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Weekends with Yankee
Great New England Adventures
Season 9
Episode 901
In the season premiere, host and Yankee senior food editor Amy Traverso travels to Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, for the annual Patriots’ Day festivities, including a reenactment of the Battle of Lexington, where the American Revolution began. Host Richard Wiese is in Rockland, Maine, for the Great Schooner Race, where he joins captain Becky Sigwright aboard the windjammer Lewis R. French.
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The East Coast's largest horse ranch, dunes of Sandy Neck Beach and a local painter.
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Newport, Rhode Island and a classic New England general store.
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Bangs Island Mussels, Arethusa Farm and a visit to the Trapp Family Lodge.
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Tanglewood music festival and an artists’ colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
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French-New England dishes from Jacques Pépin. Ducati motorcycles made in New England.
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Mayfair Farm in New Hampshire. Baking desserts in Vermont with Gesine Bullock Prado.
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Strawbery Banke Museum. Ice fishing derby on Lake Winnipesaukee and a historic ski jump.
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Breakfast at Pickering House Inn. Winter skiing and surfing in Maine. Floral designs.
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Biddeford, a rising food town. Farming collective in Vermont. Nantucket weaving tradition.
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Glazy Susan doughnuts. Climbing Mt. Monadnock. Sauces from Wozz! Kitchen Creations.
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Restaurant tour in Boston. The Preserve Sporting Club. Maine’s Ragged Coast Chocolates.
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Explore Rockland, Maine. Local glass artist. Playful and romantic home products.