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 […]
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 […]
“Do you want to go to Lenten Lunch?” My colleague, Ian Aldrich, was on his way over to the Dublin Community Church, a classic white-steepled building two doors down from Yankee‘s offices. I should’ve remembered: Every year during the season of Lent, the church hosts an all-you-can-eat meal of homemade soup and bread for the […]
Find out what it’s like to learn how to ski…again.
Would you have chosen integrity over money when the Northern Pass Project came to town? These New Englanders did, proving that love of place can run so deep that it’s like faith.
It might feel a bit early to be talking about Easter, but since the March/April issue of Yankee just landed in my mailbox, I thought I would take a minute to share a bit about my contribution. I decided to play around with naturally dyed Easter eggs, which turned into an interesting experiment in kitchen […]
“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 […]
Connecticut author Dina Cheney is a cooking teacher and writer who pens a monthly column for Every Day with Rachael Ray magazine. She’s also a busy working mom who knows what a challenge it can be to get a good homemade dinner on the table every night. Fortunately, she applied her cooking chops to solving […]
The Poore Farm Historic Homestead and Museum represents one family’s life in Stewartstown, New Hampshire, from the 1830s to the 1980s.
Valentine’s Day is coming up, and what better way to celebrate than by sharing something sweet with those you love? Since brownies are so customizable, but uniformly adored, coming up with a few versions of fun Valentine’s Day brownies seemed like the perfect way to share some sugary love this season. Brownies are a classic […]
Yankee’s January-February issue features one of my favorite recipes: a dish of steamed cod (cooked in foil packets) served over fragrant rice with a deliciously simple ginger-basil sauce. The sauce, made with butter, basil, ginger, star anise, cumin, and chile, comes from a Southeast Asian vegetarian stew that my friend and colleague, Molly Watson, developed […]
Superbowl 47 is February 3, which means the annual festival of chips and dips is nigh upon us. This Crab Farcie Dip recipe, which will appear in the expanded hardcover edition of our Yankee’s Lost & Vintage Recipes cookbook this June, is my idea of a perfect dip: creamy and warm, with a crunchy breadcrumb […]
