With oysters, as with all shellfish, freshness equals quality. Buy the local oysters if you live in a region that has beds. Otherwise, look for the famous New England oysters. (These oysters grow slowly, taking up to twice as long to reach maturity as its cousins from warmer places. I believe that the combination of […]
Welcome to the August 2014 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. Still An Incredible Story We all know the ship Essex was sunk by a whale. It was a bizarre enough event for the instant creation […]
A local legend like that of the Old Leather Man — Connecticut’s most famous tramp — can easily die of neglect unless someone takes an abiding interest in keeping it alive. The Old Leather Man was a legendary beggar who trudged a wide circle through southeastern Connecticut and western New York State during the late […]
Each summer a new class of Coast Guard recruits, known as “swabs,” begin their education with a seven-week boot camp at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. Photographer Markham Starr followed the class of 2016 as they transitioned into cadets. [slideshow post_id=”557642″] Markham Starr always imagined a life near the sea. He […]
Not only does the hamlet of Cornish, New Hampshire, have some impressive covered bridges, it’s also the home of Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site.
Do you know how long it took Mark Twain to write Huck Finn? Get the answer to this question and learn more trivia tidbits about the famous New England author. 17 years Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) spent in his beloved Hartford home (1874-1891) 6 books Twain published while living there: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, […]
New England may be small in size, but as we all know, it lacks for nothing in significance. I love that I am always learning something new about our six states — through the beauty of the landscape, lessons from the landmarks, and stories from the many people that have called it home. We certainly […]
Where do the experts go to find the best ice cream in New England? Read on to find travel and cookbook authors Jane and Michael Stern’s favorite ice cream stands and shops. Famed travel and cookbook authors Jane and Michael Stern travel thousands of miles for their popular Web site, roadfood.com, so we asked them […]
Have you ever decided to do something that for most of your life you’d never have even dreamed of doing?
Over a hundred years ago Mainers used the term “rusticator” to describe aristocrats, who seeking “rusticity,” came and built 100-room shingled “cottages” on Mount Desert Island. “Summercaters” evolved as a term for the more diverse summer tourists who descend upon “Vacationland” each July. Excerpt from “’The New England Sampler,” Yankee Magazine, July 1993.
Early summer in New England arguably belongs to the sweet and ruby red strawberry. In the 1958 volume Rain, Hail, and Baked Beans: A New England Seasonal Cook Book, authors Robb Sagendorph and Duncan MacDonald (Yankee‘s founder and former food editor, respectively) say “There is nothing quite equal to the year’s first dish of plump, […]
Learning how to divide hostas is good for your landscape in terms of inexpensively expanding your garden areas using existing plants.
