On May 11, 1659, the Massachusetts Puritans banned Christmas and ordered anyone caught celebrating to pay a fine of five shillings. That...
The Marlborough Pie once graced many a New England table during the winter holidays. It ranked up there with the pumpkin, the...
The Italian Thanksgiving in New England was and still is a piece de resistance – a masterpiece of Italian and American cooking....
Like most people accused of witchcraft, Hannah Cranna had a difficult temperament. Some might call her a shrew. She demanded favors of...
Decades before the plastic Frisbee was invented, New England resonated with the shouts of “Frisbee” warning of an oncoming tin pie plate...
Louisa May Alcott, spinster, wrote an essay to challenge the prevailing wisdom that a woman needed a husband to be happy. It...