• 2017
Weekends with Yankee

Summary Explore the cities, countryside, and far-flung places of New England with hosts Richard Wiese and Amy Traverso. Visit the unique attractions and the region's food and dining specialties to discover the hidden treasures of New England. View more details

  • 2017

Weekends with Yankee

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Michael Murphy Richard Wiese Amy Traverso Bob Perry

All cast & crew

7.8

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Dec 31, 2016

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official Site

Language : English

Production companies : WGBH Yankee Magazine

Summary Explore the cities, countryside, and far-flung places of New England with hosts Richard Wiese and Amy Traverso. Visit the unique attractions and the region's food and dining specialties to discover the hidden treasures of New England. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Dec 31, 2016

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official Site

Language : English

Production companies : WGBH Yankee Magazine

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Dec 31, 1969
The Coast
This Weekend with Yankee, we visit Ogunquit, Maine to catch some of the best lobsters in the country. Then we head up the coast to Acadia National park for a traditional New England clam bake. Next we go down to Newport Rhode Island for a lesson in boat making. Come see New England, with the people who know it best.
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
The Wild
This Weekend with Yankee, we see some extreme weather on the highest peak in the northeast, Mount Washington. Then we go out to sea and catch some Atlantic scallops. Then we fly over Moosehead Lake in search of some wild Moose. Join us for the ultimate trip though New England, from the people who know it best.
Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969
Buried Treasure
This Weekend with Yankee, we meet lobsterman and photographer Joel Woods to examine life aboard a lobster boat. Next we learn about fresh oysters from celebrity chef, Jeremy Sewall. And lastly we uncover and authenticated pirate ship and its buried treasure. Join us for the ultimate trip though New England, from the people who know it best.
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
Traditions
New England is a region that celebrates its traditions. We board the massive schooner the J&E Riggin for a windjammer cruise along the beautiful Maine coast. Then we travel down to Cambridge, Massachusetts for the Head of the Charles, the largest two-day rowing event in the world. Lastly, we head up north to Vermont where we find the Shelburne Museum, one of the country's most unique museums. Home to a land-bound lighthouse, a steamboat dock in a grassy meadow, and four centuries or art and Americana.
Episode 5 • Dec 31, 1969
Lost and Found
We're traveling from Boston to Vermont, unearthing some of the regions rare treasures. First stop: Block Island. We're tracking down hundreds of glass orbs hidden all over the island. Then it's up to Vermont where we find the Scott Farm apple orchard. Full of over a hundred heirloom apple varieties-some dating back as far as the 1600s. Then heading south, we travel to Boston to a hidden gem: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. An art oasis and the place of the largest art theft in US history.
Episode 6 • Dec 31, 1969
Icons of New England
Think of New England icons and you probably imagine covered bridges, stone walls, church steeples, and light houses. We visit three less typical but equally iconic treasures. Beginning with the Elms in Newport, Rhode Island where we get a behind the scenes tour from this mansion's caretaker of more than thirty years. Then a trip to Olneyville New York System, a Providence, Rhode Island restaurant where the Stevens family has been serving up their signature Coney Island-style wieners for generations of customers. Last but not least, we visit the glass house in New Canaan, Connecticut. Phillip Johnson's private residence that forever changed architecture in America.
Episode 7 • Dec 31, 1969
Land and Water
Water-it's everywhere in New England, home of some of the most beautiful oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams anywhere. We experience the amazing water fire-a light show on water that is just stunning. Then it's to New Hampshire to the serene Squam Lake in search of the common loon, now a threatened species in some of these parts. And then it's to the farm coast, an area along the ocean in Massachusetts and Rhode Island for some New England wine making.
Episode 8 • Dec 31, 1969
Yankee Ingenuity
All through New England, there is a term called 'Yankee Ingenuity'-a shorthand nod to traditional values of thrifty, know-how and self-reliance. We visit places where ingenuity and imagination have shaped the landscape. Like Shelburne Farms, one of Richard's favorite stops among all our stories this year. Richard journey's up Mount Washington by cog railway, where a dazzle-belief peeper can get lost in the clouds. And we wrap up at Strawberry Bank, a museum that brings more than three hundred years of New England history to life in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Episode 9 • Dec 31, 1969
The Islands
Off the coast of New England are some of the most beautiful islands in the country. We explore three iconic island destinations. First stop, Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts where we visit the historic gingerbread cottages in Oak Bluffs. Then we get an insider's look at one of New England's top destinations. Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. Then it's back to Massachusetts to a hidden forest where two young farmers are growing one of the world's most prized mushroom varieties for a blossoming group of foodies and top chefs.
Episode 10 • Dec 31, 1969
Back to the Land
New England is a place of tremendous geographic diversity. From the wilds of Northern Maine to the pristine coastal villages. We visit some of our favorite unspoiled places. We begin at the Well at Jordan's Farm, a fifth-generation family farm where they are growing and serving their own fruits and vegetables at an on-site al fresco fine dining restaurant. Then we head south to Connecticut to the majestic Grace Farms where we visit some incredible birds of prey. And then its fly wishing with Richard's friend, author, and artist James Prosek.
Episode 11 • Dec 31, 1969
Quintessential Village
New England is famous for its iconic villages and small towns. We visit three of our favorites. First up: Stockbridge, Massachusetts the town that inspired Norman Rockwell's art and is now home to a museum featuring his collected works. Next, we head up north to Woodstock, Vermont home to the ultimate country store F.H. Gillignhams and Sons. And then it's off to the classic mill town of Biddeford, Maine to visit what Yankee Magazine calls the best diner in New England.
Episode 12 • Dec 31, 1969
Fall Foliage
Fall foliage is New England's Mardi Gras a spectacular event like nowhere else. We travel around NE and see what colors we find. First, it's up into Vermont where we visit with farmer, cheese maker and trailblazer Allison Hooper who co-founded one of the country's most influential creameries. Then in New Hampshire we travel along the Kancamagus Highway a winding road through the White Mountains that has been called one of New England's most scenic drives. And then it's a visit to what Yankee Magazine calls the best fall foliage town: Kent, Connecticut where Richard takes leaf peeping to new heights.
Episode 13 • Dec 31, 1969
Winter
Winter in New England-it may be famously cold, but it's also spectacularly beautiful. Full of snow dusted trees, bright blue skies, sleigh rides, and skiing. Richard pays a visit to Boston, Massachusetts to see one of the city's and the country's hottest chefs: Barbara Lynch. Then Richard gets aboard a horse-drawn sleigh in beautiful Jackson, NH. And lastly, Richard straps on his cross-country skis and tries his hand on some world-class ski trails.
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