On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we discover why nothing says summer in New England like Tanglewood, as cohost Amy Traverso heads out to the Berkshires to see what it takes to make the perfect picnic for this famous music festival. Next, we travel to Williamstown, Massachusetts, to experience the Williamstown Theatre Festival and catch a performance by Matthew Broderick in a new play called The Closet. Then it’s over to New Hampshire to tour the Saint- Gaudens National Historic Site, the former home of one of America’s greatest sculptors. Finally, cohost Richard Wiese visits the MacDowell Colony, an artists’ colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, that has hosted such legends as composers Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein and Our Town playwright Thornton Wilder.
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, cohost 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. Next, we travel to the most climbed mountain in New England, Mount Monadnock, to learn what makes it so special. Then cohost Richard Wiese gets a thrill from custom-built Ducati motorcycles, made in New England and shipped to some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Finally, it’s off to Vermont to meet two world-famous craftsmen, Simon and Andrew Pearce, a father-and-son team whose glassblowing and woodturning talents have built an international brand.
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, cohosts 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. Next, it’s all aboard for a trip to the Isles of Shoals off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on a perfect New England day. Then Richard suits up and gets up close and personal with the bee colonies at Red Bee Honey in Weston, Connecticut. Finally, Amy makes some delicious desserts with actress Sandra Bullock’s sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, at her baking school in Vermont.
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, cohost Richard Wiese experiences the thrill of the Kennebec River, New England’s top whitewater rafting destination. Then we rise with the sun in Bremen, Maine, and head out with the “puffin man,” National Audubon researcher Stephen Kress, who almost single-handedly returned puffin pairs, and their pufflings, back to Maine. Finally, cohost Amy Traverso joins Connecticut chef and foraging expert Bun Lai to learn how to find delicious food in unexpected places.
On this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we start off with a visit to historic Lexington, Massachusetts, where the first shots of the Revolutionary War forever changed history. While there, we cook up a New England artisan dinner at the Inn at Hastings Park. Next, it’s up north we go, to Nestlenook Farm in Jackson, New Hampshire, for a horse-drawn sleigh ride.
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.
