Dave Brown likes to make things. Along with his wife, Ann, he’s hewed most of their home’s furnishings: beds, tables, desks—everything but a brown couch and a reading chair that outfit the house they built. When it came time to make the spindles for the ladder back chairs, Dave purchased a second hand lathe, which […]
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Magazine
Yankee Magazine Cover | June 1985
“The Yankee Coast,” acrylic on canvas, by D.A. Gordon Dart.
Desserts
Jumbo Ginger Molasses Cookies
Crispy edges, chewy centers, and the spicy aroma of cinnamon, ginger, and cloves take these Jumbo Ginger Molasses Cookies from good to great. The dough comes together quickly, and by using a cookie scoop you’ll have perfect portions for uniform cookies. A quick roll in sugar and press-of-the-glass later, and you’re on your way to […]
Each spring, the research ship Henry B. Bigelow drags a net along the seafloor in the Gulf of Maine, cataloguing the fish it catches. What it finds will change the life of every fisherman in New England and impact every consumer who loves seafood.
Homes
New Farmhouse Style
Look for home decorating ideas just in time for the holidays. Designer Terry John Woods’ farmhouse style features antique objects and elements from the natural world in his 1820s Vermont home. Yankee‘s longtime contributing photographer Kindra Clineff’s brings this style to life in her work here. Images are from Terry John Woods’ New Farmhouse Style […]
New England
Final New England Foliage Report For 2013
Some of the most beautiful things in the natural world are also the most fleeting. A rainbow may last just a moment. The pink light of sunrise, or alpenglow on a mountain lasts but a few minutes longer. Morning mists linger for an hour or so after sunrise, and a winter snowfall may hang in […]
“Home of Yankee Inc.,” by beaTrix Sagendorph.
“Memorial Church,” at Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Maxwell Mays. Mr. Mays’ work has appeared on YANKEE covers many times.
Magazine
Yankee Magazine Cover | January 1985
“Meeting the Train,” a painting by Bob Pettes, whose detailed and nostalgic renderings of Americana have appeared several times in Yankee Magazine.
Welcome to the November 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. Something About New England Humor Some say there’s no such thing as pure regional humor. Possibly…except in New England, that is. E. B. […]
By late October, the foliage over just about all of New England has passed its peak. This is not to say that there aren’t still leaves, even colorful leaves, left on the trees in Central and Southern New England. The remaining color is generally muted though, with strong rust and brown tones dominating over the […]
Side Dishes
For the Love of Baked Beans
Our recipe archives are overflowing with recipes for this classic New England dish; here are a few of our favorites for baked beans.