Two feet of snow in falling October has brought about a bit of an abrupt end to the foliage season, but after one of the more atypical foliage seasons in years, I guess little would have surprised me. The season began with an over hundred year rainstorm, so why not end it with an over hundred year snowstorm. […]
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History
Loving the Month of March
Welcome to the March 2012 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, New Hampshire. Loving the Month of March Not everyone does. But here’s why they should It seems to me that in New England the month of […]
Gift baskets are wonderful for many occasions. The best — and most frugal — is one you fill yourself, and you can save even more if you think like a Yankee. First, set a budget and stick to it. Second, buy an inexpensive but attractive basket at a discount store or use one you’ve saved […]
Happy National Cherry Pie Day! In honor of this delicious day, I teamed up with the wonderful folks over at King Arthur Flour to try and achieve the ultimate cherry pie. What can I say? Some challenges in life are easier than others. They sent me some of their pie-making essentials to help me out- […]
Magazine
Interning at Yankee Magazine
When I learned I had been accepted to an internship with a publishing company, I was envisioning a standardized office building: whitewashed walls, particle-board furniture, a spattering of those inspirational posters with captions like “teamwork” and “determination.” If I was lucky, maybe I would even have a windowless cubicle of my own. But Yankee Publishing […]
Shirred eggs with bacon sound fancy, but really they’re just oven-baked eggs with some sort of creamy-cheesy topping. And because they’re so very easy to make, especially for company, they are just the sort of dish that every home cook should have in his or her repertoire. I thought of them this morning as I […]
Breakfast & Brunch
Cherry Chocolate Coffee Cake
Like many of you, we like to commemorate special days — like Presidents’ Day — with special dishes here at Yankee. We keep an eye on the calendar and plan our recipes accordingly. While there aren’t any greeting cards or gifts specifically tied to the Presidents’ Day (unless you include offerings from your local auto […]
Vermont
Maple Season in New England
High pressure had drifted over central Vermont, and with it temperatures had climbed steadily from the teens overnight up past freezing and into the 40s. David “Tig” Tillinghast, had driven out that mid-April morning and checked the sugar bush in Strafford–212 acres of leased land, 1,050 taps–and found the sap running like crazy. The season […]
Rising early on Saturday, January 21, I headed out the door and was on my way to historic Rockland, Maine, to join in the 8th Annual Pies on Parade celebration. The event is held the weekend before what is widely known as National Pie Day each year. The festivities begin on Saturday and include wine […]
For more than 50 years, Peter Miller has captured the lives of ordinary Vermonters in extraordinary photographs.
Massachusetts
Patriots’ Day Reenactment | Two Mornings in April
Above the din of battle in Lexington and Concord, you may hear the echo of history at these two Patriot’s Day Reenactments in Massachusetts.
Welcome to the February 2012 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, N.H. My Favorite “House for Sale” Story Hard to pick one. But if I had to, this is probably it… Published some thirty years ago, it […]