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INSIDERS’ GUIDE Outdoor Escapes for All Ages BUCKET-LIST TRAVEL DESTINATIONS NEW SEASON, NEW ADVENTURES Tastemakers & Entrepreneurs INSIDERS’ GUIDE LETTER FROM THE EDITORS WELCOME TO WEEKENDS WITH YANKEE Weekends with Yankee is produced by WGBH Boston’s Studio Six. Yankee readers have never been shy about letting us know EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: what stories they like best. And over the past few years, a Laurie Donnelly lot of their letters and online comments have been about SERIES HOSTS: Weekends with Yankee, our travel and lifestyle public television Richard Wiese and Amy Traverso series made in partnership with WGBH in Boston. These Series funding for Weekends with Yankee sentiments—even from people who live outside New England, is provided by State of New Hampshire which half of Yankee’s readers do—all share the same idea: Division of Travel & Tourism, Emerald Waterways, Maine Office of Tourism, and They feel that the show brings them home. The Vermont Country Store. That was our inspiration from the start. Public television has a celebrated history of producing story-driven programs WEEKENDS WITH YANKEE that both inspire and educate, and New England has long been INSIDER’S GUIDE fertile ground for characters and narratives with the power to make people everywhere feel connected to this region. EDITOR Mel Allen Through Weekends with Yankee, we’ve been able to showcase the stories of our six states in a visually exciting half-hour MANAGING EDITOR Jenn Johnson show. With Season 4, which debuted this past April, the connection it provides to people is stronger than ever, given SENIOR FOOD EDITOR how many of us have been seeking new ways to learn and Amy Traverso explore in an era of self-quarantine and restricted travel. DEPUTY EDITOR The show’s reach will also be expanded by the publication Ian Aldrich you’re reading now. Just as stories from Yankee have inspired SENIOR DIGITAL EDITOR many of the segments on Weekends with Yankee, the show has Aimee Tucker influenced what we at Yankee do, both online and in print. With this special Weekends with Yankee: Insiders’ Guide, we’ve ASSOCIATE DIGITAL EDITOR Katherine Keenan brought together for the first time stories connected to all four seasons of the show. VP, PUBLISHER We sit down with comedian and author John Hodgman Brook Holmberg to talk about his Massachusetts roots, and we catch up with MARKETING DIRECTOR Maine chef Erin French for a peek at what it’s like to run Kate Hathaway Weeks the Lost Kitchen, where dinner reservations are some of the SALES MARKETING MANAGER most coveted in the nation. We offer viewers a virtual tour Valerie Lithgow of New Hampshire’s best summer adventures—including a MARKETING ASSOCIATE White Mountains hike once tackled by Weekends with Yankee Holly Sloane cohost Richard Wiese—then head south for a taste of the magical region of Rhode Island and Massachusetts known as NEW MEDIA DESIGNER Amy O’Brien the Farm Coast. Cohost Amy Traverso, Yankee’s senior food editor, explores the flavors of New England and spotlights the VP, SALES region’s tastemakers, including elite chef Jacques Pépin and JD Hale famed baker Joanne Chang. NATIONAL MARKETING So come along on a journey into the heart of New England Roslan & Campion Public Relations led by the folks who know it best. And as always, please do let Cover photo by Mark Fleming us know what you like about the show—and which adventures you’d like to see us take on next. Copyright 2020 by Yankee Publishing Inc.; all rights reserved. —The Editors 2 WEEKENDS WITH YANKEE INSIDERS’ GUIDE LETTER FROM THE EDITORS CONTENTS 4 BEHIND THE SCENES 23 Q&A: WHIT PERRY A chat with Laurie Donnelly, executive The maritime preservation expert producer of Weekends with Yankee discusses the legacy of the Mayflower 6 MEET THE COHOSTS: AMY TRAVERSO 24 SWEET SUCCESS How Joanne Chang came to be Boston’s 8 MEET THE COHOSTS: RICHARD WIESE most beloved pastry chef 10 CLIMBING THE KNIFE EDGE 26 BRANCHING OUT This heart-stopping trail draws hikers A New Hampshire family brings ingenuity from across the globe to Maine’s highest and entrepreneurship to their rural farm mountain, Katahdin 27 Q&A: BARTON SEAVER 13 COME SAIL AWAY The Maine seafood expert weighs in Leave your cares on land with one of on sustainability (and the right way to these breezy New England escapes make a lobster roll) 14 Q&A: JOHN HODGMAN 28 IN THE KITCHEN WITH JACQUES PÉPIN The humorist, author, and actor talks The world-famous chef shares a favorite about his Massachusetts roots and the New England seafood recipe challenges of middle age 30 Q&A: ERIN FRENCH 15 SOAK UP THE LOCAL COLOR The chef-owner of Maine sensation Make the most of