Richard heads to Maine to check out one of the world’s most-photographed lighthouses, while Amy explores history and seafood in Boston’s famed Italian enclave, the North End. In Vermont, we meet Farmhouse Pottery founder James Zillian.
Amy discovers an Alpine-inspired raclette feast in Maine, then shops at the legendary Morse’s Sauerkraut. In Connecticut, Richard goes fishing and soaks up Mystic’s maritime history. Plus, we visit the Rhode Island workshop where some of the world’s best high-end copper cookware is made.
Maine chef and professional percussionist Jordan Benissan shows Amy around Rockland and cooks up a delicious peanut chicken stew, while Richard visits acclaimed Massachusetts glass artist Josh Simpson. In Connecticut, we spotlight the artisan lighting and furniture designs of Dunes & Duchess.
Top Boston chef Tiffani Faison shows Amy around some of her restaurants and whips up a signature gnocchi dish. Richard enjoys outdoor adventure at a luxury Rhode Island sporting retreat. In Maine, see what goes into making Ragged Coast Chocolates’ award-winning confections.
This week on Weekends with Yankee, senior food editor Amy Traverso visits Worcester, Massachusetts, an up-and-coming foodie destination, where she meets the husband-and-wife duo running the doughnut shop Glazy Susan, followed by a trip to American Vinegar Works, where she picks up […]
This week on Weekends with Yankee, senior food editor Amy Traverso explores the rising foodie destination of Biddeford, Maine. She begins the day at the Lincoln Hotel, a recently opened luxury hotel whose setting—a converted 19th-century textile mill—reflects the town’s industrial heritage. […]
This week on Weekends with Yankee, senior food editor Amy Traverso travels to the Pickering House Inn in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, to enjoy one of New England’s great pleasures: a delicious, hearty inn breakfast. She makes breakfast tostadas and maple-coconut granola with […]
This week on Weekends with Yankee, senior food editor Amy Traverso dives into early American history at New Hampshire’s Strawbery Banke Museum. After talking with archaeologist Alexandra Martin about this unique history museum—an authentic neighborhood whose buildings span four centuries—Amy tries her […]
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, Richard Wiese and Amy Traverso visit Mayfair Farm, a sustainable New Hampshire farm that’s cooking up incredible dinners and raising healthy, and happy, livestock. Amy makes some delicious desserts with actress Sandra Bullock’s sister, Gesine […]
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, Amy Traverso visits with legendary chef Jacques Pépin at his Connecticut home and helps cook up a couple of his favorite French–New England fusion dishes. Then Richard Wiese gets a thrill from custom-built Ducati motorcycles, […]
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, Amy Traverso heads out to the Berkshires for the famous Tanglewood music festival. Richard Wiese visits the MacDowell Colony, an artists’ colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, that has hosted such legends as composers Aaron Copland […]
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, Richard Wiese jumps into the world of Bangs Island Mussels, a pioneering fishery in Portland, Maine, that’s producing more than 250,000 pounds of sustainable shellfish a year. Amy Traverso heads to Connecticut’s famous Litchfield Hills […]
