. It’s bacon-wrapped stuffed […]

Cooking Advice

The Yankee Kitchen: How to Measure Flour

Yankee Magazine assistant editor Aimee Seavey makes her debut in the Yankee Kitchen with tips on how to measure flour the right way.

How To

Home Project: Pergola and Picnic Table

Project: From fish pond to tabletop gathering place When Richard Paul and his wife, Martha, bought their 1780 property in Pomfret, Connecticut, in 1995, the backyard was a wild and tangled place. “We knew there was a sunken garden in there,” Richard says, “but it was filled with trees.” Intensive bushwhacking uncovered matching oval goldfish […]

New England

A Perfect Summer Drive – Litchfield, CT

Enjoy this 56-mile loop through northwest Connecticut Yankee Magazine’s driving tour of Litchfield County in the northwest corner of Connecticut follows a 56-mile tour in a counter-clockwise direction, beginning in the town of Litchfield. Read the article from the May/June 2007 issue. Download the Audio Download an MP3 file and transfer to your personal audio […]

History

My Favorite April Moments

Welcome to the April 2013 edition of Jud’s New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the Editor-in-Chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, NH. My Favorite April Moments After a long winter, there’s nothing more welcome than the first sighting of a suddenly-open lake. But I recently saw something […]

History

An Evening with the D. A. R.

Welcome to the March 2013 edition of Jud’s New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the Editor-in-Chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, NH. An Evening With the D. A. R. Whenever I’ve stereotyped groups of people in my mind, invariably something occurs to prove me wrong….. The Daughters […]

New England

Perfect Ski Day at Attitash

When I chatted with local expert Corey Madden about his home mountain Attitash in Bartlett, New Hampshire, he mentioned that he’s a former cover model for Yankee Magazine.  I don’t hear that everyday! He said the shot ran on the January 2004 issue and showed him skiing powder. Corey Madden grew up skiing in the […]

Cooking Advice

Chocolate-Hazelnut Tartlets

Hi. I’m Amy Traverso, Lifestyle Editor at Yankee Magazine. I’m going to show you today how to make some delicious Chocolate Hazelnut Raspberry Tarts. They are a terrific holiday dessert or a little thing to pass around at your holiday party. So let’s get cooking. Now I’m going to make the shortbread crust. I start […]

Magazine

SLIDE SHOW: Xiomáro’s Weir Farm

“Weir Was Here—Secret Rooms, Doors and Windows” is the first artistic photographic collection documenting the interiors of the key historical structures at Weir Farm National Historic Site, located in Wilton and Ridgefield, Connecticut, which have never been seen by the general public. The homestead was continuously occupied by artists starting with Julian Alden Weir, one […]

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