Pack the tents and cookstoves and fishing poles. It’s time to take the family camping. Look for New England’s finest camping gear. Here are Yankee‘ s best suggestions for a good time out under the stars of New England.
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When historian and constitutional scholar Joyce Lee Malcolm first discovered a 1765 bill of sale for a 19-month-old slave boy, she put it aside, says Tim Clark, who reviews Malcolm’s book, Peter’s War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution in the July/august 2009 Yankee Magazine. But Malcolm pursued Peter’s story and, though […]
Roasted red pepper soup is a big hit at Rubi’s Cafe in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where owner Matthew Rubiner chose it as a refreshing and filling starter for a summer picnic at Tanglewood. Watch Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps prepare this soup and present more picnic ideas in the 207 Kitchen: Read more: Tanglewood […]
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VIDEO: Pan-Mass Challenge
The 30th Annual Pan-Mass Challenge takes place August 1-2, 2009, with more than 5,000 cyclists from Sturbridge to Provincetown, or some variation of that route. The Pan-Mass Challenge has one goal: to find a cure for a disease the touches us all — cancer. Founder Billy Starr, according to Yankee editor Mel Allen, is one […]
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Old Home Days 2009
The tradition of Old Home Days began in 1897 in New Hampshire and still goes on every summer across New England. Parades, ball games, and band concerts are the order of the day, while new folks get acquainted and returning folks reconnect with their communities. Read more: Old Home Days: A New England Tradition Here’s […]
Desserts
Summer Pie Recipes
One of the best things to do with summer’s fruits is bake them into a pie. Here are a few ways to do that with strawberries, rhubarb, peaches, and blueberries. Want a dozen sensational seasonal recipes each month from Yankee Magazine? Sign up for our Recipe Box Newsletter. RECIPES
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Corn Recipes
Corn is king in the summer. Put it to good use in these recipes for chowder, pudding, quiche, and more. Read more: Homegrown: Corn August Corn Festivals Want a dozen sensational seasonal recipes each month from Yankee Magazine? Sign up for our Recipe Box Newsletter. RECIPES
Cooking Advice
Cookbooks: Martha’s Vineyard
Morning Glory Farm and the Family That Feeds an Island: Including 70 Favorite Martha’s Vineyard Recipes (Vineyard Stories, 2009; $24.95), by Tom Dunlop with lavish photographs by Alison Shaw, takes you into the lives of a Vineyard farm family. Other notable books focusing on Martha’s Vineyard cuisine include: The Martha’s Vineyard Table by Jessica B. […]
Video: Interview with David Carroll Excerpt: David Carroll’s new book, Following the Water Yankee Class from June 1993 In the April afternoon, the sun sinks low, coloring the wide oval expanse of the marsh. David Carroll tugs his waders to the tops of his thighs and strides into the place he calls the Route of […]
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CLASSIC: Fireworks in Jaffrey, NH
Yankee Classic from July/August 2001 In a three-acre sandpit in front of Steve Pelkey, 11,000 live fireworks shells poke out of the grit like land mines. Most are stuffed into mortars, racks of them bolted onto flatbed trailers or strung together on the ground with wooden strapping in sets of three, four, six, and ten. […]
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Pairings for July/August 2009
To respond, click on the link below. You will come to our Feedback page. Step 1. Fill in “Pairings” as the subject. Step 2. Fill in your name and e-mail address. Step 3. Type your answer in the box. Please include your city and state with your answer. Good luck! The clues: First:Cornish, New Hampshire’s […]
Living
Call of the Coast
As fitting summer fare, the Portland, Maine, Museum of Art and the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut, have teamed up to produce Call of the Coast: Art Colonies of New England, an exhibition of 74 paintings and prints by 48 of the artists who flocked to the coastal art colonies of Old Lyme, […]