foliage season with The Lost Kitchen looks back on her these easy to moderate fall hikes unexpected path to fame 16 GET IN ON THE ACTION 31 THE ULTIMATE BLUEBERRY PIE From hang-gliding to surfing, summer The Portland, Maine, bakery Two Fat Cats adventures abound in New Hampshire shows us how it’s done 18 COLD CALLING 32 FEASTING ON THE FARM COAST When snow hits Vermont, the fun is just This picturesque region of Rhode Island getting started and Massachusetts is a foodie haven 20 Q&A: PATRICK AHEARN 35 THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE The award-winning Martha’s Vineyard For recipes, videos, travel tips, and more, architect shares his thoughts on building head to WeekendsWithYankee.com a cohesive community 36 TUNE IN TO SEASON 4 21 OUT & ABOUT Your complete episode guide to Festivals and events to help inspire Weekends with Yankee’s latest discoveries a future New England getaway and destinations PHOTO: MARK FLEMING WEEKENDS WITH YANKEE INSIDERS’ GUIDE 3 As the camera rolls on Weekends with Yankee, cohost Richard Wiese (right) heads out into Nantucket Sound for a sail on the tall ship Lynx. PHOTO: MARK FLEMING 4 WEEKENDS WITH YANKEE INSIDERS’ GUIDE BEHIND THE SCENES Meet Laurie Donnelly, executive producer of Weekends with Yankee What does being a New Englander mean to you? New Englanders are straightforward, honest, and resilient—and they are all, in my experience, proud to be from New England. People who live here tend to not leave, and if they do, they are drawn back again at some point in their lives. It’s a place that really feels like home. What is it about lifestyle programming that has such broad appeal? We can take viewers to places they might never go. We inspire them. It’s aspirational and inspirational, and it takes them away from the grind of their daily lives. We always try to push the envelope in introducing them to content, people, and ideas they may never have seen before. What are some of the surprising places that your career with WGBH has taken you? Through our programs we are given access to worlds that we might otherwise never see, whether it is a front-row seat at Carnegie Hall, as with From the Top … or following in the footsteps of people on spiritual journeys guided by Bruce Feiler in Sacred Journeys … or traveling around the world alongside a ver her long career in public television, Emmy- National Geographic photographer as he tries to save winning producer Laurie Donnelly has worked on one endangered species at a time in our series Rare: O several innovative shows, from Gourmet’s Diary of Creatures of the Photo Ark, with Joel Sartore. Through a Foodie to This Old House to Food Trip with Todd English. these journeys, I have had unique access to some of the Today, this California native turned New Englander most breathtaking, engaging, and inspirational places oversees Weekends with Yankee, a WGBH collaboration around the globe. with Yankee magazine that saw its fourth season premiere on public television stations nationwide this Weekends with Yankee is a celebration of all past April. Here, she shares some insights on Weekends the wonderful things people can experience in with Yankee, as well as her own personal take on New England. What are some of your personal New England. New England favorites? Eating Duxbury oysters, taking the cog railway up to What inspired you to partner with Yankee for this the top of Mount Washington, and having tea on Mount television show? Desert Island—there’s nothing like it. I also grew up Yankee is a New England institution that has been telling sailing, and there is no better experience to take you this region’s story for decades, which means that there away from it all than a windjammer cruise around the is no better partner to capture the people, places, and Maine islands. While I also am a tremendous foodie, stories that make up New England. Yankee’s stories it’s hard to pick among my “children”—New England is resonate not only with New Englanders but with people loaded with great restaurants! But give me a lobster roll PHOTO: COURTESY OF WGBH across the country. anytime, and I’m a happy camper. WEEKENDS WITH YANKEE INSIDERS’ GUIDE 5 MEET THE COHOSTS: AMY TRAVERSO Yankee’s senior food editor has a knack for showcasing New England’s innovative chefs and iconic foods s Weekends with Yankee’s resident food expert, Amy Traverso introduces viewers to New England flavors and recipes, as well as the farmers, chefs, and food producers who enliven the region’s food and dining scene. Amy A is the senior food editor for Yankee, and she brings the magazine’s insider knowledge to life and shares it with viewers nationwide. Previously, Amy was food editor at Boston magazine and associate food editor at Sunset.