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Handmade in New England

Season 9 Episode 910 | 26m 46s

This week, host Richard Wiese is in Vermont to meet Tammy White at Wing & A Prayer Farm and learn how she turns wool into beautiful yarn. Host and Yankee senior food editor Amy Traverso visits baker Ahmad Aissa, who is bringing the flavors of his native Syria to his home in New Hampshire. Finally, we visit the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Fair to check out some of the state’s finest crafts.

Aired: 04/04/25
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
Bangs Island Mussels, Arethusa Farm and a visit to the Trapp Family Lodge.
Tanglewood music festival and an artists’ colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Newport, Rhode Island and a classic New England general store.
A look at Nubble Light in Maine. Boston’s famed North End. Vermont’s Farmhouse Pottery.
Glamping in Maine. Fishing in Mystic, Connecticut. A tour of Duparquet Copper Cookware.
Breakfast at Pickering House Inn. Winter skiing and surfing in Maine. Floral designs.
Glazy Susan doughnuts. Climbing Mt. Monadnock. Sauces from Wozz! Kitchen Creations.
French-New England dishes from Jacques Pépin. Ducati motorcycles made in New England.
Biddeford, a rising food town. Farming collective in Vermont. Nantucket weaving tradition.
Explore Rockland, Maine. Local glass artist. Playful and romantic home products.
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