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.
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we board a boat off Chatham, Massachusetts, to accompany one of the leading researchers tracking great white sharks along the Atlantic coast. From there we head to a remote corner of inland Maine to visit The Lost Kitchen, one of the most sought-after dinner reservations in the country. Finally, it’s off to the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, where we go flying up and down the mountain biking trails of Burke Mountain.
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we’re in Provincetown, Massachusetts, for an off-road ramble through Cape Cod National Seashore. Next, we travel down to Rhode Island and out onto Narragansett Bay to hear the story of the Rose Island Lighthouse, which has been keeping watch over those waters for more than a century. For our last stop, we board a ferry to the Maine island of North Haven, where we bring some of its bounty back to the kitchen of Nebo Lodge.
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we first visit Nestlenook Farm in Jackson, New Hampshire, for a horse-drawn sleigh ride. Then, we’re off to Boston for a food lover’s tour with Barbara Lynch, one of the country’s top chefs, Finally, we escape the crowds for a cross country skiing excursion on the pristine trails of northern New England.
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, Yankee magazine editor Mel Allen takes us on a tour of New Hampshire’s famed Kancamagus Highway. Next, we head to Vermont for an autumn visit with goat farmer and Vermont Creamery cheese maker Allison Hooper. Finally, we wrap things up with a look at the mega-foliage town of Kent, Connecticut.
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we’re in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, at the Norman Rockwell Museum, which houses the famed painter’s best-known works. Next up is Woodstock, Vermont, where Gillingham & Sons has served as the region’s ultimate general store since 1886. Lastly, it’s off to Biddeford, Maine, for a taste of the Palace Diner, a classic New England eatery reimagined by two ambitious young chefs.
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we visit the Well at Jordan’s Farm, where one
small farm gives new meaning to “farm to table” by serving its own produce just steps from the fields. Then we travel south to Connecticut’s Grace Farms for an up-close encounter with birds of prey. 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, we’re on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts to check out the historic Oak Bluffs gingerbread cottages. Next, we’re off to Maine’s Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, where photographer Jerry Monkman shows us his favorite hidden spots. Then it’s back to Massachusetts, where two young farmers are growing the most delicious shiitake mushrooms outside Japan.
