Restaurant tour in Boston. The Preserve Sporting Club. Maine’s Ragged Coast Chocolates.

A Taste for the Good Life Weekends with Yankee

Premiered April 01, 2023
A Taste for the Good Life

Amy Traverso meets up with chef Tiffani Faison in Boston to tour three of her six restaurants and cook one of her signature dishes. In Richmond, Rhode Island, Richard Wiese explores the Preserve Sporting Club on horseback, followed by flyfishing, sporting clays and a visit to their “Hobbit Houses.” And in Westbrook, Maine, visit Ragged Coast Chocolates and see how their confections are made.

About the Program

Weekends with Yankee

Richard Wiese explores the sights, sounds and tastes of all six New England states — from foraging for edible invasive plants in Connecticut to whitewater rafting on Maine's wild Kennebec River. Senior food editor Amy Traverso shares the recipes, local flavors and sense of community that make up the fabric of the region’s food and dining scene.

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