Episodes

On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we’re celebrating autumn in New England. First, we hike up to Holt’s Ledge in Hanover, New Hampshire, and get a fall color tutorial from photographer Jim Salge. Next, we head to Vermont for an autumn visit with goat farmer and Vermont Creamery cheese maker Allison Hooper. Finally, Yankee magazine editor Mel Allen takes us on a tour of New Hampshire’s Kancamagus Highway.

On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we’re cruising around New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee aboard the Sophie C, the oldest floating post office in the United States. From there, we head to Rockport, Maine, for a visit with lobsterman and photographer Joel Woods. Lastly, we’re just outside Acadia National Park to experience a genuine Maine clambake.

On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we’re at Vermont’s Shelburne Farms on the shores of Lake Champlain, where teams of farmers and food artisans raise Brown Swiss cows and make delicious cheeses from their milk. Next, we travel to New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee to connect with top Boston chef Brendan Pelley. Then it’s off to Connecticut, where we cast for trout with fisherman, artist, and author James Prosek.

On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, our journey begins in the charming college town of Hanover, New Hampshire. Then it’s south to Rhode Island, where we stroll through The Elms, one of the most breathtaking of Newport’s Gilded Age mansions. Finally, we head to Martha’s Vineyard for some of the most succulent sea scallops in the world.

On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we visit Scott Farm Orchard in Dummerston, Vermont, which grows more than 100 apple varieties. Next, we swing through New Hampshire to learn more about old-school farming techniques at Coppal House Farm in Lee, where they still use draft horses. Finally, we hop aboard the historic windjammer J&E Riggin, a two-masted schooner that still sails along the Maine coast.

On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we stop in at the idyllic Chatham Bars Inn for a farm-to-table dinner, featuring local seafood and vegetables from the hotel’s own farm. Then it’s off to Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay for a surfing lesson. And lastly, we forage for mushrooms with chef Evan Mallett, a multiple James Beard Award semifinalist and co-owner of the Black Trumpet in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we hike New Hampshire’s White Mountains in the company of the “hut croos,” young men and women who pack supplies up steep trails to the lodges along the Appalachian Trail. From there it’s over to Grafton, Vermont, to learn how the cheddar is made at the Grafton Village Cheese Company. Then we jog north to taste bread made from local wheat that’s milled on-site at Elmore Mountain Bread in Wolcott, Vermont.

On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we visit Boston’s legendary Fenway Park and the tucked-away garden that provides fresh vegetables to food vendors throughout Fenway. Next, we journey to Chebeague Island, off the coast of southern Maine, to visit a decades-old, family-run inn and harvest oysters straight from the waters of Casco Bay. Finally, learn why glamping is all the rage with our look at the brand-new Sandy Pines Resort in Kennebunkport, Maine.

On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we travel to Massachusetts to experience the colorful tradition of cranberry harvesting. Then, bring your appetites as we head to Portland, Maine, where we’ll take you inside some of our favorite restaurants. Last but not least, we go off the beaten path in Vermont to explore Greensboro, “the best little food town in New England,” and visit a cult brewer and a cheese maker that rank among America’s best.

On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we kick things off with an outing to a Connecticut Tigers baseball game. Next, we travel up the coast of Maine in search of the ultimate lobster roll, which leads us to an idyllic cove in South Thomaston and a classic little shack called McLoons. To round things out, we hike into the Ossipee Mountains to discover Castle in the Clouds, a hidden gem nestled high above New Hampshire’s famed Lakes Region.