Your episode guide to Weekends with Yankee’s latest destinations and discoveries
52 WEEKENDS WITH YANKEE INSIDERS’ GUIDE
In Massachusetts, we follow in the footsteps of a culinary legend as co-host Amy Traverso and chef Lydia Shire visit Julia Child’s beloved Cambridge market, Savenor’s. Meanwhile, co-host Richard Wiese spends the day with award-winning Connecticut chef Michel Nischan, visiting a hydroponic farm in Hamden before heading back to Nischan’s home to feast on a delicious autumn frittata. Back in the kitchen, Amy shows how to make Apple, Cheddar, and Caramelized Onion Pastry Bites.
EPISODE 2: “COMMON GROUND” Richard goes walking with llamas on a trip to picturesque northwest Connecticut, while Amy heads to Sudbury, Massachusetts, to celebrate fall produce at Siena Farms. Owner Chris Kurth grows crops that inspire the culinary creations of his wife, noted Boston chef Ana Sortun, who shows Amy how to prepare a freshfrom-the-garden meal. Back in the
kitchen, Amy bakes up an inventive treat, Glazed Chocolate Potato Doughnut Muffins.
EPISODE 3: “HOMEGROWN” Amy joins Douglass Williams, chef-owner of Mida in Boston, on a shopping trip for locally stoneground organic flour and, from The Urban Grape, the perfect bottle of wine to accompany the pasta that Douglass will prepare back at his restaurant. Over in Vermont, Richard discovers the quirky winter sport of jack jumping. Back in the kitchen, Amy whips up a favorite family dish, Spinach and Ricotta Dumplings.
EPISODE 4: “ONLY IN NEW ENGLAND” Amy learns about the shipbuilding legacy of Essex, Massachusetts, and makes a stop at Woodman’s of Essex, birthplace of the fried clam. Then we head north to Vermont’s Big Picture Farm, where a husband-and-wife team turns goat milk into awardwinning caramels and farmstead
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EPISODE 1: “BACK TO OUR ROOTS”
