Weekends with Yankee Episode 508: An Edible Tour

Focus on All Things New England Having trouble viewing this email? [View this email on the web](. [Weekends with Yankee logo]( Season 5 of Weekends with Yankee will air on [Create TV]( every Monday – 10:30 am, 5:30 pm, and 10:30 pm ET. [Weekends with Yankee Episode 508]( Weekends with Yankee Episode 508: “An Edible Tour” First stop: Massachusetts, where co-host Richard Wiese looks at the colorful tradition of cranberry harvesting. Then, we take you to some of our favorite restaurants in one of New England’s fastest-growing foodie destination, Portland, Maine. Last but not least, it’s off to Greensboro, Vermont, to visit a world-class brewer and an acclaimed cheesemaker. Back in the kitchen, co-host Amy Traverso uses classic Vermont ingredients in her Cheddar-Ale Dip. [WATCH NOW]( Scenes from the Annual Cranberry Harvest Celebration in Wareham, Massachusetts Enjoy classic fall fair activities, a cranberry bog tour, and more at the annual Cranberry Harvest Celebration in Wareham, Massachusetts. For “Trade” (season 2, episode 4), Weekends with Yankee met up with the Gilmore family of South Carver, Massachusetts, to experience the colorful cranberry harvest. Here, Yankee digital editor Aimee Tucker shares a behind-the-scenes look at the annual Cranberry Harvest Celebration, held on Columbus Day weekend in nearby Wareham. Cranberries are the official state berry of Massachusetts, and each fall, bogs across the southeastern part of the state are flooded in preparation for the annual harvest. Unlike with apple or pumpkin picking, however, the cranberry harvest happens almost entirely at a distance, with little opportunity for public participation. This makes sense, given its aquatic setting and the machinery required to sort and transport the berries. But if you’ve always wanted to see a bog filled with ripe cranberries up close, the annual Cranberry Harvest Celebration at the [A.D. Makepeace Company]( (the world’s largest cranberry grower) in Wareham, Massachusetts, is sure to become your new favorite fall event. At this rain-or-shine celebration, cosponsored by the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association and Ocean Spray Cranberries, you’ll find food (both the local and “fair food” kinds), live music, crafts, wagon rides, children’s activities, paddleboat rides on Tihonet Pond, and more. The highlight of the day, though, is the shuttle ride to the bogs themselves, where experienced growers demonstrate the phases of the wet and dry harvest, offering up-close views of the ruby berry–filled bogs. Here’s a closer look at the 2017 festival. CRANBERRY HARVEST CELEBRATION | PHOTOS Even on a gray day, pumpkins, apples, mums, and cranberries set the scene for fall. Aimee Tucker Grab a bowl of chowder and enjoy the live music. Aimee Tucker A shuttle bus transports festivalgoers to the nearby cranberry bogs, where you’ll find fresh berries for sale. Aimee Tucker An observation tower gives a view of the harvesting process, including picking and corralling the berries in the flooded bogs. Aimee Tucker After being vacuumed up, the berries make their way onto trucks for transport. Aimee Tucker Friendly growers answer questions and offer an up-close look at the fresh berries — and you can sample if you wish! Aimee Tucker For a small fee, you can even borrow a pair of waders and pose in a flooded bog. Aimee Tucker Now that’s a photo op! Aimee Tucker Keep your eyes peeled for frogs hidden among the cranberries. Aimee Tucker Still hungry? Grab a plate of fried dough near the bogs before heading home. Aimee Tucker SPONSORS Weekends with Yankee is a production of WGBH Boston and Yankee Magazine and is distributed by American Public Television. [Unsubscribe]( [Forward to a Friend]( [Send Feedback]( [Facebook](   [Instagram](    [Pinterest](    [Twitter](   Help us be sure that this email newsletter gets to your inbox. Adding our return address [Today@NewEngland.com]( to your address book may "whitelist" us with your filter, helping future email newsletters get to your inbox. Did a friend send this to you? [Sign up to receive your own copy and a free guide](. At anytime you may [update your email preferences or change your email address](. Copyright © 2022 All Rights Reserved Yankee Publishing, Inc. - PO Box 520 Dublin, NH 03444 [Our Privacy Policy](