Food

Season’s Best 5 Apples

We asked Yankee‘s former food editor, Amy Traverso (whose book on cooking with apples will be published in 2009 by W.W. Norton), for her five favorites among the more than 40 varieties commonly available in New England. MCINTOSH Although native to Ontario, the Mac is the most popular apple variety in New England. Tender, tart […]

Maine

First RV Vacation in Maine: ‘Take Wide Turns’

I’m standing in the parking lot of a large RV dealership south of Boston, notebook in hand, scribbling furiously as our rental agent points out every button and lever on the 33-foot Winnebago we’ve rented for a weekend of October leaf-peeping up the Maine coast. I have a bad feeling. Two hours in, and we’ve […]