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 and Leonard Bernstein and Our Town playwright Thornton Wilder.
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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, made in New England and shipped to some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
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 Bullock Prado, at her baking school in Vermont.
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 hand at cooking Chelsea buns and onion pie in the 18th-century style: over […]
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 inn chef Andrew Holt, and meets owners Patty and Peter Cooke before heading […]
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. Next, she visits two players in Biddeford’s growing food scene: specialty coffee roaster […]
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 some artisanal vinegar from owner Rodrigo Vargas. With that in hand, she heads […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
Weekends with Yankee, the travel and food television series about New England, returns for a seventh season starting this April. With the region among the nation’s top tourist destinations, the 13-part lifestyle program takes viewers on an insider’s exploration of the cities, small towns, and far-flung places which highlight the diversity and beauty of New England. Check local listings for airdates and […]