“Weekends with Yankee” Episode 410: Touring With the Locals

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On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, cohost Richard Wiese visits Provincetown, Massachusetts, to meet with a maritime treasure hunter who made a surprising discovery on a sunken pirate ship. We then tour the iconic B&M Factory in Portland, Maine, where they make canned brown bread—a uniquely New England treat. Further south, cohost Amy Traverso visits Providence to take a tour of some of Rhode Island’s most famous dishes and learn why this tiny state has so many unique foods that you can’t find anywhere else.
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